Flounders
Girls' Cricket v Lady Taverners at Bolton: U13
Year 12 Geography Trip to Newcastle
A Level & GCSE Art External Exams
Year 3 & Year 5 Parents' Evening (Atkinson Hall)
Parents' Meeting for the Year 8 Nice trip (Big School)
Summer Hockey v Thirsk (d17:00)
A Level & GCSE Art External Exams
Year 10 Geography Trip to York
A Level & GCSE Art External Exams
Soul Band Workshop with Back Chat Brass (Big School)
Year 2 & Year 6 Parents' Evening (Atkinson Hall)
Evening Concert: Back Chat Brass (Big School)
UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge (Big School)
A Level & GCSE Art External Exams
Year 10 Morrisby Testing (Big School)
Prep School Teatime Concert (Atkinson Hall)
School Council Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Young Musician of the Year 2024 - Junior Final (Big School)
CCF Exercise Barney Adventure departs (Lake District)
Summer Hockey v Yarm (d17:00)
Young Musician of the Year 2024 - Grand Final (Music School)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School) 13:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:00
16:00 - 22:00
16:30
18:00 - 20:30
19:00 - 21:00
Saturday 27 April 2024
10:30 - 12:00
12:30
A Level Art External Exams
Pianist Masterclass with Worbey & Farrell (Music School)
Year 12 Debating to Durham University
Economics Trip to Hexham Book Festival
Old Courts Formal (Big School)
Evening Concert with Worbey & Farrell (Music School)
Old Barnardians' Committee Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Boys' Cricket v Dame Allan's: 1st, U13 (H) 12:30
Girls' Cricket v Dame Allan's: U15, U13 (H)
12:30 24 hour Music Marathon begins (Music School) 14:00
Boys' Cricket v Dame Allan's: U15 (d12:15) 14:00
Boys' Cricket v Aysgarth: U12 (d12:15) 14:00
Boys' Cricket v St Peter's: 2nd (d12:15) 15:30
Sunday 28 April 2024
Girls' Cricket v York University: 1st (H)
24 hour Music Marathon ends (Music School)
CCF Exercise Barney Adventure returns
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13:15
12:30
16:00
Monday 29 April 2024
09:00
09:00
09:00 - 17:00
09:10
09:45 - 12:55
14:00
Tuesday 30 April 2024
09:00 - 16:05
09:00 - 17:00
14:15
14:30
14:30
Wednesday 01 May 2024
09:00 - 16:05
11:00 - 13:30
11:30
13:30
14:30
14:30
16:00
Thursday 02 May 2024
09:00 - 16:05
14:30
14:30
18:30
19:30
Friday 03 May 2024
13:15 - 13:45
14:15
14:15
17:00
Saturday 04 May 2024
Sunday 05 May 2024
Week 3
Balliol
Durham County Schools Golf (d08:15)
Girls' Cricket v Lady Taverners at Bolton: U15
Year 10 Geography Trip to Lake Swaledale
Choral Assembly
A Level Art External Exams
Cricket v Yarm, National 20:20 Cup: 1st XI (H)
MFL GCSE Oral Exams (Sixth Form Centre, Meeting Room 1)
Year 12 Geography Trip to Whitby
Boys' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U14/U15 (H)
Girls' Cricket v Cundall Manor: U15, U14 (d13:15)
Boys' Cricket v Newcastle School for Boys: U14/U15 (d13:15)
MFL GCSE Oral Exams (Sixth Form Centre, Meeting Room 1)
UCAS Discovery Exhibition at Teesside University (d09:45)
Boys' Cricket v MCC: 1st (H)
Girls’ Cricket Festival @Mowden Hall: U11 (d12:00)
Boys' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: 2nd (H)
Girls' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: 1st (d13:15)
Boys' Cricket v Red House: U12 (H)
Year 5 Trip to Faith Museum (Bishop Auckland)
MFL GCSE Oral Exams (Sixth Form Centre, Meeting Room 1)
Cricket v St Peter's: U13, U12 (d13:00)
Girls' Cricket v St Peter's: U13, U12 (H)
Summer Hockey v Norton (d17:00)
Boarding and Drama & Music Trip to "Kinky Boots" at Darlington Hippodrome
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Girls' Cricket v Yarm: U11, U10 (H)
