School Term Dates 2023 – 2024
Term 1
Monday 4th September – Teacher Training Day
Tuesday 5th September – Friday 20th October
Monday 30th October – Wednesday 20th December
Term 2
Friday 5th January – Teacher Training Day
Monday 8th January – Friday 16th February
Monday 26th February – Thursday 28th March
Term 3
Monday 15th April – Friday 24th May
Monday 3rd June – Friday 19th July
SCHOLARS TIMETABLES SEPTEMBER 2022-23
MORNING SERVICES
461 SERVICE – DEPARTS HOUGHTON, Broadway 07:35
VIA: Newbottle Street, Grasswell, NEWBOTTLE (0739), Philadelphia, HERRINGTON BURN (0743), A 182, Shiney Row, Chester Road, Avondale Avenue, BARNWELL SHOPS (0755), Wensleydale Avenue, left Station Road (DO NOT TURN RIGHT LOW BRIDGE !), Shiney Row R’about, (0800), Washington Highway, Slip Road, Bonemill Lane, Worm Hill Terrace, Biddick Lane.
ARRIVES BIDDICK ACADEMY 08:10
462 SERVICE – DEPARTS VIGO LANE/PICKTREE LANE 07:50
VIA: Vigo Lane, HARRATON (0800), Bonemill Lane, Worm Hill Terrace, Biddick Lane,
ARRIVES BIDDICK ACADEMY 08:05
AFTERNOON SERVICES
461 SERVICE – DEPARTS BIDDICK ACADEMY 15:10
VIA: Biddick Lane, Northumberland Way, Washington Highway, Shiney Row Roundabout, Station Road (1518), right Wensleydale Avenue, (DO NOT TURN LEFT LOW BRIDGE !), Avondale Avenue, right Chester Road, SHINEY ROW ROUNDABOUT (1525), A 182, Philadelphia Lane, HERRINGTON BURN(1527), Philadelphia, NEWBOTTLE (1529), Grasswell, Newbottle Street.
ARRIVES HOUGHTON, Broadway 15:35
62 SERVICE – DEPARTS BIDDICK ACADEMY 15:10
VIA: Biddick Lane, Northumbria Way, Washington Highway, slip road (1513), Bonemill Lane, Vigo Lane, Harraton, Rickleton
ARRIVES PICKTREE LANE/VIGO LANE 15:22
465 SERVICE – DEPARTS BIDDICK ACADEMY 15:10
VIA: Biddick Lane, Worm Hill Terrace, Bone Mill Lane, Slip Road, Washington Highway, Shiney Row Roundabout, Station Road (1518), right Wensleydale Avenue, (DO NOT TURN LEFT LOW BRIDGE !), Avondale Avenue
ARRIVES TOP OF AVONDALE AVENUE 15:22
The Academy opens to students and parents/carers each day at 8am and closes at 4.30pm – this amounts to a total of 42.5 hours per week.
The School Day
| Period | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | 1 |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | 2 |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Break |
| 11:20 – 12:20 | 3 |
| 12:20 – 13:00 | Lunch
Extra-curricular |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | 4 |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | 5 |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Extra-curricular |
Student Registration starts at 8.30am and Period 5 ends at 3pm – this amounts to a total of 32.5 hours per week.