The school day

07:30Day starts

16:30Day ends

9 hLength of daystart to end

45 hHours in a weekfive days, start to end, including breaks and lunch

07:3016:30

Lessons and other time

When	Time
School day starts	07:30
School day ends	16:30

Found on the school website by WhatSchool, February 2026. Not verified; the school website is the authority. Confidence in the match: medium. Page the times came from . Times can include breakfast or after-school clubs.

Expected length of the school week

The Department for Education expects all state-funded mainstream schools in England to provide a school week of at least 32.5 hours, from September 2024 at the latest.

Times found on the school website with medium confidence. Check with the school. They are not compared with 32.5 hours.

DfE guidance: Length of the school week (page updated 17 July 2023).

Ofsted

GoodInspected 27/09/2022

Judgement	Grade
Safeguarding	Effective
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good

Inspection history

Date	Outcome
27/09/2022	Good
07/02/2017	Good

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026, via WhatSchool: Ofsted may have published a newer report since. Since September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade at new inspections, so a one-word grade, where shown, belongs to the inspection date beside it. Ungraded inspections give no grade and are dated by month only. Inspections from September 2024 to November 2025 grade key judgements; report cards (from November 2025) grade evaluation areas.

Ofsted reports for this school

Academy trust

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The Thinking Schools Academy Trust runs 26 schools, including this one.

Gordons Children's Academy, JuniorPrimary · Rochester · Ofsted: Good, Sep 2022
All Faiths Children's AcademyPrimary · Rochester · Ofsted: Good (graded Jan 2020; ungraded inspection Jun 2025)
Cedar Children's AcademyPrimary · Rochester · Ofsted: Ungraded inspection Oct 2024; last graded Good (May 2019)
Maritime AcademySecondary · Rochester · Ofsted: No overall grade (May 2025): Good in all four key judgements; safeguarding effective
The Rochester Grammar SchoolSecondary · Rochester · Ofsted: Good, Jan 2023
Holcombe Grammar SchoolSecondary · Chatham · Ofsted: Ungraded inspection Mar 2024; last graded Good (Sep 2014)

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