School Day

School Start

08:40 Doors open

  • Children should arrive no sooner than 08:35 (Parents to remain with children until doors open).
  • 08:40 – 08:55 – Head teacher or designated member of staff will open the door and children will make their way quietly to their classrooms.

08:55 School starts

08:55 – 09:05 Registration

Break Time

10:15 – 10:30 KS1/Y3 Breaktime

10:30 – 10:45 Y4/5/6 Breaktime

Lunch Time

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

(KS1 children also take part in the Daily Mile.)

  • All children eat their lunch in the school hall.
  • Hot school meals are pre-ordered by parents.
  • At the start of lunch, teaching staff will supervise the washing of hands and say the lunchtime prayer. Midday Supervisors will then take over.
  • Lunchtime Leaders support Midday Supervisors in the lunch hall.
  • Playtime Leaders support Midday Supervisors on the main playground and EYFS playground.
  • At the end of lunch, pupils line up on the playground and are collected by class teachers.
  • Pupils are able to use the toilet throughout the lunchtime period providing they have asked a Midday Supervisor and have been given a ‘toilet pass’.

Home Time

  • At 15:20 children from YR will be ready to be collected by their adults from bottom end of the playground.
  • At 15:25 children from Years 1 & 2 will be ready to be collected by their adults from the bottom end of the playground.
  • At 15:25 children from classes 3 & 4 will leave the building at the top end of the playground and should meet their adults in the playground or leave the premises immediately.
  • 15:30 children from classes 5 & 6 will leave the building at the top end of the playground and should meet their adults in the playground or leave the premises immediately.

Total Learning Time

Age Phase Hours per day
YR 5 hours 10 minutes
KS1, Y3, Y4 5 hours 15 minutes
Y5/6 5 hours 20 minutes