School lunchtime

[disney_l81]

My daughters secondary school have only ever had 30 mins- they do get a morning break of 10 mins. They start school at 8.30 too. They have staggered times due to size of school.

[mushumadness]

15 mins morning
40 mins lunch which is also smack bang in the middle of a lesson

[Bootrip2]

I was just wondering that’s all - it seems that 30 mins is what most get. I just confused as they used to start at 9 and finish at 3, but now they start at 9.30 and finish at 3. I suppose they cut the lunch hour down and labelled PHSE half hour after lunch to give kids time to run around.

[Megandllsmum]

Daughters school starts now 8.35am they have a break of 15 minutes 10.55am then my daughters lunch it 30 minutes at 12.10pm , they do stagger lunch and some like my daughter have it at 12.10 some an hour later at 1.10…..all finish school at 2.40pm

[JLH]

when my youngest was at school he had 30 minutes - he always used to moan that the queue was too long for the hot food and there wouldn't be enough time to queue and then eat but his was a very big school.

[BevS97]

Originally Posted by Bootrip2

I was just wondering that’s all - it seems that 30 mins is what most get. I just confused as they used to start at 9 and finish at 3, but now they start at 9.30 and finish at 3. I suppose they cut the lunch hour down and labelled PHSE half hour after lunch to give kids time to run around.

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PHSE is a real lesson and they should be doing something. Careers. Health. Drugs. Knife crime. All sorts of topics are covered.

[Trickytenrec]

My ds is 14 and gets two morning breaks 10 & 15 mins, then a lunch break which is 45 mins long. His lunch is quite late in the day and only has one lesson afterwards.

My dd is 8 and gets a morning and afternoon break at 15mins each and then an hour lunch break.

[jndt]

9.30 am is a late start.

Both of my high schoolers start at 8.30am and finish at 2.30 and 2.40pm (different schools).

[Abbysmum]

We start at 8.50am until 3.15pm, 60 mins for lunch and 15 mins break in the morning (primary school).

[Elodie]

My daughter (at grammar school) starts at 8:50 and finishes at 4pm with 40 mins for lunch. They finish at 3pm on Fridays.

The last hour of the day is enrichment - basically compulsory clubs, but with lots of fun choices like escape rooms / climbing wall / geek games as well as the usual sports / music / dance clubs, so I like it.