How long is the school day?

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I am prompted by hearing about this school "The Academy day starts at 08.00, all students are expected to arrive by 07.50 and finish at 16.30" They also have a homework support club from 16.30-17.30

Please also include whether your school is an Academy, grammar, state, free, independent, etc.

8.40am - 3.05 pm The school I work at (Academy)
8.40am - 3.30 pm The school my children attend (state secondary)
8.00am - 4.30 pm Kings Science Academy, Bradford (Free School)

state secondary 8.30 - 3.00

The one where i work

8.30-15.15

My old school

8.40-3.00

Same amount of Teaching time at both school (5hrs)

DD1- Independent: Mon- Thurs- 8.30 - 4pm
Friday 8.30am 3.30 pm plus after school activities such as CCF/ community service etc.

DD2-State academy grammar: 8.30am- 3.30 pm

State middle school - 9.50-3.35
State upper secondary academy 9.45-3.45

8.30 - 4.00 private secondary
8.30 - 3.10 sn secondary

my school 8:40-3:30 state academy - teaching time 5 h 25 min
dc indi 8:30-4
other dcs indi 8:45-4

Independent prep 8.20 to 4pm

8.50-3.30 State secondary. Lunch at 1.20pm.

The school I attended was a state grammar 8.45 to 3.20

8:35-3:35 mon-thur
8:35-12:35 fri
Scottish high school

The Free School I mentioned in the OP apparently has 35 hrs lessons a week, instead of the standard 25!

Apparently they have 30 mins per day silent reading.

But they've just had a grade 3 (requires improvement) from Ofsted, who have criticised the length of the school day.

Hmm...

My high school was 8.55 to 3.40 i think. Just a council school.

The school bell goes at 9am but pupils are expected to be on the yard at 8.50 to line up for 8.55. School finishes at 3.30 and we have five hours five minutes teaching time. It's a foundation school.

... Foundation primary school.

My old school was state grammar, 8.25 - 4pm

My dd1 will be starting in september at a secondary girls academy that was formally a private school. I believe the school hours are 8.20-3.45, which seems a slightly longer day. I believe they have stuck with the old longer private school holidays though, so this must be to offset that.

Ds: independent senior school - 8.40-4.00: 5hrs 15mins teaching (longer lunch and breaks).

I work: state grammar - 8.55-3.45: 5 hours teaching.

State comp 8.50-3.00, very short lunchbreak so still 5 hours teaching

State Grammar 8.45 to 3.35, 5 hours teaching.

State grammar - 8.25-3.10 (5hrs teaching plus moving time between lessons)
State grammar - 8.20-3.25 (5hr 20min teaching)
Comp - 8.40-3.00 (5hrs including moving time)

ds - State comp - 8.30 to 3.05 (40 min break for lunch)
dd1 - state comp, when she went, converted to an academy 18months ago but no change as yet - 8.30 to 3.10 4 days a week, start at 9am the other day. Also get a fairly short lunch, but then get quite a long break in the morning.

Private UK curriculum school in ME.

Sun till Wed 7.45 till 3,
compulsory ECA's minimum three times a week until 4 (masses to choose from)
Thurs 7.45 till 1
Long holidays in the summer, short 2 day half terms
20 min break after 2 lessons, 40 min break after lesson 4, and 30 min study period daily after lunch.

Our local secondary schools do 8:30am-3:00pm or 8:45am-2:45pm.
They seem to be set up to allow older siblings to collect younger children from the local primary schools, although that may just be a convenient side effect.

Independent prep school 8.30 - 4.30

International school in ME

0730 - 1415

5 Hours 20 mins teaching