Lent Term 2025
Contact Details
General Office
01833 690 222 genoffice@barneyschool.org.uk
Accounts Department 01833 696 081 accounts@barneyschool.org.uk
Headmaster's Office 01833 696 009 headmaster@barneyschool.org.uk
Prep School Office 01833 696 032 prep@barneyschool.org.uk
Admissions 01833 696 030 admissions@barneyschool.org.uk
Marketing 01833 625 390 admissions@barneyschool.org.uk
House Contacts
Boarding Houses
Longfield Housemaster
Mr Peter Lavery 01833 696 014 longfield@barneyschool.org.uk
Old Courts Housemaster
Mr Scott Edwards 01833 696 053 / 01833 696 052 junior@barneyschool.org.uk
Day Houses
Bowes Housemistress
Mrs Janey Dolby 01833 696 029 bowes@barneyschool.org.uk
Durham Housemaster
Mr David Riley 01833 696 005 durham@barneyschool.org.uk
Tees Housemaster
Mr Henry Fairwood 01833 696 037 tees@barneyschool.org.uk
Northumberland Housemaster
Mr Barry Imms 01833 696 004 north@barneyschool.org.uk
York Housemaster
Mr William Chaloner 01833 696 047 york@barneyschool.org.uk
Dale Housemaster
Mr Joseph Pickering 01833 696 036 dale@barneyschool.org.uk
Marwood Housemistress
Mr Edward Midcalf 01833 696 058 marwood@barneyschool.org.uk
Reminder: Entries in Green are for Prep School
Week 1
Balliol
Monday 06 January 2025 INSET
Tuesday 07 January 2025 INSET
16:00 - 20:00 Boarders' return
Wednesday 08 January 2025
08:30 Term begins
09:00 - 09:40 House Meetings
09:45
Headmaster's Assembly
10:30 Lessons begin: Period 3
10:30 Year 11 & Year 13 Mock Exams begin (Big School & Sports Hall)
16:00
Sister Act - Senior Musical - Ensemble Auditions begin
Thursday 09 January 2025
10:00 - 17:00 Florence Nightingale Day - Lancaster University (Year 12 Maths Enrichment) (d08:30)
16:05 - 17:00
17:15
Senior Musical - "Sister Act" Rehearsals begin (Music School)
CoC Meeting (Nicholson Room)
19:00 - 21:00 Barnard Castle Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
Friday 10 January 2025
There are no events for this day
Saturday 11 January 2025
10.30
09:30 - 12:30
12:15
Durham County Schools' Cross Country Championships (Farringdon Community Academy) (d09:00)
Barnard Castle Youth Choir Rehearsals (Atkinson Hall)
Netball v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: 1st, U15, U14 (H)
12:30 Hockey v Ampleforth: U13 (H)
12:30 Netball Training: U12/13 (H)
13:30 Hockey v Ampleforth: 1st (H)
14:00
Hockey v Ampleforth: U15 (d12:15)
14:00 Swimming v Mowden Hall: U13 (H)
14:00
14:30
15:00
Sunday 12 January 2025
Squash v Ampleforth: 1st (d12:15)
Hockey v Ampleforth: 2nd (H)
Hockey v Ampleforth: U14 (d15:00)
11:30 - 16:00 Boarders' Trip and Activities
Monday 13 January 2025
15:30 - 17:00
Week 2
Flounders
CCF Liaison Lecture - Sqn Ldr G Blount RAFAC (Sixth Form Centre, Meeting Room 1 & 2)
15:30 - 17:00 Activities Signing On (Dining Hall)
Tuesday 14 January 2025
There are no events for this day
Wednesday 15 January 2025
09:45 - 12:15
14:00
HeadSpace Lecture: OB Louis Jerrom (Chapel)
Football 6s at St Peter's: (d12:15)
16:05 Year 13 Mock Exams end
Thursday 16 January 2025
Year 8 'Future Business Magnates' at Durham County Cricket Club
16:15 School Council Meeting (Nicholson Room)
19:00 - 21:00 Barnard Castle Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
Friday 17 January 2025
11:00
13:15 - 13:45
NEJS Swimming at St John Charles: U11, U10, U9 (d09:30)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Saturday 18 January 2025
09:30 - 12:30 Barnard Castle Youth Choir Rehearsals (Atkinson Hall)
11:00
Durham Rugby 10s: 1st (d09:00)
