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MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
The Start of Term and School Calendar We recognise that pupils will be returning to campus after an extended period of time at home and away from the usual routines of school life. They will require time to adjust to being back on campus, as well as to absorb new safety information. As such, we shall put structures in place to ensure a more staggered start to the term in order to build confidence in and an understanding of how we will be operating every day. We expect the start of term to run as follows:
Sunday 23rd August
Wednesday 9th September (evening)
Boarding facility opens on campus for pupils travelling from overseas who have opted to see through the 14-day period of quarantine on campus.
Remaining Lower Sixth and Remove pupils arrive at school. All pupils back on campus and residential in their boarding houses.
Wednesday 2nd September
Thursday 10th September
Optional light programme of remote learning commences for Hundred and Upper Sixth.
Phased return to face-to-face lessons continues.
Sunday 6th September
Friday 25th – Sunday 27th September
Pupils who have undertaken the period of quarantine on campus move to their own boarding houses.
First Exeat. Pupils will go home although some provision will be made to retain pupils on campus where this is not possible.
Monday 7th September
Friday 16th October – Sunday 1st November
Prefects, Heads of House and New Lower Sixth pupils arrive at school.
Half-term. We anticipate that all pupils will go home for Half-term.
Tuesday 8th September (afternoon and evening)
Friday 20th – Monday 23rd November
Shell, new Lower School pupils, Hundred and Upper Sixth pupils arrive at school.
Second Exeat. Pupils will go home although some provision will be made to retain pupils on campus where this is not possible.
Wednesday 9th September Lessons begin for all pupils (virtual lessons for the Remove and Lower Sixth).
We will ensure that there is a wide window of time available in order to avoid congestion outside the Houses, which will allow social distancing to be observed. Collection of pupils for Exeats and Half-term may need to be staggered too and it is possible that the usual College transport arrangements will be very limited.