Boys' Cricket v Yarm: U11, U10 (H)
Boys' Cricket v Raby Castle Cricket Club: 2nd (H)
Exeat Weekend
Equestrian Team: Royal Windsor
Exeat Weekend
5
Monday 06 May 2024
Week 4
Flounders
May Day (Non-School Day)
16:00 - 20:00 Boarders return
Tuesday 07 May 2024
09:00 - 16:05
14:00
18:00 - 18:30
Wednesday 08 May 2024
12:30 - 13:30
14:00
14:15
16:10
18:30
Thursday 09 May 2024
09:00 - 19:00
14:00
14:15
15:30
Friday 10 May 2024
13:15 - 13:45
14:00
16:10
16:15
17:00
19:30 - 22:00
Saturday 11 May 2024
09:00 - 11:30
10:00 - 12:00
13:30
13:30
14:00
Sunday 12 May 2024
GCSE & A Level (Dual Linguists) Oral Exams (Sixth Form Centre, Meeting Room 1)
Boys' Cricket v Yarm: U15, U14 (H)
The Recital Room Concert Series: Mr Ford (Guitar) (Music School)
Ex-Prep School UVI Leavers' Lunch (Atkinson Hall)
Boys' Cricket v Yarm: 1st (H)
Boys' Cricket v Yarm: 2nd (d13:15)
Boys' Cricket v Red House: U13 (H)
Longfield House Dinner (Dining Hall)
Year 12 Geography Trip to the Lake District
Boys' Cricket v Cundall Manor: U11, U10 (d12:30)
Boys' Cricket v Yarm: U13, U12 (d13:15)
Boys' Cricket v Raby Castle Cricket Club: U12/U13 (H)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Boys' Cricket v Cundall Manor: U11, U10 (d12:30)
School Council Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Girls' Cricket v Raby Castle Cricket Club: U14 (H)
Girls' Cricket v York University: 1st (H)
Music Trip to the Glasshouse: Brahms 1st Symphony (d17:00)
Whole School Open Morning
Post-18 Clinic (Sixth Form Centre)
Boys' Cricket v RGS Newcastle: U15, U14 (H)
Girls' Cricket v RGS Newcastle: Seniors (H)
Boys' Cricket v RGS Newcastle: 1st, U12 (d12:30)
RAF Gilding Day (RAF Topcliffe)
6
Monday 13 May 2024
10:00 - 12:00
16:00 - 17:30
Tuesday 14 May 2024
09:15
11:15
14:00
18:30 - 20:00
Wednesday 15 May 2024
09:00
13:30
14:00
Thursday 16 May 2024
Week 5
Balliol
Year 11 Study Leave begins
Theatre Studies & Classics - Theatre Ad Infinitum's "Beautiful Evil Things" Workshop (Big School)
Theatre Studies & Classics - Theatre Ad Infinitum's "Beautiful Evil Things" Performance (Big School)
Prep School Group Photograph
Boys' Cricket v Edinburgh Academy: U13 (H)
Girls' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U15, U14 (H)
GCSE Art Exhibition (Sixth Form Centre)
Prep School Class Photographs
Girls' Cricket at St Peter's: U15 (d07:30)
Boys' Cricket v Durham Pilgrims: 1st (H)
Boys' Cricket v Ampleforth: 3rd (H)
LAMDA Exams
Year 7-9
Internal Exams (Classrooms)
13:00 - 16:00 District Athletics
14:00
14:15
14:30
Friday 17 May 2024
10:00
13:15 - 13:45
19:00 - 21:30
Saturday 18 May 2024
13:30
13:30
13:30
13:30
13:30
Sunday 19 May 2024
Cricket v St Peter's: U13, U12 (H)
Girls' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U12 (d13:15)
Girls' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U13 (H)
Year 12 Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award Practice Expedition Lake District departs
Year 7-9 Internal Exams (Classrooms)
Exercise Cadet Cambrian Patrol departs (Sennybridge Training Area, Wales)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Lectern Club - 'Future Memories' (Year 13 Speakers Only)
Year 7-9
Internal Exams (Classrooms)
Boys' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: 1st, U14 (H)
Boys' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U15, U13, U12 (d12:15)
Girls' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: 1st (H)
Girls' Cricket v Queen Mary's: U14/U15, U13, U12 (d12:15)
Girls' Cricket v Queen Mary's: U14 (H)
Year 12 Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award Practice Expedition Lake District returns
