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School Timings

The school site opens to parents and visitors from 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday during term time.

The Abbey School operates a 2 week (48 periods) timetable which alternates between Week A and Week B according to a pre-published schedule.

Students should aim to arrive in the playground ready for the morning's line-up at 8:40am. The school day will then begin at 8:45am, with a 45 minute registration period with form tutors (except for a Friday, when registration period with form tutors will be for 15 minutes due to early finish on a Friday). Within this slot, there is time allocated to support students with literacy, numeracy, thinking skills and academic mentoring. There are also regular year group and house assemblies that take place for each student dependent on their year group.

Period Time (Mon-Thurs) Time (Fri)
Morning Line Up  8:40–8:45 8:40–8:45
Tutor Time/PSHE 8:45–9:30 8:45–9:00
Lesson 1 9:30–10:30 9:00–10:00
Lesson 2 10:30–11:30 10:00–11:00
Lesson 3a (inc. Years 8/9/10 lunch) 11:30–12:30 11:00–12:00
Lesson 3b (inc. Year 7/11 lunch) 12:30–13:30 12:00–13:00
Lesson 4 13:30–14:30 13:00–14:00
Lesson 5 14:30–15:30  
Lesson 6 (Year 11 Only) 15:30–16:30  
Finish Time 15:30 (Years 7 to 10)
16:30 (Year 11)
14:00

To ensure the safe transition of our students over the footbridge at the end of each school day, we operate a staggered dismissal system on a weekly rotation. Students are released in their year groups between 3:10pm and 3:30pm and parents will be advised weekly of each of the release times.

Friday

On Fridays, the school day ends at 2:00pm for students. However, Year 11 students will have support and revision sessions in this time at specific points in the school calendar. The remainder of the afternoon on a Friday until 4:00pm is used for staff CPD and INSET.

Activities are available for those students who have to remain in school until 3:30pm on Fridays.


Lunch Times

We are pleased that Independent Catering has joined the school to deliver quality food at a competitive price to our students and staff.

Our achievements as a partnership include:

  • Varied nutritious meals that are freshly cooked onsite each day.
  • A variety of choices including a main meal, street food, sandwich bar and fresh salads to suit all tastes. Individual options such as Gluten free can be discussed with the catering manager.
  • Cashless Catering allows parent/carers to top up school dinner accounts online and also look at what their child/children are eating.
  • Cashless Catering has also driven up the number of pupils claiming their free school entitlement.
  • The dining hall has been awarded 5 star food standard rating for the last 3 inspections.

To register for free school meal please click the link below.

The above link will direct you to the Kent County Council site for Universal free school meals.

Information regarding the range of food on offer can be found at the bottom of this page.


Uniform Expectations

A high standard of personal appearance is expected of all students and anyone arriving in non-uniform clothing may expect to be sent home to get changed. All items of school uniform should be clearly labelled with the student’s name. Ties should be correctly worn and shirts tucked in.

Hair colour and style must be appropriate for school (non-natural colours such as green, red or blue are not acceptable, nor are shaved lines).

Make-up is not recommended, however if worn, it should be discreet and complement natural skin tones. False eyelashes and fake tan are also not permitted. Nail varnish should be natural tones only, no nail extensions or false nails of any kind will be allowed. Non-uniform items will be confiscated.

 

Uniform Year 7 - 11 (2025-26)

Boys Girls

Blazer

New Style School Navy blazer with piping.

A plain navy v-necked jumper is optional.

Shirt

Plain white shirt with optional summer short-sleeved collared shirt for terms 5 & 6

School tie
School tie in House colour 

Plain black ‘Putney’ trousers

3cm plain black belt with plain buckle (optional)

Fashion trousers (very tight or very baggy, flares etc) are not permitted, neither are leggings or jean type trousers.

Plain black ‘GTN Trutex’ trousers

3cm plain black belt with plain buckle (optional)

Fashion trousers (very tight or very baggy, flares etc) are not permitted, neither are leggings or jean type trousers.