12:00 Year 11 Mock Exams end
12:15
12:15
13:15
13:15
14:00
14:00
14:15
15:00
15:15
Sunday 19 January 2025
Netball v Dame Allan's: U13, U12 (H)
Hockey v Ashville: U13 (H)
Netball v Dame Allan's: U15, U14 (H)
Hockey v Ashville: U12 (H)
Netball v Dame Allan's: 1st, 2nd, 3rd (d12:15)
Hockey v Ashville: 1st (d12:15)
Hockey v Ashville: U14 (H)
Hockey v Ashville: 2nd (d12:15)
Hockey v Ashville: U15 (H)
Equestrian Team: Dressage (Greenlands Equestrian Centre)
11:30 - 16:00 Boarders' Trip and Activities
Monday 20 January 2025
Week 3
Balliol
Year 11 MFL Mock Oral Exams
18:30 - 21:00 Music Scholars' Dinner (Dining Hall)
Tuesday 21 January 2025
There are no events for this day
Wednesday 22 January 2025
09:45 - 12:15
HeadSpace Lecture: SRE (Big School)
14:30 Hockey v Yarm 2nd: 1st (H)
18:30 - 21:00 EPQ Celebration Evening (Big School)
Thursday 23 January 2025
09:00 - 14:00 Box House Theatre's "Twisted Tales" Performance and Drama Scholars' Workshop (Big School)
13:00 Rugby 7s at Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U13 (d11:15)
16:10 Diversity Focus Group Meeting (Nicholson Room)
16:15 Hockey v Yarm: U15 (H)
19:00 - 21:00 Barnard Castle Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
Friday 24 January 2025
09:00 Year 7 (11+) Entrance Testing
13:15 - 13:45 Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
14:00 Football v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U11, U10 (d12:45)
Saturday 25 January 2025
Exeat Weekend
09:30 - 12:30 Barnard Castle Youth Choir Rehearsals (Atkinson Hall) 10:00 Rugby Tournament: U17 (H)
Sunday 26 January 2025
Exeat Weekend
Equestrian Team: Show Jumping (Greenlands Equestrian Centre)
Equestrian Team: Eventer's Challenge (Epworth Equestrian Centre)
Monday 27 January 2025
14:15
15:30 - 17:00
17:15 - 19:00
Tuesday 28 January 2025
15:00
17:05
17:15 - 19:00
Week 4
Flounders
Swimming v Hunter Hall: U11, U10, U9, U8 (H)
CCF Summer Camp Presentation for all cadets (Big School)
Professional Development Course (Group A) (Sixth Form Centre)
Netball v Cundall Manor: U15, U14 (d13:30)
HSMs Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Professional Development Course (Group B) (Sixth Form Centre)
Wednesday 29 January 2025
09:45 - 12:15
11:30 - 12:55
14:00
14:30
17:15
17:15 - 19:45
Lunar New Year (Year of the Snake)
HeadSpace Lecture: OB Christopher Wood (Big School)
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge (Classrooms)
Boys' Hockey Festival at Mowden Hall: U11, U10 (d12:30)
Hockey v Austin Friars: 2nd (d13:00)
HoDs Meeting (Sixth Form Centre, Meeting Room 1 & 2)
Professional Development Course (Group C) (Sixth Form Centre)
Thursday 30 January 2025
15:30 - 16:15
16:15
18:00
19:00 - 21:00
Friday 31 January 2025
13:15 - 13:45
19:00 - 21:30
Prep School Teatime Concert (Atkinson Hall)
Hockey v Yarm: U14 (H)
Year 13 Parents' Evening (Sixth Form Centre, Dining Hall & Big School)
Barnard Castle Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Lectern Club 3 - "Top of the Pops!" (Dining Hall)
Saturday 01 February 2025
09:00 - 12:00
09:30 - 12:30
10:30
12:45
13:30
13:30
13:30
14:00
14:00
14:00
14:30
15:00
Sunday 02 February 2025
11:30 - 16:00
Sixth Form Entrance Day (Dining Hall & Sixth Form Centre)
Barnard Castle Youth Choir Rehearsals (Atkinson Hall)
Rugby 10s at Pocklington: U15 (d08:45)
Netball v Giggleswick: U13, U12 (H)
Hockey v Giggleswick: U13, U12 (H)
Hockey v Giggleswick: U14 (H)
Rugby Tournament: U17 (H)
Hockey v Giggleswick: 1st (d12:15)
Netball v Giggleswick: U15, U14 (d12:15)
