State secondary schools in England & Wales - do they have the same start and end time each day?

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Anna8888 · 20/03/2008 13:56

Do your children from age 11 have to be at school at the same time every day and do they end their school day at the same time every day? And do all children in the school have the same start/end time?

Asking because here in France the start and end time are different every day, depending on the child's individual timetable. Which makes childcare at the beginning and end of the day horrendously complicated.

And, if the timetable is not set in stone, when do know what it will be - on the first day of term in September, or before?

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Anna8888 · 20/03/2008 14:50

Thanks so much.

More data?

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Lucycat · 20/03/2008 14:49

Yes within the same school, obviously the 6th form come and go a bit more but years 7-11 all start and finish at the same time (8.45 - 3.30 in my school)

Psychomum5 · 20/03/2008 14:45

oh we have the same start time each day, and pretty much the same end time unless they have aftere school clubs.

8.15 - 2.45 every day for us

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Anna8888 · 20/03/2008 14:40

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Anna8888 · 20/03/2008 14:01

Thanks. I meant - within the same school.

Ie my elder stepson's school day is

Monday - 9am to 4.30pm
Tuesday - 8am to 5.30pm
Wednesday - 8am to 12pm
Thursday - 8am to 3.30pm
Friday - 9am to 5.30pm

Next year my younger stepson will go to the same school and his start time will be between 8am and 10am and his end time between 2.30 and 5.30pm. Different times to his brother.

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tissy · 20/03/2008 13:59

each school usually has consistent start and finish times (e.g. start 8.45, finish 3.45) but those times will vary from school to school.

mumblechum · 20/03/2008 13:58

They vary here (Bucks). ds's grammar finishes at 3.35pm, the high school down the road finishes at 3pm. Not sure whether the high school starts earlier, but ds needs to be in for registration by 8.35am

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