Welcome from the HeadteacherThe School Day and Week
Lesson times and school hours at St Leonard’s.
All pupils are expected to be on site by 8:45am every morning.
The school day runs from 8:50am to 3:20pm, totalling 6½ hours a day in which pupils are expected to be in school, and 32 ½ hours per week.
The school site opens from 8:20am with the following locations also open from that time: Sixth Form Common Room, Sixth Form Library and the Main Hall. At the Our Lady of Help site pupils can go to St Monica’s or to the yard by St Monica’s on their arrival.
The times of the school day are:
| Time | Name |
|---|---|
| 8:50 – 9:15 | Tutor Time |
| 9:15 – 10:10 | Period 1 |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Period 2 |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Period 3 |
| 12:30 – 13:20 | Lunch |
| 13:20 – 14:20 | Period 4 |
| 14:20 – 15:20 | Period 5 |
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