SCHOOL DAY

The morning session at Beaumont extends from 8.30am to 12.50pm and the afternoon session from 1.50pm to 3.25pm. There are seven 45 minute teaching periods, five in the morning and two in the afternoon, except on Friday when school finishes at 2.40pm.

In order to take full advantage of the opportunities for learning available at Beaumont, all pupils need to be in school on time every day.  We insist on punctuality from our pupils as lateness is disruptive to both their own education and that of their peers. Furthermore it compromises the ability of the staff both to ensure that pupils are kept fully informed and to dispense their pastoral responsibilities effectively.

The school day starts at 8.30am, at which time pupils must be in their form room ready for registration. Pupils should therefore be arriving on the school premises by 8.25am in order to be in their form room by 8.30am for registration. A bell sounds at 8.25am to warn students that tutor time is about to start. Pupils arriving at their form rooms after 8.30am will be recorded late. Any pupils arriving after 8.40am must report to Reception to sign in and have their Planners stamped. Failure to do this may result in their late attendance being recorded as ‘after the register has closed’ which counts as an ‘unauthorised late’ for that morning.

Pupils spend time with their form tutors from 8.30am to 8.40am during which pupil notices are given out alongside other elements of pastoral administration. On Thursdays, this is extended to include Period 1, during which assemblies and other activities such as peer mentoring take place.

Afternoon school begins at 1.50pm and pupils should be at their Period 6 lesson by 1.50pm for registration at the start of the lesson, otherwise they will again be marked late. Again there is a bell five minutes before the start of Period 6 to warn students to make their way to afternoon lessons.

Persistent lateness will result in detention after school.

THE SCHOOL DAY: