Michaelmas Term 2024
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
Monday 28 October 2024
Half Term
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Half Term
Week 9
Balliol
Year 11 Iceland trip returns
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Years 2 & 6 Parent/Teacher Meetings for Maths and English
08:30 Second half begins
09:00 - 09:40 House Meetings
09:40 - 12:10
HeadSpace Speaker: OB Matthew Noble (Software Development Engineer, Artificial Intelligence) (Big School)
Thursday 31 October 2024
13:45 - 17:00
Year 6 WW2 Day
Year 9 & 12 Entry - Drama Scholarship Assessments & Entrance Interviews
19:00 - 21:00 Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
19:30 - 22:00 Boarding, Theatre Studies & Music Trip - "Made in Dagenham" (Darlington Operatic Society) (Darlington Hippodrome)
Friday 01 November 2024
13:15 - 13:45 Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Saturday 02 November 2024
Junior & Intermediate House Rugby House Hockey
09:00 - 13:00 Barnard Castle Youth Choirs Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
19:00 - 21:00
Year 7 & 8 School Disco (Big School)
Sunday 03 November 2024
There are no events for this day
Monday 04 November 2024
09:30 - 14:00
14:15
14:15
14:15 - 17:00
15:30
Tuesday 05 November 2024
09:00 - 13:30
09:15
14:00 - 17:00
14:30
15:00
18:00 - 18:30
Week 10
Flounders
Reception & Y4 Parent/Teacher Meetings for Maths and English
Year 12 Entry - Sports Scholarship Testing & Entrance Interviews
Rugby v Hunter Hall: U9 (A)
Hockey v Hunter Hall: U9 (H)
Year 9 Entry - Sport Scholarship Assessments & Entrance Interviews
Senior & Inter Barney Bash
Years 1, 3 & 5 Parent/Teacher Meetings for Maths and English
Year 9 Entry - Music Scholarship Assessments & Entrance Interviews
Reception & Year 6 Height & Weight Checks
Year 9 Entry - Academic Scholarship Assessments & Entrance Interviews
Hockey v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U15 (d13:15)
Hockey v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U14 (H)
Recital Room Concert (Music School)
Wednesday 06 November 2024
09:30 - 13:30
09:40 - 12:10
14:00
14:00 - 17:00
14:30
15:00
15:00
16:00
Year 12 Entry - Academic Scholarship Assessments & Entrance Interviews
HeadSpace Speaker: Dorothea Scales (RSE) (Big School)
Rugby & Hockey Festival at Mowden Hall: U9 (d12:45)
Year 12 Entry - Music Scholarship Assessments & Entrance Interviews
Rugby v St Peter's: U16 (d13:10)
Hockey v Ashville: 1st (d13:15)
Hockey v Ashville: 2nd (H)
Rugby & Hockey v Mowden Hall: U11, U10 (H)
Thursday 07 November 2024
NEJS Cross Country at Barlborough Hall
09:00 - 12:55 Year 11 Mock Interviews (TBC)
15:30 - 16:15
19:00 - 21:00
Friday 08 November 2024
09:00 - 17:00
Prep School Teatime Concert (Atkinson Hall)
Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
A Level PE & Year 13 Sport Scholars trip to Newcastle University
10:30 Co-Curricular Meeting (Nicholson Room)
13:15 - 13:45 Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
14:00 - 17:00 Year 9 & 12 Entry - Art Scholarship Assessments & Entrance Interviews
Saturday 09 November 2024
09:00 - 13:00 Barnard Castle Youth Choirs Rehearsals (Atkinson Hall)
12:30
13:00
13:45
14:00
14:15
14:30
14:30
14:45
15:00
Sunday 10 November 2024
09:15 - 10:30
10:00 - 12:30
10:45
12:30
Rugby Training: U13 (H)
Barney Remembers Weekend departs (Stainton Camp)
Hockey v St Peter's: 2nd (H)
Hockey v St Peter's at Vale of York: U15 (d12:00)
Rugby v Mowden Hall: U12 (d12:15)
Rugby v St Peter's: 1st, 2nd, U15 (H)
Rugby v St Peter's: U14 (d12:15)
Hockey v St Peter's: 3rd (H)
Hockey v St Peter's at Vale of York: U14 (d12:00)
Chapel Choir rehearsal for Remembrance Sunday Service (Chapel)
CCF Remembrance Parade Civic Ceremony
Remembrance Service in Chapel followed by Civic Ceremony (War Memorial Bowes Museum)
Barney Remembers Weekend returns
Monday 11 November 2024
09:10 - 09:35
Week 11
Balliol
Prep School Anti-Bullying Week
Choral Assembly (Chapel)
10:30 School Ceremony of Remembrance (School Fields)
15:30 - 17:00
CCF Year 9 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award Enrolment
16:05 School Council Meeting (Nicholson Room)
17:30 - 21:45
Tuesday 12 November 2024
09:15 - 12:15
11:30
Chapel Choir sing Choral Evensong at Ripon Cathedral (d12:30) (Ripon Cathedral)
Prep School House Singing Rehearsals (Big School)
Junior Barney Bash
