New Year 7s - how long is their school day?

in school by 8 am not pm

My DD's school starts at 8:20 and finishes at 4:45 then she has prep or clubs usually until 6:30 ish. But she is a boarder so she is up at 7am showered and at breakfast in school by 8pm and then back to the boarding house for 7pm and as yr7 girls they have to be in bed by 9pm (although she gets an exemption on fridays as she goes to a local scout troop so doesn't get in until 9:05 and has to be in bed by 9:15). They also have Saturday school from 8:45 until 12:30 then with matches in the afternoon. It is pretty full on and she is always tired when she comes home for weekends or half term.

Local senior school - 8.30am - 2.30pm!! Local primary school - 8.45am - 3.05pm. Something wrong somewhere!!
Out of area senior school attended by DS 8.45am - 3.15pm then various after school stuff till 5pm. School bus home at 4pm. Extra school stuff finish 5pm and then home by 5.30pm. Usually zonked afterwards!!

This is our local school, but live in a rural area, so hence the bus.

DD leaves home at 8 to catch the school bus. School starts at 8.40 and finishes at 3. She's home by 3.30 unless doing any clubs.

yr7 leaves home at 8.15, goes by bike, school starts around 8.35, finishes at 3, home by 3.15. It's a very nice short day. They have a short lunch hour but lots of clubs between 3-4 if they like.

I'm a big fan of local schools/workplaces and not commuting, for us and for dc, it's a high priority.

DS gets up at 6.15 (on a sluggish morning)
out of house at 7.15 - 7.20
School starts at 8.30
School ends at 3.35
Home by 4.45 pm....

And that's without after-school clubs etc...today he is playing footie and won't be home until 6.00 pm ish.....

For London that seems a fairly average type of day unless your DC is lucky enough to virtually live on top of the school!

Oh - also independent school

My y7's day is identical to yours, OP but because he is a boy he gets up at 6.55 not 6.40

Up at 7.20, out at 8.25 to start school 8.50 and finish 3.25, home at 3.40.

ds gets up at 6.30
leaves house at 7.45
school starts at 8.30
finishes at 3.00 and he is home by 3.30

School time is 8.40am-3.15am. It only takes about 10 mins to walk from our house so we're lucky. She usually leaves at 8.15am as we have three other girls who meet at our house - keep dropping hints about them coming later though!

My ds has just started y7, he gets up at 6.30 am and leaves at 7.20 to catch school bus . School day is 8.40 till 3.15 with one hour lunch break. He gets back in at 4.15 and needs to be in bed at 8.30 as he is so exhausted.

In Scotland they are a bit older when they start high school. My eldest is 12 and started at end August, he needs to be ready to leave the house at 8.30. i drive him to school and he gets there about 8.45 for his 9am start. He finishes at 3.25 and I pick him up and we are home for 3.45. If he were to get the school bus, he'd need to be at the bus stop at 8.20 and it's about amile and a half walk so he would need to leave about 7.45 unless i gave him a lift to the stop. coming home it would be at least 4.30 by the time he got home if I didn't drive him. He's a lucky boy.

Ds finishes at 3 but they have a short lunch break.
He is home by 3.15, cracks on with homework then goes on the golf course.

Dancergirl - the primaries usually have a longer lunch and longer break times than secondary. Also they often start later.

our school starts at 8.40 and finishes 3.05. There is 45 minutes for lunch and no afternoon break. A lot of pupils come from quite far away so they finish promptly for the buses. State school.

my dd is at a state school and her day starts getting to bus for 7.50, school starts at 8.20, 50 min lunch and finishes at 3.05, home by 3.40 - works really nicely...

Nice though, they have a bit more of an evening.

depends what they do with it. DD's friend seems to mooch around alone till DD gets home. When we were looking at schools, a senior teacher at one private which would have entailed a longer day and an even longer journey reckoned it worked well because it kept the kids busy and out of mischief

DS is at mixed independent. He gets up at 7:00am, school starts at 8:10am and he doesn't leave until 8:15pm, although he does have tea and do most of his prep there.

Now that he's in year 10 though he brings one prep home each night so it's pretty full on! They have an hour for lunch and free time during the day for activities / clubs etc.

On Saturdays it's 8:10am until 3:00pm but the afternoon session is all sport. He plays / trains rugby every day of the week - school, club and district and he's knackered! He loves it though!

8.45-3.15 here. DD lives a 15 min walk. Gets up at 6.45am with the rest of us. (two bathrooms, 5 people, time is needed). Leaves at 8.15 with the rest of us, as she walks away from the school to knock for her mates, then walks to the school from there...

DD gets up 6.30,leaves house at 7.30, starts school at 8.30.
School finishes at 3.00 but if she has any clubs or practices she will finish finish at 4.00.

Ours start at 8:20, finish at 3:45. But there are after school matches, orchestra practice, choir etc almost every night, so a 5:30 finish is more common.

My DDs school starts at 8:50, ends 3:30 but she also has to be out of the house at 7:30 and not home till 4:40 or later (depending on traffic). She's in yr9 now, and after the first week or so (when it was like having an oversized tired toddler) she's been absolutely fine - loves the bus journey, its her social club.

Her friend goes to school only a mile away which starts at 9 and ends at 3 - so I see her leaving home 8:45 and she's home by 3:15.