The School Day
Communications with school
The Form Tutor is the first point of contact for parents and carers. At Birchwood, we believe there should be a strong relationship between the Form Tutor, the student and their parents and carers built on good communication and mutual respect. There is a Head of Year and Assistant Head of Year to oversee the progress and pastoral care of every student in their year group.
Keeping in touch with school is easy. You can contact the main office by email on contactus@birchwoodhigh.org or by telephone on 01925 853 500. You can also download the Class Charts to your smartphone or tablet.
Once you are set up with the app you can see information such as:
- Free messages sent by the school delivered to the app
- Attendance and absence information
- Attitude to learning (“ATL”) scores for each lesson
- Daily/Weekly timetable information
We also have a weekly update for parents, carers, and the community with news and announcements from school. It is essential reading for all parents and carers. If you are not receiving the weekly update please contact school.
The School Day
Getting to school on foot, bike, bus or on the train is very straightforward. Breakfast club is open from 7:30am for a bite to eat, activities like table tennis or just to catch up with friends before the school day starts.
The school day starts at 08.40 with AM registration. Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri.
08:15 – 08:40 Student Entrance Opens
08:40 – 08:50 Form time
08:50 – 09:50 Period 1
09:50 – 10:45 Period 2
10:45 – 11:05 Break time
11:05 – 12:00 Period 3
12:00 – 12:55 Period 4
12:55 – 13:55 Lunch time & Enrichment
13:55 – 14:15 Form time
14:15 – 15:10 Period 5
The school day starts at 08.40 with AM registration. Thursday
08:15 – 08:40 Student Entrance Opens
08:40 – 08:50 Form time
08:50 – 09:50 Period 1
09:50 – 10:45 Period 2
10:45 – 11:05 Break time
11:05 – 12:00 Period 3
12:00 – 12:55 Period 4
12:55 – 13:45 Lunch time & Form time
13:45 – 14:40 Period 5
The school day lasts 6.5 hours, except on Thursdays when it is reduced to 6 hours to allow time for staff training.
This results in a total of 32 hours for the school week.
