The Academy Day
The Academy day starts at 8:15 am and finishes at 2:45 pm for Year 7 and Year 8. 
Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 finish at 2:50 pm. The Academy offers a wide variety of extended school activities and encourages all students to attend.
All students are entitled to a free breakfast provision from 7:30 am in the Courtyard Café and the library is open from 7:00 am until 5.00 pm every weekday.
Extra-Curricular Clubs
At the Academy, we offer students a wide variety of clubs and activities, available before and after school, as well as during break and lunchtime. Our goal is to engage students, ensuring they have fun and enjoy their time with friends.
All areas are staffed by personnel wearing fluorescent jackets and the Academy supplies the equipment for each zone.
*EAP = Elite Athlete Programme (invitation only sessions)
Extended curricular activities include:
- Instrumental tuition
- Academic tutoring
- Additional Learning Periods [ALPS]
- Reading Recovery
- Holiday and weekend support
- Homework Hub
- Football Coaching
Extracurricular activities include:
GLC Focus Sports:
- Football
- Basketball
- Rugby
- Athletics
- Netball
- Rounders
- Trampolining
- Karate
Clubs and Activities:
- Art club
- Drama club
- Science club
- ICT/Media club
- Technology club
- Additional foreign languages
- Gym Training
- Self-esteem development programme [separately for boys and girls]
- Counselling
- Lego therapy
- Coaching and mentoring
- Speech and language support
Leadership:
- Student Leadership Team
- Student LGBTQ+ team
- Student Mental Health Team
- Student I-Will Team [activism]
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Community Volunteering
- Sports Leaders [Year 9 & 10]
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The Academy is open to students for an average of 50 hours a week.