Football v Giggleswick: 1st (H)
Netball v Giggleswick: 1st, 2nd, 3rd (H)
Hockey v Giggleswick: U15 (d12:15)
Boarders' Trip and Activities
Monday 03 February 2025
09:10 - 09:40
13:00
13:30
16:45
17:15 - 19:00
Tuesday 04 February 2025
08:00 - 17:00
13:30
17:15 - 19:00
18:00
Week 5
Balliol
Choral Assembly (Chapel)
Cross Country at Terrington Hall: U13, U11, U9 (d11:30)
Football Festival at Newcastle School for Boys: U8 (d11:45)
CoC Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Professional Development Course (Group A) (Sixth Form Centre)
UKMT Team Maths competition (selected students Year 8 & 9) (Durham Johnson School)
The Diana Award Anti-Bullying Ambassador Training (Middlesborough)
Football Tournament at Newcastle School for Boys: U10 (d11:45)
Professional Development Course (Group B) (Music Room 1)
Year 11 Parents' Evening (Sixth Form Centre, Dining Hall & Big School)
Wednesday 05 February 2025
09:00 - 13:50 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical Rehearsal (Music School)
09:45 - 12:15
09:45 - 12:55
HeadSpace Lecture: OB Theo Colley (Big School)
Goal Setting Morning
11:00 Rugby 7s at Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U16 (d09:00)
14:00
14:00
14:45
17:00 - 18:00
18:30 - 21:30
Boys' Hockey Festival at Mowden Hall: U9 (d12:30)
Netball Festival at Mowden Hall: U9 (d12:30)
Netball v St Peter's: 1st, 2nd, 3rd (d13:00)
Professional Development Course (Group C) (Sixth Form Centre)
Year 12 Grand Dinner (Dining Hall)
Thursday 06 February 2025
Year 4 Trip to Hopetown, Darlington
14:45 Hockey v RGS Newcastle: U13 (d13:00)
15:00
19:00 - 21:00
Friday 07 February 2025
13:00
13:00
13:15 - 13:45
Netball v Newcastle School for Girls: U13, U12 (H)
Barnard Castle Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
NEJS Netball at Bradford GS: U11 (d11:00)
NEJS Boys' Hockey at Bradford GS: U11 (d11:00)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Saturday 08 February 2025
09:30 - 12:30
10:30
12:15
13:00
13:30
13:30
14:00
14:15
14:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
Sunday 09 February 2025
11:30 - 16:00
Northern Schools' Inter Cross Country Championships (North Yorkshire)
Barnard Castle Youth Choir Rehearsals (Atkinson Hall)
Rugby 10s at Pocklington: U13 (d08:45)
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: U12 (H)
Netball v Queen Mary's: U15, U14 (H)
Netball v Queen Mary's: U12 (d12:15)
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: U15 (H)
Netball v Queen Mary's: 2nd/3rd (H)
Football v St Peter's: 1st, 2nd (H)
Netball v Queen Mary's: U13 (d12:15)
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: 1st (d12:15)
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: U14 (H)
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: 2nd (d12:15)
Boarders' Trip and Activities
Monday 10 February 2025
14:15
Week 6
Flounders
Year 12 Work Experience Week
Netball v Aysgarth: U9 (H)
14:15 Hockey v Aysgarth: U9 (H)
17:15 - 18:00
Tuesday 11 February 2025
09:00 - 17:00
11:00
16:15
18:00
Calendar Meeting (Sixth Form Centre, Meeting Room 1 & 2)
CCF Range Day 1 (new recruits) (Wathgill Camp)
Rugby 7s at Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U14 (d09:00)
School Council Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Parents Information Evening for Classics Trip to Italy (Library)
Wednesday 12 February 2025
09:45 - 12:15
11:00
11:00
Rugby 7s at Aysgarth: U11 (A)
HeadSpace Lecture: OB Rohan Kelsall (Big School)
HMC Netball at Hymers: U11 (d09:00)
