Boarders leaving early for Quiet Weekends, Half Terms and End of Terms

Expectations of the School

The deadline for submitting travel information for Quiet Weekends, Half Terms and End of Terms is two weeks prior to departure. This is to allow house staff to organise transfer arrangements on time. All arrangements must be completed on your Firefly Travel Form (access to Firefly will be available after pupils arrive in September).

If for any reason a boarder is travelling outside the permitted times, permission must be obtained from Mr Jones - Deputy Head by email request in good time to submit your Firefly form.

As Warminster School is an academic school, where we prioritise the academic development of our pupils, we strongly suggest that the boarders do not miss academic lessons for travel, as far as possible. The dates of Quiet Weekends, Half Terms and End of Terms are published well in advance and can be found on the School Webpage and School Calendar.

When boarders have planned early departures or late returns for doctor’s appointments etc permission must also be obtained from Mr Jones to be absent from school lessons.

In situations where the boarder needs to leave before the end of the school day, boarders may not leave their lessons or return back to the house earlier than 30 minutes prior to pick up. Exceptional permission will not be granted for packing, boarders must do this in their free time.

I would like to thank you in advance for your continued support in ensuring that all our boarders have safe and well organised departures home.

Contact Information

Mr Jones – Deputy Head hjones@warminsterschool.org.uk

Ivy House - Mrs Saunders   ivy@warminsterschool.org.uk 

Duty Mobile 07561 092137

St Monica - Ms Santana  stmonica@warminsterschool.org.uk 

Duty Mobile 07597 886594

St Boniface - Mrs Evans    stboniface@warminsterschool.org.uk

Duty Mobile 07597 886602

Stratton - Mrs Bridgewater  stratton@warminsterschool.org.uk

Duty Mobile  07743 883119

Northdown - Mrs Cakebread & Mrs Whelan northdown@warminsterschool.org.uk

Duty Mobile  07518 477377

Permitted Travel Times

Quiet Weekend

Half Term and End of Term

End of School Day

5pm

4pm
Earliest possible Departure time:


UK
5pm
4pm
EU Flights
From 1.30pm (with permission from your Boarding House Housemaster/ Housemistress)
From 1.30pm (with permission from your Boarding House Housemaster/ Housemistress)
Outside EU Long Haul Flights
From 1.30pm (with permission from your Boarding House Housemaster/ Housemistress)
From Thursday 5pm for late night flights or travel to Guardians for early flights the next day (with permission from your Boarding House Housemaster/ Housemistress)

Note: On Speech Day (May Half Term) All pupils are expected to attend and will not be permitted to depart from school before 1.30pm. Flights should booked in accordance with this.

Returning to School:

We expect boarders to return to school (after weekends, holidays and for the start of term) between 2pm and 8pm. The houses will stay open until 10pm. If a boarder has travel problems and will be delayed, the relevant house must be contacted by the boarder, parent or guardian, and suitable arrangements will be made for their return. If your child has a late flight where the return to the House exceeds 8pm roll call please email the houses accordingly for permission. In the event that their return is excessively late they will need to stay with their guardian overnight and be brought to school in good time to start lessons the next day. The houses do not open before 7am in the morning.

Airport Transfer Information Guide

This information is a guide to travel times and costs to various airports. Please be advised that these are subject to change by the taxi company.

To ensure that boarders return to the boarding house in time for roll call, we would suggest that flights arriving at the following times are booked.

London Heathrow (LHR) - 5pm

London Gatwick (LGW) - 4pm

Bristol (BRS) - 6pm

Travel time

Check in within Europe

Check In outside Europe

Approximate cost per journey, this amount will be split if pupils share transport

London Heathrow

2 hrs

2hrs

3 hrs

£230.00 plus any airport parking

London Gatwick

3 hrs

2hrs

3 hrs

£300.00 plus any airport parking

Bristol

2 hrs

2hrs

3 hrs

£105.00 plus any airport parking

Luton

3 hrs

2hrs

3 hrs

£320.00 plus any airport parking

London City

3 hrs

2hrs

3 hrs

£275.00 plus any airport parking

Warminster to central London £275

All prices above are approximate,  per journey and are per taxi; therefore, this cost will be shared between the numbers of boarders travelling. Please note that we cannot guarantee that all pupils will be able to share transfers due to flight times. London Heathrow is the most popular airport used, along with London Gatwick. There is also a very good rail link to Bristol Airport (direct train to Bristol Temple Meads then shuttle bus to airport), but extra time may be required for travel and the cost will vary depending on day and time. When demand requires a bus may also be used for multiple transfers.

Costs last updated March 2025.