Key Information
School opening hours and term dates
The school day
We are currently trialling a 3rd lunch sitting at 11.50am for year 7 – all year 7 P3 classes will have a half hour break in the middle of their lesson. Once reviewed it will be decided whether to make the trial permanent.
Students arrive on site at 8:30am.
Session | Session Length | Time | Year Group |
Arrive on site | 10 min | 8:30 - 8:40 | 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 |
Focus | 25 min | 8:40 - 9:05 | 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 |
Lesson 1 | 1 hr | 9:05 - 10:05 | 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 |
Break | 15 min | 10:05 - 10:20 | 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 |
Lesson 2 | 1 hr | 10:20 - 11:20 | 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 |
Our day then splits into two sessions running alongside eachother =
Session | Session Length | Time | Year Group | Session | Session Length | Time | Year Group |
Lunch | 30 min | 11:20 - 11:50 | 8 and 10 | Lesson 3 | 11:20 - 12:20 | 1 hr | 7, 9 and 11 |
Lesson 3 | 1 hr | 11:50 - 12:50 | 8 and 10 | Lunch | 12:20 - 12:50 | 30 min | 7, 9 and 11 |
After lunch and lesson 3, all students fall back in sync for the afternoon.
Session | Session Length | Time | Year Group |
Lesson 4 | 1 hr | 12:50 - 13:50 | 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 |
Break | 10 min | 13:50 - 14:00 | 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 |
Lesson 5 | 1 hr | 14:00 - 15:00 | 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 |
Total hours open per week: | 32.5hpw |
School term dates 2023-2024
Please click here to view Calderdale's official term dates.
Date | Event |
Monday 4th September 2023 | CPD Day 1 (school closed to students) |
Tuesday 5th September 2023 | CPD Day 2 (school closed to students) |
Wednesday 6th September 2023 | School opens for Autumn term |
Friday 27th October 2023 | School closes for Autumn half-term |
Monday 6th November 2023 | School re-opens after Autumn half-term |
Friday 1st December 2023 | CPD Day 3 (school closed to students) |
Friday 22nd December 2023 | School closes for Christmas holiday |
Monday 8th January 2024 | CPD Day 4 (school closed to students) |
Tuesday 9th January 2024 | School opens for Spring term |
Friday 9th February 2024 | School closes for Spring half-term |
Monday 19th February 2024 | School re-opens after Spring half-term |
Friday 22nd March 2024 | School closes for Easter holiday |
Monday 8th April 2024 | School opens for Summer term |
Monday 6th May 2024 | School closed – May bank holiday |
Friday 24th May 2024 | School closes for Summer half-term |
Monday 3rd June 2024 | School re-opens after Summer half-term |
Friday 19th July 2024 | School closes for end of summer term |
Monday 22nd July 2024 | CPD Day 5 (school closed to students) |
- Of the 195 days, five are to be pupil occasional holidays. School must open 190 days to students.
- One of these must be polling day, if schools are closed due to the elections.
- Two of the five days may be disaggregated.
School term dates 2024-2025
Date | Event |
Monday 2nd September 2024 | CPD Day 1 (school closed to students) |
Tuesday 3rd September 2024 | CPD Day 2 (school closed to students) |
Wednesday 4th September 2024 | School opens for Autumn term |
Friday 25th October 2024 | School closes for Autumn half-term |
Monday 4th November 2024 | School re-opens after Autumn half-term |
Friday 20th December 2024 | School closes for the end of Autumn term |
Monday 6th January 2025 | CPD Day 3 (school closed to students) |
Tuesday 7th January 2025 | School opens for Spring term |
Friday 14th February 2025 | School closes for Spring half-term |
Monday 24th February 2025 | School re-opens after Spring half-term |
Friday 4th April 2025 | School closes for the end of Spring term |
Monday 21st April 2025 | School closed: Easter Monday |
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 | School opens for Summer term |
Monday 5th May 2025 | School closed: May Day |
Friday 23rd May 2025 | School closes for Summer half-term |
Monday 2nd June 2025 | School closes for Summer half-term |
Friday 18th July 2025 | School closes for Summer half-term |
Monday 21st July 2025 | CPD Day 4 (school closed to students) |
Tuesday 22nd July 2025 | CPD Day 5 (school closed to students) |
- Of the 195 days, five are to be pupil occasional holidays. School must open 190 days to students.
- One of these must be polling day, if schools are closed due to the elections.
- Two of the five days may be disaggregated.