The School Day

The school day starts at 8.30am and ends at 3.30pm (Monday to Thursday). We finish at 3pm on Fridays, 

The total time this amounts to in a typical week is 34.5 hours.

We make sure that the children have plenty of time outside with lots of time for fresh air and play-based opportunities (see The Playground for more details).

A typical day is as follows:

Nursery & Reception 

• 8.30am Registration & Carpet Time (usually phonics or writing)
• 9.15am Choosing Time
• 10am Break
• 10.20am Fruit, Story & Carpet Time (usually Maths)
• 10.50am Choosing Time
• 11.30am Lunch & Break 
• 12.30am Carpet Time (usually Science, Character etc)
• 1.15pm Choosing Time & Group Focus work
• 2.45pm Milk 
• 3pm End of the Day Routine (including Reflections)
• 3.30pm Home Time

Years 1 to 6 

• 8.30am Registration
• 8.40am English (Phonics, Reading, Writing)
• 10.20am Break
• 11am Maths  
• 12.30am Lunch & Break 
• 1.30pm Afternoon session 1 e.g. Science, Art, PE, History
• 2.30pm Afternoon session 2 e.g. Character, Geography, RE, Music 
• 3.15pm End of the Day Routine (including Reflections)
• 3.30pm Home Time