14:00 - 15:30 Prep School House Singing (Big School)
17:15 HSMs Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Wednesday 13 November 2024
09:40 - 12:10
15:00
18:00
HeadSpace Speaker: OB Andrew Thornton (Jockey) (Big School)
Hockey v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: 1st (H)
Year 12 Parents' Evening (Sixth Form Centre, Dining Hall & Big School)
Thursday 14 November 2024
14:15
Touch Rugby Tournament at St Peter's: U13 (d13:00)
19:00 - 21:00 Choral Society Rehearsal (Atkinson Hall)
Friday 15 November 2024
13:15 - 13:45
14:15
14:15
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Hockey & Rugby v Yarm: U10 (H)
Rugby & Hockey v Yarm: U11 (d13:10)
Saturday 16 November 2024
09:00 - 13:00
11:00 - 12:00
12:30
13:30
13:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
Barnard Castle Youth Choirs Rehearsals (Atkinson Hall)
Year 6 Coffee Morning with Headmaster (Big School)
Hockey v Pocklington: 1st (H)
Hockey v Pocklington: 2nd (H)
Rugby v Pocklington: 1st, 2nd, U16, U13, U12 (H)
Hockey v Pocklington: U15, U14 (d12:15)
Rugby v Pocklington: U15, U14 (d12:15)
Hockey v Pocklington: U13, U12 (d13:00)
19:00 - 21:30 Year 11 Social - Ceilidh (Big School)
Sunday 17 November 2024
10:00 - 20:30 Tech & Dress Rehearsal - Senior School Play - "Twelfth Night: The Musical" (Big School)
Monday 18 November 2024
11:10 - 12:55
14:00
19:30 - 21:30
Tuesday 19 November 2024
14:30
19:30 - 21:30
Week 12
Flounders
Barney Run (Prep & Senior)
Rugby & Hockey v Hunter Hall: U9, U8 (H)
Senior School Play - "Twelfth Night: The Musical" (Big School)
Hockey Area Final: U16
Hockey Area Final: U18
Rugby v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U15, U14 (H)
Senior School Play - "Twelfth Night: The Musical" (Big School)
Wednesday 20 November 2024
09:00 - 13:00
09:40 - 12:10
14:30
14:30
15:30
16:00
19:30 - 21:30
The National Apprenticeship Show trip
HeadSpace Speaker: OB Holly Appleby (Careers in Biology) (Big School)
Rugby v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: 2nd (H)
County Cup Hockey v Yarm: U18 (d13:00)
Rugby v Hunter Hall: U11, U10 (H)
Hockey v Hunter Hall: U11, U10 (H)
Senior School Play - "Twelfth Night: The Musical" (Big School)
Thursday 21 November 2024
14:30
14:30
19:30 - 21:30
Friday 22 November 2024
11:30
13:15 - 13:45
14:15
18:00
19:30
Rugby v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U13, U12 (d13:15)
Touch Rugby v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U13/12 (d13:15)
Senior School Play - "Twelfth Night: The Musical" (Big School)
NEJS Participation Hockey & Rugby at Yarm: U11 (d10:30)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Hockey v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U10 (H)
Rugby v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation at Darlington Mowden Park: 2nd (16:30)
Rugby v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation at Darlington Mowden Park: 1st (16:30)
Saturday 23 November 2024
19:00 - 21:30
Sunday 24 November 2024
07:30 - 17:00
Exeat Weekend
Barnard Castle School Choral Society Concert: Karl Jenkins' 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' - St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle
Exeat Weekend
RFCA Indoor Shooting Competition (Napier Armoury, Gateshead)
Monday 25 November 2024
Tuesday 26 November 2024
09:30 - 17:00
18:30 - 21:00
Week 13
Balliol
There are no events for this day
Hockey North East Final: U14
Autumn Concert Rehearsals (Big School)
Autumn Concert (Big School)
Wednesday 27 November 2024
09:40 - 12:10
Hockey Area Final: U18
HeadSpace Speaker: OB Kate Martin (Decarbonisation, Ecological Council) (Big School)
Thursday 28 November 2024
07:30 - 17:00
14:15
14:30
15:30 - 16:15
16:05
18:00
Friday 29 November 2024
14:15
19:00 - 21:30
Saturday 30 November 2024
08:00 - 17:00
12:30
13:00
13:30
13:30
13:30
14:00
14:30
14:30
15:00
19:00 - 21:00
Sunday 01 December 2024
The Diana Awards Anti Bullying Ambassador Training (Newcastle)
Hockey v St Peter's: U13 (H)
Hockey v St Peter's: U12 (d13:00)
Prep School Teatime Concert (Atkinson Hall)
Co-Curricular Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Year 10 Parents' Evening (Sixth Form Centre, Big School & Dining Hall)
Hockey v Queen Mary's: U11, U10 (d13:15)
Lectern Club 2 - "Bah Humbug!" (Dining Hall)
RFCA Tri-Climb Competition (Simonside, South Shields)
Hockey v Ampleforth: U13, U12 (H)
Hockey v Queen Mary's: U13, U12 (d12:00)
