Many Ark schools run a longer school day in order to provide adequate time for core subjects and enrichment opportunities. At Ark Boulton Academy we run a slightly longer school day so that our students have more time for learning and for taking part in the large number of enrichment activities that take place. Our school day runs from 08:20 to 15:10 on Mondays - Thursdays and 08:20 to 13:40 on Fridays. This amounts to 36.6 hours in a typical school week. 

 

Monday- Thursday

08:10 - 8:20 Gates Open 
08:20 - 08:50 Form and Reading
08:50 - 09:45 Period 1 
09:45 - 10:40 Period 2 
10:40 - 11:50

Period 3 and Break

Years 10 and 11: 10:40 – 10:55

Years 7, 8 and 9: 11:35 – 11:50
11:50 - 12:45 Period 4 
12:45 - 14:15

Period 5 and Lunch 

Years 10 and 11: 12:45 – 13:20

Years 7, 8 and 9: 13:40 – 14:15
14:15 - 15:10 Period 6 
15:10 End of School
15:10 - 16:00 Period 7 (Key Stage 4) and Enrichment
30 Minutes  C2 Detention 
60 Minutes  C3 Detention
90 Minutes C4 Detention 

 

Friday

08:10 - 08:20 Gates Open (Soft Entry)
08:20 - 08:50 Form and Reading
08:50 - 09:45 Period 1 
09:45 - 10:40 Period 2
10:40 - 11:50

Period 3 and Break

Years 10 and 11: 10:40 – 10:55

Years 7, 8 and 9: 11:35 – 11:50
11:50 - 12:45 Period 4 
12:45 - 13:40 Period 5 
13:40 End of School
30 Minutes  C2 Detention 
60 Minutes  C3 Detention 
90 Minutes C4 Detention