HMC Football at Hymers: U11 (d09:00)
17:30 - 19:30 Year 7 - 13 Parent-Tutor Calls (SchoolCloud)
Thursday 13 February 2025
13:55 - 14:35 Year 11-13 Lecture: The use of LinkedIn (Big School)
15:00 Hockey v Cundall Manor: U14 (d13:30)
15:30 - 16:15
Prep School Teatime Concert (Atkinson Hall)
16:05 - 17:00 Dodgeball: Staff v Prefects
19:00 - 21:00
Friday 14 February 2025
10:30 - 11:10
12:30
13:00
13:15 - 13:45
14:30 - 15:30
Saturday 15 February 2025
Sunday 16 February 2025
Barnard Castle Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
Girls' County Cup Hockey: U11
Senior School Founders' Day Service (Chapel)
Old Barnardians' Lunch followed by Founders' Day Service
Rugby 7s Tournament at Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U11 (d11:45)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Prep School Founders' Day Service (Chapel)
Half Term
Half Term
Equestrian Team: Equestrian with Style and Show Jumping (Greenlands Equestrian Centre)
Equestrian Team: Eventers Challenge (Northallerton Equestrian Centre)
Balliol
Monday 17 February 2025
Half Term
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Half Term
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Half Term
Thursday 20 February 2025
03:45
Friday 21 February 2025
Half Term
Physics Trip to CERN, Switzerland, departs
Half Term
Saturday 22 February 2025
Half Term
Sunday 23 February 2025
Half Term
Physics Trip to CERN, Switzerland, returns
Monday 24 February 2025
08:30
09:00 - 09:40
09:45
Tuesday 25 February 2025
15:30 - 21:30
17:05
18:00 - 19:00
18:00 - 21:00
Week 8
Flounders
Second half term begins
Headmaster's Assembly (Chapel)
Lessons begin: Period 2
SnoZone Trip 1
HSMs Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Year 5 & 6 French Trip Meeting for Parents (Atkinson Hall)
Barney Union Society - 'Britain is a villain in History' (Chapel)
Wednesday 26 February 2025
09:00 - 17:00
09:45 - 12:15
12:30
14:00
Rugby 7s at Scarborough College: U18
REP Theatre Culture Trip to Newcastle Theatre Royal
HeadSpace Lecture: Everyone's Invited (Big School)
Rugby 7s at Woodhouse Grove: U16 (d09:45)
Netball Festival at Mowden Hall: U11 (d12:30)
Thursday 27 February 2025
11:00
13:55 - 14:35
17:15
18:00 - 20:00
19:00 - 21:00
Friday 28 February 2025
13:15 - 13:45
14:15
14:15
18:00 - 20:00
Saturday 01 March 2025
09:00 - 12:30
11:00
11:00
12:15
13:00 - 17:00
13:45
13:45
14:00
14:00
14:15
14:45
14:45
17:00
17:00
Sunday 02 March 2025
11:30 - 16:00
Rugby 7s at St Peter's: U13 (d09:00)
Year 9-13 AS STEER Testing
HoDs Meeting (Sixth Form Centre, Meeting Room 1 & 2)
Sixth Form Information Evening (Year 10) (Sixth Form Centre)
Choral Society Rehearsal (Music School)
Art Scholars' Workshop (Art Department)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Netball v Aysgarth: U11 (H)
Hockey v Aysgarth: U11 (H)
House Drama (Big School)
Rugby 7s at Aysgarth: U13, U12
Barnard Castle Youth Choirs Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
Rugby 7s Tournament: U15 (H)
Rugby 7s at Sedbergh: U16 (d09:00)
Netball v Aysgarth: U12 (H)
Inter School Debating Competition (Big School)
Hockey v St Peter's: 1st (H)
Hockey v St Peter's: U15 (d12:15)
Squash v Ampleforth: 1st (H)
Swimming v Sedbergh: Senior, U15 (d12:15)
Football v Ampleforth: 1st, 2nd (H)
Hockey v St Peter's: U14 (d14:45)
Hockey v St Peter's: 2nd (H)
North of England 7s at Liverpool: U18 departs
National Prep Schools' Cross Country at Malvern: U13, U11 (d17:00)
Soul Band compete at the North Big Band Jazz Festival
