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A high school in England has [ingratiated / initiated] a new policy to allow students to sleep longer in the mornings. The [private / privately] , $25,000-a-year Hampton Court House school is [introduced / introducing] a 1.30 to 7pm timetable in September. It will become the only school in Britain that starts lessons in the afternoon. [Head / Boss] teacher Guy Holloway said the [alerted / altered] hours should help students get higher [gradients / grades] . He said research [on / for] neuroscience shows student productivity increases if they can sleep longer in the mornings. Mr Holloway said: "We want to get students into an [environ / environment] where they can get quality sleep and their bodies are functioning [well / good] ." He added: "It's about what [works / gives] in our community."

The afternoon start is based [in / on] research by Oxford University. Researcher Dr Paul Kelley said: "You can't [train / coach] your system to get up at a [practical / practically] time." He said we are not in control of choosing the best time to work because it's [bibliography / biological] , just like we have no control over our heartbeat and liver [function / functioned] . Dr Kelley added: "Anything you do to change the rhythmic [systemic / systems] of your body means your organs [be / become] desynchronised with each other and this is where people get ill….There is no [fixing / fixating] it by giving someone an alarm clock." A student at the school, Gabriel Purcell-Davis, 15, is [in / on] favour of the idea. He said students are tired all day, "but as soon as 10 o'clock [smacks / hits] , that's when we…do all our work".