The School Day
Timetables for every stage
A British online school for children aged 5–14 and a senior GCSE/IGCSE programme — combining academic education with personalised learning, character development and the science of how children learn.
Age structure
Each stage is a separate programme — not one generic curriculum stretched across ages.
| Stage | UK School Years | Approx. Age | Lesson Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS1 | Years 1–2 | 5–7 | 45 minutes |
| KS2 | Years 3–6 | 7–11 | 45 minutes |
| KS3 | Years 7–9 | 11–14 | 45 minutes |
| Senior | Years 10–11 | 14–16 | 60 minutes |
KS1 (ages 5–7) is a gentle, highly interactive introduction to the core curriculum, built around young children's attention and development — shorter lessons, more interaction. KS1 families receive their class timetable on enrolment.
Key Stage 2 · Ages 7–11
KS2 — building strong foundations
A structured primary programme across English, Mathematics and Science, with Arabic, Learning Lab and dedicated Manners & Character — visible on the timetable, not hidden inside other lessons. 16 live lessons per week.
| Time (UK) | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30–9:15 | 📖 English | ➗ Maths | 🧬 Science | 🌍 Arabic |
| 9:25–10:10 | ➗ Maths | 🧬 Science | 🌍 Arabic | 🧠 Learning Lab |
| 10:20–11:05 | 🧬 Science | 📖 English | ➗ Maths | 🤝 Manners & Character |
| 11:15–12:00 | 🌍 Arabic | 🧠 Learning Lab | 📖 English | 🚀 Projects & Enrichment |
Key Stage 3 · Ages 11–14
KS3 — becoming an independent learner
The same academic core, but the emphasis shifts: Learning Lab covers advanced memory and retrieval, revision systems, note-taking, exam technique, planning and metacognition — and a weekly Enrichment & Projects block makes room for practical science, debates, research and presentations. 16 live lessons / 12 hours per week.
| Time (UK) | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30–9:15 | 📖 English | ➗ Maths | 🧬 Science | 🌍 Arabic |
| 9:25–10:10 | ➗ Maths | 🧬 Science | 🌍 Arabic | 🧠 Learning Lab |
| 10:20–11:05 | 🧬 Science | 🧠 Learning Lab | ➗ Maths | 🤝 Manners & Character |
| 11:15–12:00 | 🌍 Arabic | 📖 English | 📖 English | 🚀 Enrichment & Projects |
Senior School · GCSE / IGCSE · Ages 14–16
The senior school day
Monday–Thursday, 8:30–4:00 UK time, 60-minute lessons — a serious senior-school structure with the Institute's distinctive features opening each day. Science runs as a specialist pathway: students attend the sessions for their chosen subjects (a Triple Science student takes all three; a Biology-only student attends Biology).
| UK Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30–9:30 | 🧠 Learning Lab | 🤝 Manners & Character | 🧠 Learning Lab | 🎯 Exam Skills & Revision |
| 9:40–10:40 | ➗ Mathematics | 📖 English | ➗ Mathematics | 📖 English |
| 10:50–11:50 | 📖 English | ➗ Mathematics | 📖 English | ➗ Mathematics |
| 12:00–1:00 | 🧬 Biology | ⚗️ Chemistry | ⚛️ Physics | 🧬 Biology |
| 1:00–1:35 | 🍽️ Lunch | |||
| 1:35–2:35 | 🌍 Arabic | 🌍 Arabic | 🌍 Arabic | 🌍 Arabic |
| 2:45–3:45 | ⚗️ Chemistry | ⚛️ Physics | 🧬 Biology | ⚗️ Chemistry |
| 3:45–4:00 | 📝 Review / Independent Work | |||
🧪 How we teach GCSE and IGCSE Science together — without confusing them
GCSE and IGCSE are different qualifications — we track them separately and never blur that line. But Science is Science: the core concepts overlap substantially, so students learn together wherever the curricula align.
A student sees "Biology — Live Lesson". The system knows their qualification internally — no confusing labels during normal lessons.
Teachers see exactly who is GCSE and who is IGCSE, and provide qualification-specific examples, terminology, practical requirements and exam questions when needed.
Every shared lesson teaches the common scientific core to the whole class, followed by clearly differentiated extension work where a specification requires extra depth.
GCSE-specific and IGCSE-specific revision and exam preparation remain separate whenever the specifications differ, and progress for each qualification is tracked independently in the backend.
Example: a GCSE Biology student and an IGCSE Biology student attend the same lesson on a shared topic. Both get the full core lesson; each receives the right questions, tasks and depth for their qualification. Classes are organised around Biology, Chemistry and Physics — not duplicated into separate GCSE and IGCSE versions of every class.