National Prep Schools' Cross Country: U13, U11
North of England 7s at Liverpool: U18
Boarders' Trip and Activities
Monday 03 March 2025
09:00 - 17:00
14:15
14:15
15:30 - 17:00
16:00
Tuesday 04 March 2025
09:00 - 17:00
11:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
16:00
Prep School Open Week
Week 9
Balliol
CCF Range Day 2 (Year 10 and above) (Warcop Training Camp)
Netball v Hunter Hall: U9 (H)
Football v Hunter Hall: U9 (d13:00)
Year 7 Ecology Trip Introduction Talk (Sixth Form Centre)
Year 12 DT Visit to JCB World Headquarters departs (Staffordshire)
CCF Range Day 3 (Year 10 and above) (Warcop Training Camp)
NEJS Girls' Football Tournament at Hymers (d09:00)
Rugby 7s at St Peter's: U14 (d09:00)
NEJS Rugby 7s at St Peter's
County Cup Rugby 7s at Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U15 (d11:30)
Year 12 Visit to JCB World Headquarters returns (Staffordshire)
Wednesday 05 March 2025
Rugby 7s at Ampleforth: U18
Rugby 7s at Ampleforth: U15
09:00 - 14:00
09:45 - 12:15
12:00
15:30
16:10
16:10
19:00 - 21:30
Thursday 06 March 2025
14:00
17:15
18:00
19:00 - 21:00
Friday 07 March 2025
13:15 - 13:45
13:30
14:15
Year 9 Vaccinations (Sports Hall)
HeadSpace Lecture: OB Steve Kinghan (Big School)
Rugby 7s at Terrington Hall: U13 (d09:40)
Football v Hunter Hall: U11 (H)
Netball v Cundall Manor: U13, U12 (H)
Hockey v Cundall Manor: U13, U12 (H)
Lectern Club 4 - Life is an Open Book (Dining Hall)
Prep School World Book Day
Year 8 'Future Business Magnates' at Workplace, Newton Aycliffe
Netball Tournament: U12 (H)
CoC Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Year 9 Parents' Evening (Sixth Form Centre, Dining Hall & Big School)
Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Eduqas GCSE Drama Practical Performance
Netball v Yarm: U10 (H)
14:15 Netball v Yarm: U11 (d13:00)
14:15
14:15
19:00 - 21:30
Saturday 08 March 2025
09:00 - 12:00
12:15
12:15
12:30
13:00
13:00
14:00
14:15
15:00
Sunday 09 March 2025
10:00
Hockey v Yarm: U10 (H)
Hockey v Yarm: U11 (d13:00)
Music Trip to Durham Cathedral: Music from Film with Illuminated Orchestra (d16:45)
Equestrian Team: Show Jumping (Greenlands Equestrian Centre)
Open Morning
Netball v Austin Friars: 1st, 2nd, U16 (H)
Netball v Austin Friars: U15, U14 (H)
Senior Boys' House Squash
Hockey v Austin Friars: U12 (H)
All England 7s: U16 departs
Hockey v Austin Friars: U14 (d12:15)
Netball v Austin Friars: U13, U12 (d12:15)
Hockey v Austin Friars: U15 (d12:15)
Rugby 7s at Mount St Mary's: U18 (d07:30)
10:00 - 15:00 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical Rehearsal (Big School)
11:30
11:30 - 16:00
All England 7s: U16
Boarders' Trip and Activities
Monday 10 March 2025
Week 10
Flounders
Barnard Castle School Festival of Music 2025
09:10 - 09:40 Choral Assembly (Chapel)
15:30 - 21:30 SnoZone Trip 2
16:15 School Council Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Barnard Castle School Festival of Music 2025
Reception visit Bowlees Education Farm
09:00 - 14:00 Year 7 Ecology Trip (Group 1)
12:00
Rugby 7s at St Peter's: U11 (d10:00)
13:00 County Rugby 7s: U14 (H)
14:00 - 17:00 Vocal Masterclass with Miss Dias (Music School)
15:00 Netball v Dame Allan's: U15, U14 (d13:15)
17:15 - 18:00 Calendar Meeting (Sixth Form Centre, Meeting Room 1 & 2)
18:00 - 19:00 Recital Room Concert - Miss Dias and guests (Music School)
Wednesday 12 March 2025
09:45 - 12:15
14:00
15:30
Barnard Castle School Festival of Music 2025
HeadSpace Lecture (Big School)
