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VLE
 General Information
  
The School Day

Currently the school day is divided into 10 periods.
Subjects often are allocated double or triple periods, depending on the level and subject focus.

8.40    to    8.50         Senior Leadership TeamDaily Briefing
8.55    to    9.00         Full Teaching StaffDaily Briefing
9.00    to    9.10         Form Class Registration with Form Teacher
9.10    to    9.45         Period 1 Timetabled subjects
9.45    to  10.20         Period 2
10.20  to  10.35         Assembly/Form Time
10.35  to  10.55         BREAK TIME 
10.55  to  11.25         Period 3
11.25  to  11.55         Period 4
11.55  to  12.30         Period 5 Lunch 1 (Year 8 & 9)
2.30    to    1.05          Period 6 Lunch 2 (Year 10 & 11)
1.05    to    1.40          Period 7 Lunch 3 (Year 12, 13 &14)
1.40    to    2.10          Period 8
2.10    to    2.45          Period 9
2.45    to    3.20          Period 10

Details of The School Calendar for the year are available on the School website. 
This is updated on receipt of information from staff.

BREAKFAST CLUB - students
Students are permitted on the premises from 8.15 am.  Students must remain in the Dining Hall until 8.30 a.m. when they may,
if they wish, use their lockers to arrange books/equipment etc.  For Child Protection purposes, students may not circulate the building until after 8.30 a.m.  Students are permitted to use the Dining Hall facilities up until 8.55 a.m.  Senior staff will be on duty from 8.50 – 9.00 a.m. Students registering in the English/Drama/Media building should remain in the Dining Hall until staff leave
the main briefing.

Assembly patterns are as follows:
Mondays                    
KS4 & Post 16              Senior Assembly                                 AH1
KS3
                            Junior Assembly                                  AH2
                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Tuesdays                    
Year 11                        Year Group Assembly                          AH1
Year 8 
                         Year Group Assembly                          AH2
*All other classes
          Form time                                           Form room

Wednesday                
Year 12                       Year Group Assembly                           AH1
Year 9 
                        Year Group Assembly                           AH2
*All other classes
         Form time                                            Form room

Thursdays                   
Year 13 & 14              Sixth Form Assembly                           AH1 (and GYM if req)
Year 10                      Year Group Assembly                           AH2
*All other classes        Form time                                            Form room

Fridays                       
KS4 & Post 16            Senior Assembly                                 AH1
KS3 
                           Junior Assembly                                  AH2

* Form time (pastoral care provision) should be in a formal setting and used constructively for signing Study Planners,
recording achievements in Planners, individual target setting, updating Achievement Forms on a weekly basis for reference
purposes or engaging in Personal Development activities/Circle time activities to deal with current issues or student concerns
as part of our pastoral care.