Navy tartan pleat school skirt (long enough to sit just above the knee)

Black socks Black socks or tights in lower school and upper school may also wear natural coloured tights.

Plain black leather shoes.

Crocs, canvas or trainer-style shoes are not permitted even if the shop labels them as school shoes.

Plain black leather full shoes (no boots) with a maximum of 5cm heels.

Crocs, canvas or trainer-style shoes are not permitted even if the shop labels them as school shoes.

Phone pouch (Year 7 only)

Coats

Outdoor coats should be plain and waterproof. Gillets, fashion sports jackets, hoodies and baseball caps are not allowed.

Bags

Black rucksack with The Abbey School logo (Years 7 - 10)
Plain black rucksack, large enough to hold an A4-sized folder and books (Year 11)
 

Jewellery

Students may wear a watch, one plain ring and a stud styled earring (maximum diameter 5mm) in each ear lobe. No other jewellery can be worn apart from medi alerst which must be worn visibly at all times.

Headscarves and hair coverings, if worn, should be in dark, muted tones, ideally blue or black.

Hairbands, bobbles, scrunchies, clips etc should also be in dark muted tones, matching hair colour or in blue or black.

Uniform Stockists

Rival School & Dancewear

116 West Street
Faversham
ME13 7JB
Tel: 01795 590473

sales@rivalschoolwear.co.uk
www.rivalschoolwear.co.uk

Forster's School & Leisurewear

17/19 East Street
Sittingbourne
Kent ME10 4BQ
Tel: 01795 472947

16 High Street
Sheerness
Kent
ME12 1NL
Tel: 01795 665540

www.forsterskent.co.uk/

Global Leader etc (Sports Kit Only)

48 Blenheim Avenue
Faversham
ME13 8NW

Contact: Marc Leader
Tel: 07840 658936
Email: sales@globalleaderlimited.co.uk
www.globalleaderlimited.com

Equipment

Students will need the items listed below in their school bag:

  • Pen (Blue or Black)
  • Calculator
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Glue stick
  • Knowledge Organiser
  • Rubber
  • Whiteboard pen
  • Reading book
  • Planner (with timetable written in)
  • Highlighter 
  • Reading Ruler

MOBILE PHONES, EAR BUDS / EAR PHONES ARE NOT PERMITTED ON THE SCHOOL SITE AND WILL BE CONFISCATED IF SEEN.

The Maths Department will advise you about the calculator used throughout the school and Food Technology will supply information regarding food ingredients well in advance of lessons.

Marking of Property

Please mark permanently and clearly all items of clothing and equipment. School P.E. kit should be clearly marked with the owner’s name.

Whilst we make every effort to safeguard property, the school cannot take responsibility for any losses. Students should not bring valuables, expensive items or large sums of money into school, nor leave valued possessions unattended.

Please be aware that mobile phones or entertainment equipment brought into school by students is done so entirely at their own risk and the school will not be held responsible for any loss or damage.

PE Uniform

Boys and Girls
Compulsory Items
Boys and Girls
Non-Compulsory Items
Polo Shirt with school logo  Leggings with school logo (no other leggings)

Tracksuit quarter zip jacket with school logo

Technical trousers with school logo
Navy games shorts of a modest length Navy skort (no logo) – PE lessons only
Plain navy game socks (no logo) Football boots (any brand)
White sport socks (any brand) Base layers may be worn – neutral colours such as white, navy, black, grey or blue
Astroturf trainers (any brand)

 

Older “Kelme and Mitre” branded versions of the school kit are permitted. All these items have a school logo and are easily identifiable. These are now very few and far between.

Red Sport Science polo shirts are permitted as students can wear these instead of the blue polo. Still identifiable by the school logo and student name on the back.

Jumpers from the Dance Department are NOT considered part of PE and cannot be worn to school.

There should be no other branded kit or colours e.g. Nike, Adidas, Under Armour etc

All jewellery must be removed for P.E.