A Typical Senior School Day

Students are welcome onto School grounds from 7:45am, they can sit in their Form rooms or use the Sixth Form area until registration time.

A choice of hot and cold breakfast is available for the whole school in the main Senior Dining Hall. Parents are welcome to join us too!

Great for students that want to start their day by catching up on some work, borrowing a laptop or taking out a good book.

Depending on the day, students either register in their Tutor or Form groups.

Tutor Sets meet on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays; each group is comprised of twenty four pupils of all ages. The Friday sessions are split, with the Tutor working closely with the Sixth Form Pupils and the Assistant Tutor with Years 7 – 11. On Mondays and Thursdays there are assemblies, some whole-school and other Sixth Form specific.

This is when the morning lessons start. Each period lasts for an hour.

There is a short transfer time between each one, so students can get to where they need to be.

Each lesson lasts for 60 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for transfer.

Morning break is from 11:20am – 11:40am and allows for a quick recharge before the final lesson of the morning.

This is the final period for the morning.

Lunch break is nice and long here at the High School, allowing students to have a break for food and to get involved in clubs and activities if they choose. Some students like a full sit-down meal in the Dining Hall while others prefer to Grab-and-Go or get take out food from the Brasserie; this allows more time to participate in activities or relax in our outdoor Sixth Form area. Once refuelled, students can get involved in one of our wide array of co-curricular opportunities taking place here every day. They can also hop on a tram and travel the 2 minutes into the city centre if they prefer.

After some time spent recharging, students hit the ground running again with their period 4 and 5 classes.

If they’re not taking part in any after-school activities, students can grab one of our many school buses or make their own way home. The library closes at 4pm.