School Day

Our school day starts at 8:45am and finishes at 3:15pm. Gates open at 8:30am, allowing students time to settle in and prepare for a calm, organised start.

Arriving at school

• Years 7, 8 and 9 enter via the front gate.

• Years 10 and 11 enter via the side gate.

• United Pathways enter via the Earl Marshall Road gate.

• Between 8:30am and 8:45am, students can have breakfast, meet staff and socialise in their designated areas.

• Mainstream students meet their tutors from 8:40am, ready for line-up at 8:45am. Years 7–9 line up in the front yard, and Years 10–11 in the back yard.

• Line-up and tutor time run until 9:15am, when Period 1 begins.

• United Pathways students have morning welcome, breakfast and mentor time from 8:45am to 9:15am.

Break and Lunch

Mainstream break is 11:45am–12:05pm, with lunch from 1:20pm–2:00pm. Each year group has a 20-minute canteen sitting:

• Sitting A: 1:20pm–1:40pm — Years 7, 10 and 11.

• Sitting B: 1:40pm–2:00pm — Years 8 and 9.

United Pathways break is 10:30am–10:50am, with lunch from 12:05pm–12:45pm.

Leaving School

The school day finishes at 3:15pm for all year groups. Main Stream students will leave by the side gate, United Pathway students will leave on the entrance on Earl Marshal Road.

What our Academy will do: 

• We will send a text to all parents confirming any closure and arrangements. This will also be put on the Home Page of this Academy website, and on our Facebook page.
• We will contact via the Local Authority the local radio stations.

For Health and Safety reasons, you need to ensure that your child and the Academy know exactly what you allow them to do if school has to close early in case of extreme weather conditions (or power failure etc.)

In some circumstances, it may not always be possible for your child to contact you before leaving school.  Therefore, it is essential that your child is aware of all the arrangements you have made.  If we do have to close early, updated information will appear on the Home Page of this Academy website, on our Twitter (https://twitter.com/FirValeSchool) and our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/firvalesch).

What you need to do as a Parent/Carer: 

• Make sure our Academy has the correct mobile number for your child so you can receive a text message
• Check our Website
• Follow us on Facebook
• Listen for announcements on BBC Radio Sheffield and Hallam FM and the Sheffield City Council website: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/schoolclosures

Please note that radio stations have a policy of only announcing closures and will NOT announce if the Academy is re-opening.