The school days starts at 8:40 am (registration from 8:30 am) and closes at 3:10 pm.

Children are in school for 32.5 hours per week.

Punctuality

School doors open at 8.30am and close at 8.40am. Anyone arriving after classroom doors are closed should enter the school via the main reception door and report to the office. Lateness is classed as any child arriving after 8.40 am and up to 9.00am when registers close. They will have an ‘L’ mark entered on the register with the number of minutes late recorded and will keep their attendance mark for the morning. Arriving after 9:00am when the registers close will result in a child receiving a ‘U’ code which is an unauthorised absence mark for that session. This will result in the child losing the entire morning’s mark. Persistent levels of unauthorised absence due to lateness may result in a penalty notice being issued. Lateness is monitored weekly and letters are sent home where there are patterns of regular lateness, informing parents of the anxiety and disruption caused to the child. If this remains persistent, then the Attendance Coordinator will contact parents to enquire about potential barriers and support before referring to the school Education Welfare Officer. The end of the school day is 3:10pm. Parents who are late collecting their children at the end of the school day will be contacted by the school office. If the parent has not been in contact by 5:30pm, a phone call and/or referral will be made to Children’s Social Care. If parents persistently fail to collect children on time, this may also result in a referral being made to Children’s Social Care.