The academy day at East Leake runs from 8.30am to 3.05pm, totalling 33 hours per week.
This includes one-hour classroom periods, personal development lessons, assemblies and appropriate breaks.
Students are required to be in the academy by 8.25am, ready to begin the day promptly at 8.30am.
The structure of the day is as follows:
| Session | Start | End | Year groups |
| PDL | 8.30am | 8.50am | |
| Read | 8.50am | 9.10am | |
| Period 1 | 9.10am | 10.10am | |
| Period 2 | 10.10am | 11.10am | |
| Break | 11.10am | 11.35am | |
| Period 3 | 11.35am | 12.35pm | |
| In lesson | 12.35pm | 13.05pm | Key stage 3 |
| 4.1 lunch | 12.35pm | 13.05pm | Key stage 4 and key stage 5 |
| Period 4.2 | 13.05pm | 13.35pm | All years in lessons |
| 4.3 lunch | 13.35pm | 14.05pm | Key stage 3 |
| Period 4.3 | 13.35pm | 14.05pm | Key stage 4 and key stage 5 |
| Period 5 | 14.05pm | 15.05pm |
