Mercia pupils benefit from a longer working week. We know that more time with pupils enables them to experience a broad curriculum and experience a full range of subjects. Pupils enjoy a wide range of exciting enrichment activities throughout the week.
Attendance
The school day starts at 8.20am when pupils are welcomed into school.
On Monday-Thursday we finish at 5.00pm. On Fridays we finish at 3.45pm.
This means that our school week amounts to 42 hours and 5 minutes per week.
All pupils must attend school if they are fit and well to do so they receive a full and enriching education. We push our pupils to attend 100% of the time. Parents and carers must be supportive of this. Please refer to our Attendance Policy for more information.
The school’s attendance is nation-leading and we expect families to continue to support us in this area.
Key points regarding the school day
- Pupils must arrive at the school before 8:20am, ready and equipped to learn.
- Pupils are considered late if they are not in school before the gates are locked at 8:20am.
- Breakfast will be served from 7:30am – 8:15am.
- Detentions will be served on the day they are given – no exceptions.
- Pupils who would benefit from catch–up or interventions are expected to attend these when invited. These run during mastery time or at the end of the school day.
- All pupils should have left the school by 5:00pm on Monday to Thursday, and by 3:45pm on a Friday if they don’t have detention.
- We have a zero-tolerance policy on mobile phones. Mobile phones cannot be used until pupils have left the school gates
- In Year 7 and 8, pupils will have two self-study periods and two enrichments. In Year 9, pupils will have one self-study period and one enrichment. In Year 10, pupils will have one enrichment period. Self-study will be picked up in afternoon mastery time.
- Years 7 and 9 will have their lunch during sitting 1, Year 8 and 10 will have their lunch during sitting 2.
- Year 11 will have their lunch during sitting 3.
School timetable
Activity
School open
Breakfast
Gates close – all pupils must be in school
Morning line up
Headteacher address
Reading mastery time
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Break
Lesson 3
Play 1/Family dining sitting 1
Play 2/Family dining sitting 2
Mastery time (including PSHE/RE)
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Break
Enrichment and self-study
Afternoon line up and dismissal
Detention
Mon-Thurs
7.30am onwards
7.30am – 8.15am
8.20am
8.23am
8.25am – 8.28am
8.30am – 9.00am
9.00am – 10.00am
10.00am – 11.00am
11.00am – 11.13am
11.15am – 12.15pm
12.15pm – 12.45pm
12.45pm – 1.15pm
1.15pm – 1.45pm
1.45pm – 2.45pm
2.45pm – 3.45pm
3.45pm – 3.58pm
4.00pm – 4.50pm
4.50pm – 5.00pm
5.00pm – 5.30pm
Friday
7.30am onwards
7.30am – 8.15am
8.20am
8.23am
8.25am – 8.28am
8.30am – 9.00am
9.00am – 10.00am
10.00am – 11.00am
11.00am – 11.13am
11.15am – 12.15pm
12.15pm – 12.45pm
12.45pm – 1.15pm
1.15pm – 1.40pm
1.40pm – 2.40pm
2.40pm – 3.40pm
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3.40pm – 3.45pmm
3.45pm – 6.00pm