Welcome

Welcome to Merchant Taylors' Girls' School; a unique and vibrant community, where pupils of all ages are encouraged and nurtured to forge their own individual and exceptional path We look forward to welcoming you into the Merchant Taylors' family very soon

The school day runs from:

The school day is very busy and starts promptly at 8 40am You will need to be in your Form Room with the correct equipment, wearing your school uniform appropriately and sat at your desk ready to listen to your Form Tutor at this time

Lessons

You will have a different teacher for each subject Below you will find a summary of the lesson times Special areas are used for different lessons for example the laboratories for the Sciences and the Art room for Art lessons

You will have five lessons in a day with three in the morning and two in the afternoon All lessons are 65 minutes long You will be given your own timetable of lessons on your first day Do not worry, you will soon get used to things when you have been here for a few days

Homework

Pupils will be provided with a homework timetable (Years 7 - 9) at the beginning of each school year Parents are asked to communicate with the appropriate Head of House if it is found that the homework set is consistently too much or too little for the pupil, or if it interferes in any way with their health The School uses the management information system “Firefly” to communicate matters relating to homework

Rewards & Sanctions

All pupils will start the academic year with 50 house points The house points total for each pupil will be adjusted when they receive rewards or sanctions

Pupils will lose house points for late work or poorquality work, all pupils will receive an initial warning, any subsequent late or poor-quality work will result in sanctions; every three sanctions will result in a detention and parents will be advised accordingly

The school uses the management information system ‘Firefly’ to communicate matters related to homework which all parents and pupils will receive access to