Years 10 – 11 GCSE
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Choosing your GCSE Subject Options
We recommend that girls take 9 GCSEs in total, although some may choose 10. Click the images below to download more information about your chosen subjects.
MSJ Seniors School Day
MSJ Seniors & MSJ Sixth Form (Years 7-13)
| Registration (all girls should be in their classroom for Registration) | 08:20 – 08:25 |
| Assembly/Tutor Time/Hymn Practice | 08:30 – 08:50 |
| Period 1* | 08:50 – 09:25 |
| Period 2* | 09:30 – 10:00 |
| Break | 10:00 – 10:20 |
| Period 3 | 10:20 – 10:50 |
| Period 4 | 10:50 – 11:25 |
| Period 5 | 11:30 – 12:00 |
| Period 6 | 12:05 – 12:35 |
| Lunch | 12:35 – 13:35 |
| perios 7 including Registration | 13:35 – 14:05 |
| Period 8 | 14:10 – 14:40 |
| Period 9 | 14:45 – 15:15 |
| Period 10 | 15:20 – 15:50 |
| Break | 15:50 – 16:00 |
| Early Minibuses Leave | 16:10 |
| Periods 11-12 Activities/Prep | 16:00 – 17:00 |
| Periods 13-14 Activities/Prep | 17:00 – 18:00 |
| Minibuses Leave | 18:10 |
| Supper, Sixth Form | 18:00 |
| Supper, Years 7-8 | 18:10 |
| Supper, Years 9-11 | 18:20 |
*On Mondays Periods 1 and 2 start five minutes earlier and break begins at 09:55.
Friday Exeat timings
The School day starts with Registration at 08:20 as usual but then shifts forward by 30 minutes with Period 1 beginning at 08:30. The School Day ends at 15:30.
MSJ Senior Day Girls
We have around 200 day girls at Malvern St James with the remaining pupils flexi, weekly of full boarding. This mix creates a wonderful environment in which all pupils can get the best of both worlds. Day pupils are mostly from Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. We are the only all-through girls’ school in the county and therefore we are the school of choice for many local families looking for an enriching single-sex educational experience for their daughter.
A great perk for day pupils is that fees include some free boarding nights per term which gives them a real taste and experience of boarding that days pupils elsewhere might not have. The School day finishes at 18:00, however, day pupils have the option to finish earlier at 16:00 or to flexi board on certain nights allowing us to create a very tailored experience that fits in with modern family life.
Pupils who remain in School until 18:00 will use this time to complete their homework and participate in extracurricular activities.
Getting to School
Whilst some girls are dropped off by their parents, many girls use the school bus or even catch the train. There are nine bus routes covered by Malvern St James, serving four different counties, each with a number of collection points. Great Malvern train station is located across the road from the School with direct trains Worcester, Hereford, London Paddington and Birmingham.
A place on the School bus is available on a termly basis. If you have more than one child using the service we offer a sibling discount of 50% for the second child.
A place on the bus can be shared between two families, for example, if your daughter only uses the route in the morning, you would be welcome to ‘share’ the place and cost with a friend whose daughter uses only the return trip.
The School is happy to offer occasional use to families, in the case of emergencies and if there is a seat available on the required route (for example, if a parent’s car has broken down).
Malvern St James Bus Routes
Train Routes to Malvern St James
Wraparound Care at Malvern St James
Wraparound care is offered for all pupils and girls can be looked after in School before morning registration and following the end of the School Day, where they are welcome to join the Boarders for Supper and go to the Boarding Houses.
Boarding at Malvern St James
Girls from Year 3 upwards can full board, weekly board or flexi-board. Flexi-boarding is a great option, some girls who come from slightly further afield, perhaps Oxfordshire, The Cotswolds, Warwickshire or Staffordshire, take advantage of one to three nights flexi-boarding a week. This allows girls the chance to engage with evening activities, whether academic or social and allows for a slightly later wake up call in the morning. Day girls are each given two nights boarding per term at no additional cost so every girl can take advantage of boarding life at Malvern St James.
