Education
Each day a student has to have a 2 hour Homebase lesson (Year 7 & 8). This lesson consists of English, Religious Studies, Geography, History and Citizenship. They also have a Maths and Science lessons 4 hours a week. There are also 2 hour lessons of Art & Technology and P.E. In addition students have Drama and Music one hour each week.
There is also houses which divide the entire Secondary department into 4 groups: Africa, America, Asia and Europe. Furthermore each of these houses are split down again into family groups where a group of 15 students are allocated to a particular teacher.
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