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The Duke of York's Royal Military School

A co-educational boarding school for students aged 11-18

Calendar

Key Calendar Dates For Parents

 
Autumn Term Calendar 2023
           
All parents are welcome to support all sports fixtures, Parades and Chapel services.  
Any event marked with an asterisk (*) is also open to parents.
           
Date   Start Time End Time Event  Venue 
           
AUG          
Tue 29 1800   Rugby: pre-season training begins  
           
SEP          
Sat 2 0900 1700 Rugby: Brentwood School tournament  Away
Mon 4 0800 0825 Staff Chapel service Chapel
    0830 1600 Staff INSET Nye Hall
Tues 5 0830 1200 Staff INSET Nye Hall
    1000 1100 Year 7 students arrive  
    1100 1200 All other new students arrive  
    1200 1300 Year 12 students arrive  
    1400 1630 Year 12 induction  Sixth Form Centre
    1600 1900 All other students return  
Wed 6 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835 1030 Tutor groups  
    1100   Lessons begin  
Thur 7 1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
Fri 8 0815 0835 Chapel Chapel
    1830 2000 Peer listening training  
Sat 9 0815 0835 Tutor meetings  
    1200 1330 Peer listening training  
    1205 1235 Pastoral Staff training Nye Hall
    1300 1400 Hockey v King's School Canterbury: 1st XI  Home 
    1330 1430 Hockey v King's School Canterbury: 2nd XI  Away
    1415 1515 Rugby v King's School Canterbury: 1st XV, 2nd XV, U16 Home 
    1415 1515 Rugby v King's School Canterbury: U15A, U15B Away
    1445 1545 Hockey v King's School Canterbury: U14A Home 
    1445 1545 Hockey v King's School Canterbury: U15A  Away
    1545 1645 Hockey v King's School Canterbury: U14B Home 
    1545 1645 Hockey v King's School Canterbury: U15B  Away
Sun 10 1030 1100 Morning Prayer Chapel
Mon 11 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835 1250 Careers seminars: Year 12 White Rose Room
Tue 12 0800 1600 Years 8-11: HPV clinic Sports Hall
    1000 1600 British Army Band workshop  Nye Hall
    1320 1400 ALG Meeting AG's Room
    1615 1645 British Army Band and Military Band Concert Nye Hall
    1830 2100 School Production: auditions Nye Hall
Wed 13 0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
    1330 1430 Careers talk: Waterbear Music College  Drama Studio
    1430 1530 Hockey v St Lawrence College: U13A, U13B Home 
    1430 1530 Hockey v St Lawrence College: U12A, U12B  Away
    1430 1530 Rugby: Natwest Cup Round 1  
    1830 2100 School Production: auditions Nye Hall
Thur 14 All Day   Hockey: Mel Clewlow Tournament: 1st XI Away
    1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
    1530 1630 Rugby v King's School Canterbury: U14A, U14 B Home 
Fri 15 0815 0830 Chapel (Haig) Chapel
    1330 1400 Headman's half-hour Principal's Office
Sat 16 0815 0835 Tutor meetings  
    1400 1500 Hockey v Ashford School: U15A  Home 
    1400 1500 Hockey v Ashford School: 1st XI, U14A Away
    1430 1530 Rugby v King's School Rochester: 1st XV, 2nd XV Home 
    1430 1530 Rugby v King's School Rochester: U15, U14 Away
    1430 1530 Rugby v Kent College: U13, U12 Away
    1515 1615 Hockey v Ashford School: U13A, U12A Home 
Sun 17 1030 1100 Morning Prayer Chapel
Mon 18 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835 1250 Careers seminars: Year 12 White Rose Room
    1300 1400 School Council meeting AG's Room
Tue 19        
Wed 20 0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
    1000 1130 Health and Safety meeting AG's Room
    1400 1500 Hockey v Junior King's School: U13A, U13B, U12A, U12B Away
Thur 21     Non-uniform day  
    1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
    1530 1700 Rugby v Chatham Grammar School: U15 Home 
    1530 1700 Rugby v Chatham Grammar School: U14 Away
Fri 22 0815 0830 Chapel  Chapel
    0830 1600 Geography: fieldwork Year 13 Camber Sands
  22 1415 1515 Rugby v Chatham Grammar School U12 Home 
    1415 1515 Rugby v Chatham Grammar School U13 Away
Sat 23 0815 0835 Tutor meetings  
    1330   Overnight exeat may be taken after
school commitments 
 
