is consulting parents over plans to change the school day to start at 8.30am with teaching ending at 2.35pm.
Currently the school day begins at 8.40am and ends at 3.10pm.
As The Press reported yesterday, parents at Millthorpe School in South Bank expressed their dismay at plans to change the start and finish times for the school day from the current 8.30am-3.25pm to 8.15am-2.35pm there from September.
York High is part of Excel Learning Trust - formerly South Bank Multi Academy Trust which has an additional six schools in the city: Millthorpe, Carr Junior, Knavesmire, Scarcroft and Woodthorpe and Inspire Academy.
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