When you start at Loreto

The College day starts at 9am and finishes at 4pm. However, depending on your term time (and if Government guidelines are changed), these times may differ. Extra-curricular activities can take place in the evening.

Each student has an individual timetable which will be produced once they are enrolled on their programme of study. It consists of academic lessons, tutorial, Core RE, optional enrichment activities and study periods.

Your timetable will contain a number of study periods where you are not timetabled for a lesson. These are a great opportunity to use our many college study spaces to complete homework and independent study.

Loreto’s 15 Hall groups are the focus for many charitable, voluntary and social activities. Being a member of a Hall provides every student with the opportunity to fully participate in, and even direct and lead, life at Loreto. Halls are led by Heads of Hall who are available for advice and assistance on any matter.

Within your Hall, you will belong to a tutor group, a group of students who meet their tutor once a week in tutorial lessons. These key lessons focus on several different areas, including wellbeing, supporting you in your studies and helping to plan your next steps after college.

Statement on Dress

The College welcomes the variety of appearance brought by individual styles and choices. The wearing of items arising from particular cultural/religious norms (including, for example, saris, turbans, skullcaps, hijabs and kippahs) is seen as part of this welcome diversity.
Loreto College is a place of work for students. We do not insist on any particular dress for employees or students, except where there are health and safety or security concerns, or where a job or placement requires a uniform or protective clothing to be worn.
Clothing obscuring an individual’s face is not allowed on the college campus, except when required for health and safety or work-related reasons. To help ensure identification, employees, students and visitors must not wear clothing in such a way that it obscures the face, this includes items such as, but not limited to, face snoods, niqabs, balaclavas, face masks* etc.
Full details of Loreto’s Statement on Dress can be found on our website.
*Medical face masks will be permitted with evidence of requirement from a medical professional.

Every student attends one lesson of Core RE a week. These are engaging and interesting sessions which explore many aspects of different faiths and wider ethical and moral issues. There is no homework or assessments in Core RE lessons

You need to bring your own stationary and paper, we will provide you with an A4 ring binder to organise your notes. You can bring your own food for lunch or take advantage of the wide range of catering options in college.