Hockey v Ampleforth: U14 (H)
Rugby v RGS Newcastle: U13 (d11:40)
Rugby v RGS Newcastle: U15, U14, U12 (H)
Hockey v Ampleforth: 1st (d12:15)
Hockey v Ampleforth: U15 (H)
Rugby v RGS Newcastle: 1st, 2nd, U16 (d12:15)
Hockey v Ampleforth: 2nd (d12:15)
Barnard Castle Community Choirs' Concert at Ripon Cathedral: Karl Jenkins' 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' (Ripon Cathedral)
Boarders' Trip - Metro Centre
Monday 02 December 2024
09:10 - 09:35
09:45 - 15:30
11:30 - 16:00
Tuesday 03 December 2024
09:30 - 16:00
13:55 - 16:00
14:30
17:15
18:00 - 19:30
Week 14
Flounders
Prep School Christmas colouring competitions opens
Prep School Christmas post box opens
Choral Assembly (Chapel)
CCF SAA Field Day (Year 9 cadets) (School Grounds)
GCSE/ A Level Mock Art Exam (Art Department)
North East Hockey Final: U18, U16
Prep School Winter Concert Rehearsals (Big School)
GCSE/ A Level Mock Art Exam (Art Department)
Rugby v Yarm: U15, U14 (d13:10)
HSMs Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Prep School Winter Concert (Big School)
Wednesday 04 December 2024
13:30 - 16:45
14:30
18:00
GCSE/ A Level Mock Art Exam (Art Department)
Rugby v Yarm: 1st, 2nd (d13:10)
Year 7 Parents' Evening (Sixth Form Centre, Dining Hall & Big School)
Thursday 05 December 2024
13:30 - 14:30
14:30
14:30
16:05
19:00
19:00 - 22:00
Friday 06 December 2024
12:30 - 17:00
13:30 - 16:45
14:00 - 15:00
14:30
19:00 - 21:30
Pre-Prep Nativity Dress Rehearsal (Chapel)
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: U13 (d13:00)
Rugby v Yarm & Mount St Mary's: U13, U12 (H)
School Council Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Old Courts Panto Trip - 'The Wizard of Oz' at Hudswell Village Hall
Pear Tree Ball (Big School)
Bowes Museum Christmas Concert Rehearsals (Bowes Museum)
GCSE/ A Level Mock Art Exam
Pre-Prep Nativity (Chapel)
Hockey v Cundall Manor: U11, U10 (d13:15)
Bowes Museum Christmas Concert (Bowes Museum)
Saturday 07 December 2024
12:15
12:15
13:00
13:15
13:30
14:00
14:15
15:00
Sunday 08 December 2024
13:30 - 16:00
17:00 - 18:15
19:00
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: 1st (H)
English School Team Cross Country Finals at GSAL (d10:30)
Rugby v Mount St Mary's: 1st, 2nd, U16 (d11:40)
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: 2nd (H)
Rugby v Mount St Mary's: U15, U14 (H)
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: U12 (d12:45)
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: U14 (H)
Hockey v RGS Newcastle: U15 (d13:30)
Old Courts Christmas Day
Chapel Choir rehearsal for Carol Services (Chapel)
Boarders' Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Chapel)
Boarders' Christmas Dinner (Dining Hall)
Monday 09 December 2024
Week 15
Balliol
Prep School Christmas colouring competition closes 12:15 Bowes & Marwood Christmas Lunch (Big School)
18:00 - 19:00 Year 3 to 6 Carol Service (Chapel)
Tuesday 10 December 2024
10:00
Reception visits Father Christmas at Raby Castle 12:15 Dale & Durham Christmas Lunch (Big School)
19:30 - 21:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Chapel)
Wednesday 11 December 2024
North Hockey Finals: U18
14:00 - 16:30 Chamber Choir sing for the Teesdale Ladies' Luncheon Club Christmas Lunch (d: 13:15) (Headlam Hall)
19:30 - 21:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Chapel)
Thursday 12 December 2024
12:15 Tees House Christmas Lunch (Big School)
14:00 Prep School trip to the Pantomime 'Sleeping Beauty' (Darlington Hippodrome)
19:30 - 21:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Chapel)
Friday 13 December 2024
Christmas Jumper Day for Prep & Senior School Pre-Prep Christmas Party (Atkinson Hall)
09:00 - 10:00 Prep School End of Term Gathering Service (Chapel)
10:30 - 11:10 House Time
12:00 - 13:00
Prep School Christmas Lunch (Big School)
13:00 - 15:30 Year 6 Carol Singing at Care Homes
15:30 Nailing-up (Chapel)
17:00 Term ends
17:10 Buses depart
Term Dates
Michaelmas Term 2024
Wednesday 4th September Senior School New Pupils' Induction Day
Thursday 5h September Term begins
(Boarders return 4th September 16:00-20:00)
28th - 29th September
Exeat Weekend
Thursday 17th October
Half term begins
Wednesday 30th October
Second half begins
(Boarders return 29th October 16:00-20:00)
23rd - 24th November
Exeat Weekend
Friday 13th December Term ends
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)