Netball v Newcastle High School for Girls: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (H)
Netball v Hunter Hall: U11, U9 (H)
16:00 - 17:00 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical Rehearsal for Spring Concert (Big School)
17:15 HoDs Meeting (Sixth Form Centre, Meeting Room 1 & 2)
19:00 - 21:00 Spring Concert: 'A Night At The Movies' (Big School)
Thursday 13 March 2025
Barnard Castle School Festival of Music 2025
Girls' Area Hockey Final: U11
13:00 County Rugby 7s at Durham City: U18 (d11:30)
14:15
Hockey v St Peter's: U13 (d13:00)
14:15 Hockey v St Peter's: U12 (H)
14:30
14:30
Netball v St Peter's: U13 (d13:00)
Netball v St Peter's: U12 (H)
15:30 - 16:15 Prep School Teatime Concert (Atkinson Hall)
18:00 - 20:00 Senior House Public Speaking (Big School)
19:00 - 21:00
Friday 14 March 2025
11:00
13:15 - 13:45
14:00
Barnard Castle Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
NEJS Boys' Hockey at Pocklington: U11 (d09:30)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Netball v Cundall Manor: U11, U10 (H)
14:00 Hockey v Cundall Manor: U10 (d12:45)
16:05 - 20:00 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical Rehearsal (Big School)
17:00
CCF Exercise Senior Strike (Year 11 and Above) deploys (Catterick Training Area)
Saturday 15 March 2025
12:30
14:00
14:00
14:00
CCF Exercise Senior Strike
Junior Boys' House Squash
Netball v Ampleforth: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, U14 (H)
Football v Sedbergh: 1st (H)
Football v Sedbergh: 2nd (d12:15)
14:00 Netball v Ampleforth: U15, U13 (d12:15)
19:00 - 21:00 Barnard Castle School Community Choirs' Concert
Sunday 16 March 2025
10:00 - 17:00 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical Rehearsal (Big School)
11:30 - 16:00 Boarders' Trip and Activities
16:00
CCF Exercise Senior Strike returns
Monday 17 March 2025
09:00 - 16:30
17:15
Tuesday 18 March 2025
09:00 - 14:00
12:30
Week 11
Balliol
Year 10 Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Day Walk (Option 1) (Lower Teesdale)
CoC Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Year 7 Ecology Trip (Group 2)
Rugby 7s at Woodhouse Grove: U14 (d09:45)
13:00 - 14:30 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical Rehearsal (Big School)
Wednesday 19 March 2025
09:45 - 12:15
12:00
13:00
HeadSpace Lecture: SRE (Big School)
Rugby 7s at Dame Allan's: U18 (d10:00)
Rugby 7s at Dame Allan's: U16 (d11:30)
13:00 - 14:30 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical Rehearsal (Big School)
14:00
17:00 - 23:00
18:00
Thursday 20 March 2025
12:30
Rugby 7s at Mowden Hall: U11 (d12:30)
Theatre Studies & Music Trip - Emma Rice's "North by Northwest" (York Theatre Royal)
Year 8 Parents' Evening (Sixth Form Centre, Dining Hall & Big School)
Rugby 7s at QEGS, Wakefield: U15
Year 11 & 12 Scholars Oxbridge Trip (Cambridge Festival) departs
13:00 - 14:30 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical Rehearsal (Big School)
15:30
15:30
Football v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U9, U8 (H)
Netball v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U9, U8 (H)
16:05 - 18:30 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical Rehearsal (Big School)
16:10
17:05
23:00
Friday 21 March 2025
13:15 - 13:45
16:05
Diversity Focus Group Meeting (Nicholson Room)
HSMs Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Year 5 & 6 French Trip departs
Year 5 & 6 French Trip
Prep School Red Nose Day