Exercise Cadet Cambrian Patrol returns
Boys' Cricket v Barnard Castle Cricket Club: 1st (H)
Boys' Cricket v Raby Castle Cricket Club: 2nd (H)
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Monday 20 May 2024
13:30 - 16:00
19:00 - 21:30
Tuesday 21 May 2024
10:30
13:30 - 16:00
14:00
14:30
18:00 - 18:30
19:00 - 21:30
Wednesday 22 May 2024
14:30
16:00
Thursday 23 May 2024
09:30 - 17:00
15:30 - 16:15
16:05
18:30
Friday 24 May 2024
10:30
11:00
13:15 - 13:45
17:00
Saturday 25 May 2024
Sunday 26 May 2024
Week 6
Flounders
A Level Computer Science Trip to Bletchley Park/ National Museum of Computing departs
Year 7-9
Internal Exams (Classrooms)
Year 3-6
Musical - "Seussical the Musical" (Big School)
Year 3-6
Musical - "Seussical the Musical" (Big School)
A Level Computer Science Trip to Bletchley Park/ National Museum of Computing returns
Year 7-9
Internal Exams (Classrooms)
Year 5 Cricket Festival at Jesmond (d09:15)
Year 3-6 Musical - "Seussical the Musical" (Big School)
Girls' Cricket v Edinburgh Academy: U14/U15 (H)
Girls' Cricket v Durham High: U15 (H)
The Recital Room Concert Series: Karina Ilieva (Violin) and Antonina Lax (Piano) (Music School)
Year 3-6
Musical - "Seussical the Musical" (Big School)
Cricket v Newcastle School for Boys: 2nd (d13:00)
Cricket v Mowden Hall: U11, U10 (H)
Year 10 Trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Prep School Teatime Concert (Atkinson Hall)
Boys' Cricket v Red House: U14 (H)
CCF Formal Dinner (Dining Hall)
Year 4 Cricket Festival at Jesmond (d09:00)
Headmaster's XI Match v 1st XI (H)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Boys' Cricket v Raby Castle Cricket Club: 2nd (H)
Equestrian Team: Hickstead Eventers Challenge
Half Term
Half Term
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Monday 27 May 2024
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Wednesday 29 May 2024
Thursday 30 May 2024
Friday 31 May 2024
Saturday 01 June 2024
Sunday 02 June 2024
Week 7
Balliol
Half Term
Half Term
Half Term
Half Term
Half Term
Half Term
Half Term
16:00 - 20:00 Boarders return
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Monday 03 June 2024
14:00
Tuesday 04 June 2024
09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 05 June 2024
13:30
16:10
Thursday 06 June 2024
14:30
14:30
18:00 - 20:00
Friday 07 June 2024
10:30
11:00
Week 8
Flounders
Year 10 & 12 Internal Exams (Classrooms)
Year 13 Study Leave begins
Girls' & Boys' Cricket v Hunter Hall: U9 (d12:30)
Year 10 & 12 Internal Exams (Classrooms)
Year 8 HPV Immunisations (Big School)
Year 10 & 12 Internal Exams (Classrooms)
Boys' Cricket v 40 Club: 1st (H)
Girls' Cricket v Cundall Manor: U13, U12 (H)
Year 10 & 12 Internal Exams (Classrooms)
Boys' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U13, U12 (H)
Girls' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U13, U12 (d13:15)
Sixth Form Art Exhibition (The Witham, Barnard Castle)
Year 8 France Trip to Nice
Year 10 & 12 Internal Exams (Classrooms)
School Council Meeting (Nicholson Room)
HMC Athletics
13:15 - 13:45 Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Saturday 08 June 2024
11:30
13:30
14:00
14:00
Sunday 09 June 2024
09:30 - 16:30
Year 8 France Trip to Nice
Durham County Schools' Athletics Championships (Shildon)
Year 10 & 12 Internal Exams (Classrooms)
Boys' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U15, U14 (H)
Girls' Cricket v St Peter's: 1st (H)
Boys' Cricket v Aysgarth: U12 (A)
Boys' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: 1st, U14 (d10:00)
Cricket v D.C.S.F: U14 (d12:15)
Boys' Cricket v Mowden Hall: U12 (d12:15)
Girls' Cricket v Mowden Hall: U12 (d12:15)
