The School Day
All pupils study the same subjects for their first two years at Kimbolton and these are:
- The Core Subjects: English, Maths, French and Spanish
- The Humanities: Geography, History and Philosophy, Religion & Ethics
- The Sciences: Biology, Chemistry and Physics
- The Creatives: Digital Learning, Drama and Music, and, on a rota: Art, Design Technology & Engineering, and Food and Nutrition
- Personal, Social & Health Education
- Physical Education and Games
For most of these lessons you will be taught in your tutor group apart from in French, Maths and Spanish for which you will be setted after the first term. For most of the creatives you are taught in smaller groups, and for Games you are taught as part of the whole year group.
The structure of the day is illustrated in the table below. You can see that there are five minutes between lessons; this is to give you time to move around the site.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:00-08:20 | Boarders' Breakfast (day pupils may join boarders for breakfast and/or tea, subject to prior notice and a small charge) |
| 08:40 | Registration with Tutor |
| 08:50-09:43 | Period 1 |
| 09:48-10:40 | Period 2 |
| 10:40-11:00 | House Assemblies or Chapel |
| 11:00-11:20 | Break |
| 11:20-12:13 | Period 3 |
| 12:18-13:10 | Period 4 |
| 13:10-14:10 | Lunch, optional extra-curricular activities |
| 14:15-14:20 | Registration in Lesson |
| 14:20-15:15 | Period 5 |
| 15:20-16:20 | Period 6 |
| 16:30 | Buses leave |
| 16:30-17:30 | Optional extra-curricular activities or supervised homework session |
| 18:00 | School Shop (inc café) closes; late buses leave |
| 18:00-18:20 | Boarders' Tea |
It is important to know where your lessons are, and you will be given a timetable with full details of this on your first day in September. As a guide, most lessons take place in these buildings:
| Building | Subject(s) | Other |
|---|---|---|
| Orangery | English, History, PRE | Ingrams Tutor Rooms |
| Castle | Spanish, | Chapel, School Office |
| Queen Katharine Building (QKB) | Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, French, Spanish and Digital Learning | |
| Donaldson | Food and Nutrition, Geography | |
| Pellegrini Art Centre | Art | |
| Roger Peel Sports Centre | PE and Games | |
| DTE Workshops | Design, Technology and Engineering | |
| Lewis Hall | Drama | Assemblies |
| Mews | Music | Ingrams Office, Dining Hall |