Term Dates & Timetables
Each school term is approximately 10 weeks long. There is one non compulsory Exeat weekend in May. Subject to demand it may be possible for girls to remain in school on the Exeat. There is no Saturday School but there may be sports fixtures on some Saturday mornings and twice a year the girls will be required to help with a Saturday Open Day from 10.00am to 1.00pm.
The school day
All girls should arrive between 8:00 and 8:10am. They should go to their form room and get themselves ready for the day ahead. The school day officially ends at 4:10pm. Many girls choose to stay for activities or prep. These finish at 5:30pm ready for the school buses to depart at 5:40pm.
Breaks/Lunchtime
We encourage Lower School girls to go outside and enjoy our lovely grounds if the weather is warm enough. Otherwise, they use their form rooms as a base. Break, consisting of a drink plus home-baked snack or fruit is supplied in the dining hall or in the courtyard in the summer.
Our mealtime menus are extraordinarily good and we have an award winning chef. We regularly have themed lunches and girls meet at Food Committee to feedback to the chefs and discuss new ideas
Before and After School Care Options
We offer a range of additional options if your daughter needs to extend her school day before 8.00am or beyond 5.30 pm.
Breakfast Club
7.30am – 8.00am £4.25 per morning. Join the boarders for breakfast: Huge range of cooked and continental breakfast options available each morning. Block bookings can be made in advance or one off bookings made by 6.00pm the night before by parents emailing: breakfastclub@priorsfieldschool.com
Supper Club
5.30pm – 7.15pm £11.50 per evening Include the option to stay at school after 5.30pm, supervised by Boarding staff and to join the boarders for a delicious supper. Block bookings can be made in advance or one off bookings made by 12.00pm by parents emailing: supperclub@priorsfieldschool.com
Additional Information
School Day
| Start | End | Activity |
| 8.15 | 9.10 | Period 1 |
| 9.15 | 10.10 | Period 2 |
| 10.10 | 10.40 | Form time/Assembly |
| 10.40 | 11.10 | Break |
| 11.10 | 12.05 | Period 3 |
| 12.10 | 13.05 | Period 4 |
| 13.05 | 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 | 15.10 | Period 5 |
| 15.15 | 16.10 | Period 6 |
| 16.10 | 16.20 | Tea |
| 16.30 | 17.30 | Clubs/Activities |
| 17.40 | Buses Depart (Fridays at 16.35) |
Boarding Meal Times
| Breakfast | |
| Monday – Friday | 7.30 – 8.00 |
| Saturday | 8.00 – 9.00 |
| Sunday | Advertised weekly |
| Lunch | |
| Monday – Friday | 13.05 – 14.15 |
| Saturday – Sunday | Advertised weekly |
| Supper | |
| Monday – Friday | 18.15 – 19.00 (18.30 for Fifth Form) |
| Saturday – Sunday | 18.00 – 18.45 |
Term Dates 2024 – 2025
Autumn Term 2024
| Monday 2 September | Staff INSET and meetings | 9.00am |
| Tuesday 3 September | Staff INSET and meetings | 9.00am |
| Tuesday 3 September | All Boarders return | International Boarders flying into UK – from 8.00am (please contact Boarding House to make arrangements) UK Boarders – from 3.00pm |
| Wednesday 4 September | Term commences for all new students and Lower Sixth | 8.00am for 8.15am start |
| Thursday 5 September | Term commences for all other students | 8.15am |
| Friday 18 October – Sunday 3 November | Half Term | 4.10pm |
| Friday 13 December | Term ends | 1.10pm |
Spring Term 2025
| Friday 3 January | Staff INSET and meetings | 9.00am |
| Sunday 5 January | All Boarders return | International Boarders flying into UK – from 8.00am (please contact Boarding House to make arrangements) UK Boarders – from 3.00pm Boarders Supper – 6.00pm |
| Monday 6 January | Term commences | 8.15am |
| Friday 14 February – Sunday 23 February | Half Term All Boarders Return | 1.10pm From 7.00pm |
| Friday 28 March | Term ends | 1.10pm |
Summer Term 2025
| Tuesday 22 April | Staff INSET and meetings | 9.00am |
| Tuesday 22 April | All Boarders return | International Boarders flying into UK – from 8.00am (please contact Boarding House to make arrangements) UK Boarders – from 3.00pm Boarders Supper – 6.00pm |
| Wednesday 23 April | Term commences | 8.15am |
| Friday 2 May – Monday 5 May | Bank Holiday Weekend | 4.10pm |
| Friday 23 May – Sunday 1 June | Half Term All Boarders return | 4.10pm 7.00pm |
| Sunday 1 June | All Boarders return | 9.00am |
| Friday 11 July | Prize Giving (provisional) and End of Term* | 4.10pm |
| Saturday 12 July | Boarding Houses close | 12.00pm |
