
TIMES OF THE DAY
Start of the Day – 9am
End of the Day – 4pm (except Wednesdays, when school finishes at 3.00pm)
Typical opening hours = 35 hours per week
8.30am-8.55am - Enter building
Morning timetable
- 9.00 – 10.00am – Lesson 1
- 10.00 – 11.00am – Lesson 2
- 11.00 – 11.20am – Break
- 11.20am – 12.15pm – Lesson 3
Lunch
12.45 – 1.15PM
Afternoon timetable (expect Wednesdays, classes finish at 3.00pm
- 12.15 – 12.45pm – PHSE
- 1.15 – 2.20pm – Lesson 4
- 2.10 –3.05pm – Lesson 5
- 3.05 –4.00pm – Lesson 6
TERM DATES 2025/2026
Academic Year 2025/2026
INSET days
- 1st September 2025
- 20th July 2026
Autumn Term 2025
Monday 2nd September 2025 to Friday 19th December 2025, we will be running a staggered return for students:
- Tuesday 2nd September
Ignite (Year 9) Cohort will start at 9 am and finish at 4pm
- Wednesday 3rd September
Ignite second day start at 9.00am finish at 3pm
New Year 10 students (joining us for the first time in September 2024) start at 9.00am finish at 3pm
- Thursday 4th September
Ignite third day start at 9.00am finish at 4 pm
All Year 10 students (including those returning from Ignite) start at 9.00am and finish at 4pm
Year 12 students to collect timetables Start at 10 am and finish at 4pm
- Friday 5th September
Everyone in
Year 11 start at 9.00am
Year 13 start at 9.00am (or in time for their first timetabled lesson)
Half term: Monday 20th October to Friday 31st October 2025
End of Autumn term break: Monday 22nd December 2025 – Friday 2nd January 2026
Spring Term 2026
Monday 5th January 2026 to Friday 27th March 2026
Half term: Monday 16th February 2026 to Friday 20th February 2026
End of Spring term break: Monday 30th March 2026 to Friday 10th April 2026
Summer Term 2026
Monday 13th April 2026 to Friday 17th July 2026
May bank holiday: Monday 4th May 2026
Half term Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May 2026
TERM DATES 2026/2027
Academic Year 2026/2027
INSET Days
- Friday 9th July 2027
- 1 day to be confirmed
Autumn Term 2026
Starts: Tuesday 1st September 2026
Ends: Friday 18th December 2026
Half term: Monday 19th October to Friday 30th October 2026
Christmas break: Monday 21st December to Friday 1st January 2027
Spring Term 2027
Starts: Monday 4th January 2027
Ends: Thursday 25th March 2027
Half term: Monday 15th to Friday 19th February 2027
Easter break: Friday 26th March to Friday 9th April 2027
Summer Term 2027
Starts: Monday 12th April 2027
Ends: Wednesday 21st July 2027
May day: Monday 3rd May 2027
Half term: Monday 31st May to Friday 4th June 2027
DRESS CODE
One of the questions we hear most often is what does business dress mean? To us, we would expect that you come to school in something that you would be comfortable to have a formal meeting with a business executive – basically dress for an interview and you will be spot on. A few guidelines below:
- A skirt, dress or trouser suit suitable for a professional environment
- No jeans, skinny jeans or wet look leggings. Leggings only to be worn underneath a dress
- Tops/blouses/ shirts and ties suitable for a professional environment; low necked tops, t-shirts, vest tops and crop tops are not suitable
- Words and diagrams on clothing should not be offensive or possibly be seen as offensive
- Jumpers or cardigans should be plain; no hooded sweatshirts apart from in the fitness suite or during enrichment activities
- Smart flat shoes or boots; trainers, open shoes and flip flops are not suitable
- Hair and makeup should be of a style suitable for a professional environment; if hair is coloured it should be within the natural colour range
- No facial piercings are allowed.
- Outer coats and scarves to be removed whilst in the building.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
We offer a free of charge shuttle service to the school each morning and after school, making your journey as simple as possible. Our double-decker bus services escort our students swiftly and safely from Great Charlotte Street.
Pick up times from Great Charlotte Street are 8.20am and 8.30am, with the bus stopping outside the gym group.
Students travelling into the City Centre by train can get off at Lime Street Station or Liverpool Central Station and walk to Great Charlotte Street for our bus service.
Other useful local bus services include:
Merseytravel’s journey planner can help you plan a route to the school and can be found here.
BUILDING ACCESS
The main entrance to Liverpool Life Sciences UTC is located on Greenland Street, and we have wheelchair access throughout the school, with disabled toilet facilities on every floor.


Food
Breakfast - We run a free breakfast club for any students who wish to attend; cereal, bagels and hot drinks are provided.
Lunch - We ensure a broad and healthy lunch offering, providing high-quality, low-fat meals with fresh fruits and vegetables daily. Students can choose from sandwiches, fresh fruit, healthy tray bakes, and fruit juice to customise their lunch. We also offer hot, nutritionally balanced meals on a three-week menu cycle. While packed lunches are allowed, we request no fizzy drinks or sweets.
Sixth Form students are permitted to go off site during the lunch break.
PAYMENT
We use a cashless catering system. The value of any free school meal allowance will be loaded daily on to the students’ ID card and we provide cash loader machines to allow students to load cash on to their ID cards within the school building.
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