Start and End of the Day
School is open from 8.45am - 3.15pm
(32.5 hours per week)
Arriving at school: The front and rear school gates open at 8:30am and close promptly at 8:45am. This provides a 15-minute window for children to arrive. Please ensure your child is in school before 8:45am to avoid receiving a late mark.
Children in EYFS and Years 1, 2, and 3 must be brought into school by an adult.
Children in Year 4 may be dropped off at the school gate and allowed to walk into school independently.
Children in Years 5 and 6 may walk into school independently if parents/carers give permission. These pupils must go directly to their classrooms. We expect them to behave in a respectful and responsible manner.
Late Arrivals
We understand that mornings do not always go to plan. If you arrive after the gates have closed, please use the front pedestrian entry gate, ring the intercom bell for access, and accompany your child to the school office.
Please be aware that there may be a short wait if the office staff are assisting others.
If late arrivals become frequent, a member of our Senior Leadership Team will contact you to discuss any challenges and explore how we can support you.
Leaving school: The gates open at 3:10pm for parents/carers to enter the school site. Our key priority is the safety of your children and for this reason we have procedures in place for releasing the children at the end of the day as follows:
EYFS, Key Stage One (Y1/2) and Lower Key Stage Two (Y3/4): We will never let a child leave the classroom at the end of the day unless they are collected by an adult. If you are named on the contact sheet we will release the child into your care. If you need your child to be collected by someone who is not a named contact then you MUST let us know in advance by informing the teacher when you drop your child off that morning. Please only ring the school office to notify us of emergency changes and please do this before 2:45pm. Please note that whoever is collecting the child must be over 18. We will not let the child go with anyone that we have not been informed about. Children need to be collected at 3:15pm.
Upper Key Stage Two (Y5/6):
Once your child is in year 5/6 we would like to build on their responsibilities by not having them collected from the classroom door. We would ask that you make your own arrangements with your child to either allow them to walk home alone (if you feel that they are mature enough) or to meet them at an agreed point off the school site and away from the entry/exit gates. They must follow the one-way system and they must go straight to the agreed place. We would expect their behaviour to be respectful and responsible. Please be aware that if their behaviour is not deemed to be responsible or respectful then the privilege to leave school unaccompanied could be revoked. Please note, year 5/6 children cannot collect younger siblings from their classrooms; it must be an adult that does this.
In order for your Y5/6 child to leave the site without an adult, you will need to have completed a consent form. Otherwise, your child will not be released from school and an adult will need to collect them from the classroom door.
No child should bring a mobile phone into school. However, we recognise those children who have permission to walk home alone in year 5 and 6 may have mobiles. For safeguarding and safety reasons they MUST hand phones in to their TA on arrival each morning, and their devices will be stored safely in the office before they are given back at the end of the day. Please note that we will not accept responsibility for any damage to or loss of phones at school.