The School Day

School Gate Entry and Exit:

  • Year 7: Addington Avenue Gate

  • Year 8: Stratford Road Gate

  • Year 9: Addington Avenue Gate

  • Year 10: Aylesbury Street West Gate

  • Year 11: Aylesbury Street West Gate

  • 6th Form: Stratford Road Gate


The compulsory hours that the school is open in a typical week is 32 hours 55 minutes. For sixth-form students, this may be longer as some lessons will fall into period 7, but will be subject-dependent.

The times of the day are as follows:

8:20am - Gates Open

8:30am - First Bell

8:35am - Tutor Time

9:05am - Period 1

9:55am - Period 2

10:45am - Break

11:05am - Period 3

11:55am - Period 4

12:45pm - Lunchtime

1:20pm - Period 5

2:10pm - Period 6

3:00pm - End of Day & Period 7