Once again our students have produced a remarkable set of results in the prestigious IB Diploma. We are relatively unselective in intake, making the average of 36.7 points (equating to better than 3 A grades at A level) even more impressive, and the...
IB and Pre-IB term dates
2019/20
Autumn Term 2019 | |
Thursday 29 August | Arrivals Day – first-year IB and all other new students |
Thursday 29 August – Sunday 1 September | IB and Pre-IB Orientation |
Sunday 1 September | Arrivals Day – remaining second-year students return between 10:00 and 20:00 |
Monday 2 September | 09:00 — Classes start |
Friday 25 October | Teaching finishes at 16:15 |
Saturday 26 October | Departure Day – students leave by 12:00 |
Half-term holiday – college closed to students | |
Sunday 3 November | Arrivals Day – student return between 10:00 and 20:00 |
Friday 13 December | Teaching finishes at 16:15 |
Saturday 14 December | Departure Day – students leave by 12:00 |
Christmas holiday – college closed to students |
Spring Term 2020 | |
Sunday 5 January | Arrivals Day – students return and new students arrive |
Parent-Teacher meetings 15:30 – 17:30 | |
Monday 6 January | 09:00 – IB classes start |
Orientation for Pre-IB students | |
Friday 14 February | Teaching finishes at 16:15 |
Saturday 15 February | Departure Day – students leave by 12:00 |
Half-term holiday – college closed to students | |
Sunday 23 February | Arrivals Day – students return between 10:00 and 20:00 |
Monday 24 February | 09:00 – classes start |
Friday 3 April | Teaching finishes at 16:15 |
Saturday 4 April | Departure Day – students leave by 12:00 |
Easter holiday – college closed to students |
Summer Term 2020 | |
Sunday 19 April | Arrivals Day – students return between 10:00 and 20:00 |
Monday 20 April | 09:00 – classes start |
Thursday 30 April – Friday 22 May | Final exams for second year students |
Tuesday 19 May – Monday 25 May | Term 3 exams for first year students |
Tuesday 26 May | Graduation Day for second year IB students |
Wednesday 27 May | Departure Day for second year IB students – all graduating students leave by 12.00 |
Saturday 6 June – Thursday 11 June | Science field courses for first year IB students |
Friday 19 June | Classes finish at 13:15. Parent -Teacher meetings 14:00 – 16:00 |
Saturday 20 June | Departure Day – first year IB and Pre-IB students – students leave by 10:00 |
Further Reading
“The Insider” podcast
The first episode of “The Insider” has just been published. “The Insider” is a new podcast created by our International Baccalaureate students. The podcast series seeks to find out more about teachers and gain unique insights on things they have learned on their...
A student view: Our CAS experience in Lisbon
On 21 March 2019 we were lucky enough to go on a study visit to sunny Lisbon as part of our Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) experience. We decided to film our adventures in Lisbon, to tell the story from our perspective. Firstly, a bit of background....
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