We ask that you arrive to school no later than 8:30am, your year group will be brought inside shortly after, giving you time to arrive and settle in your classroom for Personal Development Time.

You will break for 20 minutes after your second lesson. The Dining Hall will be open if you would like to get breakfast, a snack or a drink. You will also have a 25 minute break for lunch. During these breaks you are able to go outside to a supervised area for some fresh air (dependent on weather conditions)

You will need to bring the following items with you to school each day. Each student will be provided with a pencil case containing one black, one blue and one green pen, a ruler and a rubber. If students could bring additional pens, it would be helpful.

• Pencil case 
• Pens (black or blue ink and a green pen)
• Pencil
• Rubber
• Ruler
• Pencil sharpener
• Scientific Calculator
• Protractor
• Whiteboard pen
• Reading book
• Water bottle

Mobile phones can be brought to school, but they must be turned off on arrival and not be used, turned on, seen or heard during the school day.

Rawcliffes in Dewsbury and Smart Uniforms in Batley are the stockists of our school uniform. The full list of school uniform required is available to view here.

You don't need to bring money into school to pay for items. We are a cashless school, so we ask that your parents/carers use Arbor Pay via their Arbor Parent Portal or App. You can use this account to pay for replacement student planners, revision guides, school lunches, school trips etc. 

There are a number of lockers available at school. There is a small charge of £6.50 for this which covers the cost of the locker until the end of Year 11. We ask that this payment is made on Arbor.

As well as your Personal Development tutors and your Head of Year, we have a Wellbeing team at Whitcliffe Mount who look at the social, emotional and mental health needs of students. We have available wellbeing support, this is located in Inspire, on the ground floor.

If you want to speak to any member of the wellbeing team, you can stop us around school, or ask any of your teachers to get a message to us.

You'll also hear from the team in assemblies and tutor time activities, and see us around school popping in and out of lessons. 

Yes. Students will have access to a school planner, which will be kept in their form room and used each morning during Personal Development time. Through the planner, students can check their timetable, monitor their behaviour points and attendance, record progress towards their Belong Accreditation, access key school information, and keep track of important dates and events.

In addition, each student will receive an individual printed timetable that they can keep in their school bag for easy reference throughout the day.