Sun 24 1900   Exeat ends: Students return  
Mon 25 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835   Careers meetings Library
    1645 1745 Hockey v St Edmund's School: 1st XI Home 
Tue 26     European Day of Languages  
    0835 0930 Staff Consultative Committee AG's Room
    1320 1400 ALG Meeting AG's Room
    1630 1730 Hockey v St Edmund's School: U15A  Home 
Wed 27 0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
    1430 1530 Rugby: Natwest Cup Round 2  
Thur  28 1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
    1605 1705 Messing meeting AG's Room
Fri 29 0815 0830 Chapel (Alanbrooke) Chapel
    1330 1400 Prefects' meeting AG's Room
    1430 1530 Rugby v Cranbrook School: U13A, U13B, U12A, U12B  Home 
    1700 1745 *Parade  
    1900 2130 Regimental dinner AG's Room
Sat 30 0815 0835 Tutor meetings  
    1430 1800 Rugby v Cranbrook School: U15 U14A U14B Home 
    1430 1800 Rugby v Cranbrook School: 1st XV, 2nd XV, U16 Away
OCT          
Sun 1 1030 1100 Morning Prayer Chapel
Mon 2 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835   Careers meetings Library
Tue 3     UKMT Senior Maths Challenge Nye Hall
Wed 4 0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
    1415 1515 Rugby v Chatham Grammar School: 1st XV Home 
Thur 5 All Day   Hockey: county tournament U15A Away
    1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
Fri 6 0815 0830 Chapel Chapel
    1830 2130 Prefects' dinner AG's Room
Sat 7 0700 1900 Rugby: Ealing EPP Festival Ealing Rugby Club
    0815 0835 Tutor meetings  
    0835 1300 Open Morning  
    1330 1430 Hockey v King's School Cantebury: U15A  Home 
    1330 1430 Hockey v King's School Cantebury: U15B Away
    1430 1530 Rugby v Ashford School: 2nd XV Home 
    1430 1530 Rugby v Ashford School: U15, U14, U13, U12 Away
    1445 1545 Hockey v King's School Cantebury: 1st XI, U14 Away
    1445 1545 Hockey v King's School Cantebury: U14B  Away
    1545 1645 Hockey v King's School Cantebury: 2nd XI  Away
Sun 8 0930 1030 *Parade  
    1030 1100 Morning Prayer (Harvest Festival) Chapel
    1300 1700 Inter-House Song Competition: technical rehearsal   Nye Hall
    1900 2000 Holy Communion Chapel
Mon 9 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835   Careers meetings Library
Tue 10 1320 1400 ALG Meeting AG's Room
Wed 11     Performance grade deadline: Years 11 and 13  
    0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
    1415 1515 Rugby: Natwest Cup Round 3  
    1415 1515 Rugby v St Lawrence College: U13, U12A, U12B Home 
Thur 12 0900 1600 Trustees: SIP strategy day AG's Room
    1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
    1900 2100 Inter-House Song Competition  Nye Hall
Fri 13 0815 0830 Chapel Chapel
    1130   *Beret Parade Parade Square
    1330   Half-term begins: Students may depart  
    1400 1600 *Parents Day: Year 11 Sports Hall
    1900 2200 HM dinner AG's Room
Sun 29 1600 1900 Half-term ends: Students return  
Mon 30 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835   Lessons restart  
    0835   Careers meetings Library
Tue 31 0800 1600 Years 7-13: flu vaccination clinic Sports Hall
NOV          
Wed 1 0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
    1415 1515 Rugby v Simon Langton Boys Grammar: 1st XV Home 
Thur 2 1400 1600 TDA meeting London
    1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
    1515 1615 Rugby v Simon Langton Boys Grammar: U15 Home 
    1515 1615 Rugby v Simon Langton Boys Grammar: U14 Away
    1600 1800 TDF meeting London
Fri 3 0815 0830 Chapel (Kitchener) Chapel
    1330 1400 Headman's half-hour Principal's Office
    1700 1745 *Parade  
Sat 4 0815 0835 Tutor meetings  
    1205 1235 Pastoral Staff training Nye Hall
    1400 1500 Hockey v CranbrookSchool: 1st XI, 2nd XI Away
    1500 1600 Hockey v Cranbrook School: U15A, U15B  Away
    1600 1700 Hockey v Cranbrook School: U14A, U14B Away
Sun 5 1030 1100 Morning Prayer Chapel
Mon 6 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835   Careers meetings Library
Tue 7 1320 1400 ALG Meeting AG's Room
    1800   British Torch of Remembrance Ceremony Westminster Abbey
Wed 8 0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
    1000 1100 Dover Cruise Terminal Remembrance Service Dover
    1430 1530 Rugby: Natwest Cup Round 4  
    1430 1530 Rugby v Sutton Valence School: U13, U12A, U12B Home 
    1600 1700 Remembrance Service: rehearsal Chapel
Thur 9     Non-uniform day  
    1000   British Torch of Remembrance Parade Roeselare
    1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
    1605 1705 Messing meeting AG's Room
    1630 1730 Hockey v Kent College: 1st XI  Home 
Fri 10 0815 0830 Chapel  Chapel
    1530 1615 Remembrance Parade: rehearsal  
    1700 1745 *Parade  
    1800   British Torch of Remembrance Parade Brussels
Sat 11 0815 0835 Tutor meetings  
    1045 1145 Service of Remembrance Chapel
    1400 1500 Hockey v Kent College: U15A Home 
    1400 1500 Hockey v Kent College: U14A  Away
    1415 1515 Rugby v St Lawrence College: 1st XV, U16A, U16B, U15A Home 
    1415 1515 Rugby v St Lawrence College: U15B, U14A, U14B Away
    1515 1615 Hockey v Kent College: U13A, U13B, U12A, U12B Home 
    1800   King of the Belgians' Remembrance Parade Brussels
    1900   TDA Reunion dinner Dining Hall
Sun 12 1000 1045 *Remembrance Parade Parade Square
    1045 1130 *Remembrance Service Chapel
    1130 1200 *TDA refreshments Nye Hall
Mon 13     Anti-Bullying Week begins  
        Odd-Socks Day (Anti-Bullying Week)  
    0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835   Careers Meetings Library
    1300 1400 School Council meeting AG's Room
Tue 14        
Wed 15 0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
Thur 16 0900 1030 English Years 10-11: A Christmas Carol performance Nye Hall
    1045 1545 Maths Years 12-13: A Level Maths in Action London
    1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
    1400 1530 Trustees: Education committee meeting AG's Room
Fri 17 0815 0830 Chapel (Marlborough) Chapel
    1330 1400 Prefects' meeting AG's Room
        Anti-Bullying Week ends  
Sat  18 All Day   Hockey: County tournament: 1st XI  Away
    0815 0835 Tutor meetings  
    1330   Overnight exeat may be taken after
school commitments 
 