Year 11 & 12 Scholars Oxbridge Trip (Cambridge Festival)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Netball: Staff v 1st (H)
16:05 - 19:00 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical Rehearsal (Big School)
19:30 - 22:30
Saturday 22 March 2025
Music Trip to the Glasshouse: Bach Violin Partitas (d16:45)
Year 5 & 6 French Trip
09:00 - 15:00 "Sister Act" - Tech Rig (Big School)
11:00
12:15
12:30
13:15
21:00
Sunday 23 March 2025
10:00 - 22:00
11:30 - 16:00
Rugby 7s at Woodhouse Grove: U13, U12 (d08:15)
Netball v RGS Newcastle: 3rd, U14, U13, U12 (H)
Intermediate House Squash
Netball v RGS Newcastle: 1st, 2nd, U15, U14, U12 (H)
Year 11 & 12 Scholars Oxbridge Trip (Cambridge Festival) returns
Year 5 & 6 French Trip
Senior Musical - "Sister Act" - Dress & Tech Rehearsal (Big School)
Boarders' Trip and Activities
Monday 24 March 2025
Week 12
Flounders
Year 5 & 6 French Trip
13:30 - 16:00 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical - Prep School Matinée (Big School)
16:00
16:15
Rugby 7s at Rosslyn Park: U14 depart
School Council Meeting (Nicholson Room)
19:30 - 22:00 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical (Big School)
Tuesday 25 March 2025
09:00 - 16:30
15:00
16:30
Rugby 7s at Rosslyn Park: U14
Year 10 Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Day Walk (Option 2) (Lower Teesdale)
Netball v Newcastle High School for Girls: U15, U14 (d13:30)
Rugby 7s at Rosslyn Park: U16 depart
19:30 - 22:00 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical (Big School)
22:00
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Year 5 & 6 French Trip returns
Rugby 7s at Rosslyn Park: U16
Rugby 7s at Rosslyn Park: U18 depart
09:45 - 12:15
13:00
HeadSpace Lecture: OB Cynthia Wong (Big School)
Netball Tournament at Queen Margaret's: 1st, 2nd (d10:30)
19:30 - 22:00 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical (Big School)
Thursday 27 March 2025
Rugby 7s at Rosslyn Park: U18
09:15 - 13:00 Year 5 Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors - Darlington Hippodrome
17:15 - 18:15
Prep School French Trip Soirée (Atkinson Hall)
19:30 - 22:00 "Sister Act" - Senior Musical (Big School)
Friday 28 March 2025
09:00 - 10:00
Prep School End of Term Gathering
10:30 Senior School House Meetings
15:30 Nailing-up (Chapel)
17:00 Term ends
17:00
CCF Exercise First Look (Year 9 and above) deploys (Catterick Training Area)
17:10 Buses depart
Saturday 29 March 2025
Year 7-9 Ski Trip 2025 depart
CCF Exercise First Look (Catterick Training Area)
Rugby 10s at Sedbergh: U18 departs
Term Dates
Lent Term 2025
Wednesday 8th January Term begins (Boarders return 7th January 16:00-20:00)
25th - 26th January Exeat Weekend
Friday 14th February
Half term begins
Monday 24th February
Second half begins (Boarders return 23rd February 16:00-20:00)
Friday 28th March Term ends
Trinity Term 2025
Wednesday 23rd April
Term begins
(Boarders return 22nd April 16:00-20:00)
3rd, 4th & 5th May
Exeat Weekend including May Day
Friday 23rd May
Half term begins
Monday 2nd June
Second half begins
(Boarders return 2nd June 16:00-20:00)
Saturday 5th July Term ends
(Prep School term ends 4th July 16:00)
Michaelmas Term 2025
Wednesday 3rd September Senior School New Pupils' Induction Day
Thursday 4th September Term begins (Boarders return 4th September 16:00-20:00)
27th - 28th September Exeat Weekend
Friday 17th October
Half term begins
Monday 3rd November
Second half begins (Boarders return 2nd October 16:00-20:00)
22rd - 23th November Exeat Weekend
Friday 12th December Term ends