Year 8 France Trip to Nice
Cosford Air Show RAF visit (RAF Cosford)
CCF BTEC Level 2 qualification session (M Block)
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Monday 10 June 2024
11:10 - 13:30
14:00
Tuesday 11 June 2024
09:00 - 16:30
13:30 - 16:45
14:30
18:00 - 18:45
Wednesday 12 June 2024
13:00
13:30
13:30 - 16:45
Thursday 13 June 2024
09:00 - 17:00
10:30
14:00 - 16:00
14:30
14:30
14:30
15:30 - 16:15
18:00
Friday 14 June 2024
09:00 - 11:00
09:00 - 17:00
13:15 - 13:45
17:00
Saturday 15 June 2024
10:00 - 12:00
14:30
14:30
14:30
14:30
Sunday 16 June 2024
09:00 - 22:00
11:00 - 16:00
Week 9
Balliol
Year 8 France Trip to Nice Morrisby Feedback Week
Year 6 Tourism Fair (Atkinson Hall)
Year 12 Road Traffic Collision Trip
Year 3 & 4 Cricket v Middleton Tyas (H)
Brain Day for Year 12 Biologists and Psychologists
Year 10 & 12 Art Exam
Girls' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U15, U14 (d13:15)
The Recital Room Concert Series: David Ratnanayagam (Organ) (Music School)
Year 8 Physics Olympics at St Peter's
Cricket Super-8 at St Peter's: U12 (A)
Cricket 6-a-side at Mowden Hall: U11 (d11:30)
Cricket v Newcastle School for Boys: 1st (H)
Year 10 & 12 Art Exam
Year 10 GCSE PE - Climbing Course at ROF 59
Year 3 Cricket Festival at RGS Newcastle (d09:00)
Year 10 & 12 Art Exam
Boys' Cricket v Ampleforth: U13 (H)
Cricket v Ampleforth: U12/13 (d13:00)
Girls' Cricket v Ampleforth: U12/13 (d13:00)
Prep School Teatime Concert (Atkinson Hall)
Boarding Formal (Dining Hall)
CCF AEF (RAF section) (RAF Leeming)
Cricket 6s at Grammar School at Leeds: U13
Year 10 & 12 Art Exam
Year 10 GCSE PE - Climbing Course at ROF 59
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Year 3 Wild Camp
Northern Counties Schools' Athletics Championships (Gateshead Stadium)
Post-18 Clinic (Sixth Form Centre)
Boys' Cricket v Ampleforth: 2nd, U14 (d12:15)
Boys' Cricket v Ampleforth: 1st, U15 (H)
Girls' Cricket v Ampleforth: 1st, U14 (d12:15)
Girls' Cricket v Ampleforth: U15, U15/U14 (H)
Year 7-10 Musical - Bugsy Malone Dress and Tech Rehearsal (Big School)
York & North House Service and Lads' v Dads' Cricket
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Monday 17 June 2024
09:10
14:00
14:30 - 16:00
18:30
19:30 - 22:00
Tuesday 18 June 2024
13:00
13:30
19:30 - 22:00
Wednesday 19 June 2024
19:30 - 22:00
Thursday 20 June 2024
13:45
14:30
14:30
18:00
Friday 21 June 2024
12:30
13:15 - 13:45
14:00
17:00
Saturday 22 June 2024
12:30
12:30
14:30
14:30
Sunday 23 June 2024
13:00
Week 10
Flounders
Choral Assembly
Cricket v Mowden Hall: U9, U8 (d12:30)
Year 7-10 Musical - Bugsy Malone - Prep School Matinee (Big School)
Junior Arts Evening
Year 7-10 Musical - Bugsy Malone (Big School)
HMC Girls' Cricket at St Peter's: U11 (d11:30)
Girls' Cricket v George Watson College: U14 (H)
Year 7-10 Musical - Bugsy Malone (Big School)
Year 3 Cricket Festival (H)
Year 7-10 Musical - Bugsy Malone (Big School)
Boys' Cricket v Newcastle School for Boys: U13 (H)
Boys' Cricket v St Peter's: U12 (H)
Girls' Cricket v St Peter's: U12 (H)
Year 12 Parents' Evening (SchoolCloud 17:30-18:15) (Sixth Form Centre, Big School & Dining Hall)
Year 12 Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award Assessed Expedition Yorkshire Dales departs
Cricket 6-a-side at Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U11 (d11:15)
Lunchtime Concert (Music School)
Girls' Cricket v Cundall Manor: U11, U10 (d12:45)
Cricket v Old Barnardians: 1st (H)
Old Barnardians' Weekend
Boys' Cricket v Pocklington: 1st, U15, U14, U12 (H)
Girls' Cricket v Pocklington: U13, U12 (H)
Boys' Cricket v Pocklington: 2nd, U13 (d12:15)