Sun 19 1100   Scholastic book fair opens Library
    1900   Exeat ends: Students return  
Mon 20 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    1700 1800 Hockey v King's School Rochester: 1st XI  Away
Tue 21 1320 1400 ALG Meeting AG's Room
Wed 22 0800 1800 Biology Years 12-13: Science Live event London
    0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
    1415 1515 Rugby: Natwest Cup Round 5  
    1415 1515 Rugby v Norton Knatchbull School: U14 Home 
    1630 1730 Hockey v King's School Rochester: U15A  Away
Thur 23 All Day   Hockey: County tournament: U13A  Away
    0930 1230 Maths Year 12: team challenge  AG's Room
    1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
    1400 1530 Trustees: Leadership and management committee meeting AG's Room
    1530 1700 Trustees: Business committee meeting AG's Room
Fri 24 0815 0830 Chapel  Chapel
    1415 1515 Rugby v Norton Knatchbull School: U13, U12 Home 
    1700   Scholastic book fair closes Library
    1700 1745 *Parade  
Sat  25 0815 0835 Tutor meetings  
    1430 1530 Rugby v Christ's Hospital: 1st XV, 2nd XV, U16 Away
    1445 1545 Rugby v Christ's Hospital: U15, U14A, U14B Home 
Sun 26 1030 1100 Morning Prayer Chapel
Mon 27 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835   Careers Meetings Library
    1700 1800 Hockey v King's School Rochester: 2nd XI Away
Tue 28 0835 0930 Staff Consultative Committee AG's Room
Wed 29 0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
    1630 1730 Hockey v King's School Rochester: U15B  Home 
Thur 30 1000 1130 Health and Safety meeting AG's Room
    1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP (P) Office
    1400 1530 Trustees: Health and welfare committee meeting AG's Room
DEC          
Fri 1 0815 0830 Chapel (Roberts) Chapel
    0830 1600 Geography Years 12-13: fieldwork  Brixton
    1330 1400 Headman's half-hour Principal's Office
    1700 1745 *Christmas Parade  
Sat  2 0815 0835 Tutor meetings  
    1400 1500 Hockey v St Lawrence College: 1st XI  Home 
    1400 1500 Hockey v St Lawrence College: 2nd XI, U15B Away
    1415 1515 Rugby v Sutton Valence School: U15, U14A, U14B Home 
    1415 1515 Rugby v Sutton Valence School: 1st XV, 2nd XV, U16 Away
    1515 1615 Hockey v St Lawrence College: U14A  Home 
    1515 1615 Hockey v St Lawrence College: U15A, U14B  Away
Sun 3 1030 1100 Morning Prayer Chapel
    1900 2000 Holy Communion Chapel
Mon 4 0815 0830 Assembly Nye Hall
    0835   Careers Meetings Library
    1830 2030 Christmas Feast: Years 7-11 Dining Hall
Tue 5 1320 1400 ALG Meeting AG's Room
Tue 5 1830 2030 Christmas Feast: Years 12 and 13 Dining Hall
Wed 6 0815 0830 Chapel: Hymn Practice Chapel
    1400 1500 Service of Nine Lessons and Carols: rehearsal Chapel
Thur 7 1415 1700 Rugby: Natwest Cup quarter final  
    1000 1200 Trustees: Full board committee meeting AG's Room
    1045 1515 Maths Years 10-11: GCSE Maths in Action  London
    1315 1400 PLG Meeting VP(B)'s Office
    1400 1530 Trustees: Members meeting AG's Room
    1900 2030 *Service of Nine Lessons and Carols Chapel
Fri 8 0835 1135 Christmas Concert: rehearsal Nye Hall
    1145 1245 *Christmas Concert Nye Hall
    1330   Term ends: Students free to leave  
    1400 1600 *Parents Day: Year 7 and 9 Sports Hall
Sat 9     Ski-trip departs