Girls' Cricket v Pocklington: 1st, U15, U14 (d12:15)
Barney Classic & Retro Car Show (Front field)
CCF Central Camp departs (Strensall)
12
Monday 24 June 2024
09:00 - 17:00
11:00
16:10
Tuesday 25 June 2024
14:30
Wednesday 26 June 2024
14:00
18:15
Thursday 27 June 2024
14:00
14:30
15:30 - 16:15
16:15 - 20:00
17:00
17:00 - 20:00
Friday 28 June 2024
12:55 - 13:50
14:00
17:15
21:00
Saturday 29 June 2024
Week 11
Balliol
Year 8 Geography Trip to Robin Hoods Bay
Boys' Cricket v Westminster School, Australia: 1st (H)
School Council Meeting (Nicholson Room)
Year 12 Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award Assessed Expedition Yorkshire Dales returns
Boys' Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U15, U14 (d13:15)
Prep School New Pupils' Induction & Move Up Afternoon
Year 6 Trip to Beamish
Boys' Cricket v Huddersfield New College: 1st, 2nd (H)
Year 10 Parents' Evening (SchoolCloud 17:30-18:30) (Big School, Sixth Form Centre & Dining Hall)
Boys' Cricket v Newcastle School for Boys: U13 (H)
Boys' Cricket v Newcastle School for Boys: U13 (d13:00)
Prep School Teatime Concert (Atkinson Hall)
Charity Football Match
28th Annual Staff Pootle to Tan Hill
Sixth Form Summer Social
Year 11 Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Award Assessed Expedition Swaledale (option 1) departs
Equestrian Team: Hickstead Elite Championships
Leavers' Concert (Music School)
Cricket v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: U10 (H)
Year 6 GlastonBarney
CCF Central Camp returns (Strensall)
Year 11 Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Award Assessed Expedition Swaledale (option 2) departs 14:00
Cricket v St Peter's: 2nd (H) 14:00
14:00
Sunday 30 June 2024
Girls' Cricket v St Peter's: U14/U15 (H)
Cricket v St Peter's: U15 (H)
13
Monday 01 July 2024
09:10
17:30
Tuesday 02 July 2024
Week 12
Flounders
Year 11 Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Award Assessed Expedition Swaledale (option 1) returns
Boys' Cricket Festival at Rossall
Boys' Cricket Festival v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: 2nd (A)
Choral Assembly
Chapel Choir sing Choral Evensong at York Minster (d12:30)
Year 11 Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Award Assessed Expedition Swaledale (option 2) returns
Prep School Summer Fun Day
Boys' Cricket Festival at Rossall
Boys' Cricket Festival v Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation: 2nd (A)
16:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 03 July 2024
16:00 - 17:00
Thursday 04 July 2024
14:00 - 15:30
16:00 - 17:00
18:30
Friday 05 July 2024
10:00 - 17:00
Year 9 & 10 Prize-giving Assembly
Sixth Form Experience Days
Pre-Prep Teddy Bears' Picnic
Boys' Cricket Festival at Rossall
Year 7 & 8 Prize-giving Assembly
Sixth Form Experience Days
Prep School End of Term Gathering (Chapel)
Year 11 & 12 Prize-giving Assembly
Year 6 Valedictory Service (Chapel)
Prep and Senior School Sports Day 17:00
Prep School Term ends
Saturday 06 July 2024
08:55
House Meetings & Tutor time 10:00
Nailing-up (Chapel) 12:00
Term ends 12:15
Buses depart 12:30
Upper Sixth Valedictory & Prize-giving Service (Chapel) 19:30
Summer Ball (Ramside Hall)
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2024-25 Term Dates
Michaelmas Term 2024
Wednesday 4th September
Senior School New Pupils' Induction Day
Thursday 5th 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)
Monday 5th May
May Day
Friday 23rd May
Half term begins
Monday 2nd June
Second half begins
(Boarders return 1st June 16:00-20:00)
Saturday 5th July
Term ends
(Prep School term ends 4th July 16:00)
