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School day

Start of the day
End of the day
Younger Years Site (Nursery - Year 4)
Older Years Site (Years 5 - Sixth Form)

Start of the day

Year group Arrival time Arrival location 
Nursery (2-3 yrs) 8.00 - 8.35am Park Place Villas entrance OR Crompton Street, drop off directly into Nursery building (parents invited to join in the classroom and begin the day together)
Nursery (3-4 yrs) 8.20 - 8.35am Park Place Villas entrance OR Crompton Street, drop off directly into Nursery building (parents invited to join in the classroom and begin the day together)
Reception 8.20 - 8.35am Park Place Villas entrance OR Crompton Street, walk through the library and drop off directly into Reception classrooms (parents invited to join in the classroom and begin the day together)
Year 1,2,3,4 8.20 - 8.35am Park Place Villas entrance OR Crompton Street entrance, line up outside the main building
Year 5 and 6 8.10 - 8.30am Penfold Street entrance, gate opens at 8.10am, pupils can go into the building from 8.15am
(parents leave pupils at gate)
Years 7 - 11 8.10 - 8.20am Bell Street entrance
Years 12 - 13 8.10 - 8.20am Lisson Street entrance
Breakfast Club 7.45 - 8.20am On both Younger Years Site and Older Years Site, by application only.

End of the day

In Primary, pupils in Year 1-Year 4 in detention will line up outside the Dining Hall at 3.30pm. Pupils in Year 5 and 6 in detention will line up under the covered area outside Main Reception at 4pm.

In Secondary, detentions and homework catchup last from 4pm-4.30pm and 4.30pm to 5.00pm. This coincides with after school club timings, which run from 4pm to 5pm.

Year group Dismissal time Arrival location 
Nursery (2-3 yrs) 11.20 - 11.30 Park Place Villas entrance, pick up from classroom.

NB. Parents can not use the Crompton Street entrance for lunchtime Nursery pick up

Nursery (2-3 yrs) 3.20 - 3.30pm* Park Place Villas entrance, pick up from Nursery classroom
Nursery (3-4 yrs) 3.20 - 3.30pm Park Place Villas OR Crompton Street entrance, pick up directly from Nursery classrooms.
Reception 3.20 - 3.30pm* Park Place Villas OR Crompton Street entrance, pick up from Reception classrooms. 
Year 1 and 2 3.20 - 3.30pm* Crompton Street or Park Place Villas entrance, lined up outside the dining hall
Year 3 and 4  3.25 - 3.35pm* Crompton Street or Park Place Villas entrance, lined up on the lower playground
Year 5 and 6  3.50 - 4.05 Penfold Street entrance
Years 7 - 11 4.00pm Bell Street entrance
Years 12 - 13 3.00pm Lisson Street entrance
Mondays* 2.45pm/2.50pm on YYS and 2.55 on OYS All pupils finish early on a Monday so that staff can work together on weekly Professional Development.
After School Club Until 6pm On Younger Years Site by application only (pupils in Year 5 and Year 6 will be walked over to YYS)

Younger Years Site (Nursery - Year 4)

Reception
8.20 - 8.45 Soft start (parents stay and play)
8.50 - 8.55 Handwriting
8.55 - 9.15 English input
9.15 - 10.30 Exploration
10.30 - 10.45 Storytime and fruit
10.45 - 11.00 Maths input
11.00 - 11.30 Exploration
10.45 - 11.45 Exploration 
11.30 - 13.00 Lunch and play
13.00 - 13.45 Phonics
13.45 - 14.00 Guided reading
14.00 - 15.00 Exploration
15.00 - 15.10 Maths Meeting
15.10 - 15.20 Plenary and stars of the day
15.20 - 15.30 Dismissal 

 

Years 1 and 2
8.20 - 8.35 Soft start 
8.35 - 8.50 Morning meeting
8.50 - 9.30 Reading
9.30 - 10.20 Maths
10.20 - 10.35 Morning play
10.35 - 10.50 Handwriting/intervention
10.50 - 11.45 English
11.45 - 12.00 Maths meeting
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch and play
13.00 - 14.00 Phonics (or spelling/grammar)
14.00 - 15.00 Curriculum subject lessons
15.00 - 15.20 Story time or circle time
15.20 - 15.30 Dismissal (14:50 on Mondays)

 

Years 3 and 4
8.20 - 8.35 Soft start 
8.35 - 8.50 Morning meeting
8.50 - 9.35 Reading
9.35 - 10.35 Maths
10.35 - 10.50 Morning play
10.50 - 11.10 Spelling and grammar
11.10 - 11.30 Maths meeting
11.30 - 12.30 English
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch and play
13.30 - 14.00 Drop Everything and Read
14.00 - 15.00 Curriculum subject lessons
15.00 - 15.20 Story time or circle time
15.25 - 15.35 Dismissal (14:50 on Mondays)

 

This means pupils in Reception - Year 4 should be in school for at least 33 hours per week

Older Years Site (Years 5 - Sixth Form)

Junior School, Years 5 and 6 
8.10 - 8.30 Soft start 
8.30 - 8.45 Morning Meeting
8.45 - 9.20 Reading
9.20 - 10.10 Curriculum subject lessons
10.10 - 10.25 break
10.25 - 11.35 Curriculum subject lessons
11.35 - 12.30 Curriculum suject lessons
12.30- 13.30 Year 5 lunch 12pm
Continued curriculum subject lessons
Year 6 lunch 12.30pm and activity at 1.00pm
13.30 - 14.00 Drop Everything and Read 
14.00 - 14.55 Year 5 acitivty 2pm
Curriculum subject lessons
14.55- 15.50 Curriculum subject lessons
(dismissal at 14.55 on a Monday for staff training)
15.50 - 16.00 Dismissal 
 

This means pupils in Year 5 and Year 6 should be in school for at least 36 hours and 25 minutes per week

 

Years 7, 8 and 9 

*Morning meetings take place every morning 8.20 - 9.00

8.20 - 9.00 Morning meeting
9.00 - 9.55 Lesson 2 (curriculum subject lessons)
9.55 - 11.10 Lesson 3 (curriculum subject lessons and breaks)
9.55 - 10.50


Year 7 
10.50 - 11.10 Break

Years 8 and 9
10.50 - 11.10 Break

11.10 - 12.05 Lesson 4 (curriculum subject lessons) 
12.05 - 13.00 Lesson 5
Curriculum subject lessons
(Maths/History/Music/English/Art/French/Science)
13.00 - 14.00 Year 7: Lunch, Activity 

Year 8: Activity, Lunch
Year 9: Activity, Lunch

14.00 - 14.50 Lesson 6 (curriculum subject lessons) 
14.50 - 15.45 Lesson 7 (curriculum subject lessons) 

Enrichment on Fridays 

15.45 - 16.00 Dismissal (Tuesday - Friday) 

 

This means pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 should be in school for at least 37 hours and 15 minutes per week

 

Year 10 and 11 

*Morning meetings take place every morning 8.20 - 9.00

8.20 - 9.00 Morning Meeting 
9.00 - 9.55 Lesson 2 (curriculum subject lessons) 
9.55 - 10.15 Break 
10.15 - 11.10 Lesson 3 (curriculum subject lessons)
11.10 - 12.05 Lesson 4 (curriculum subject lessons)
12.05 - 12.30 Activity 
12.30 - 13.00 Year 10 Lunch

Year 11 Lunch

13.00 - 14.00 Lesson 5 (curriculum subject lessons)
*Enrichment on Wednesdays
Dismissal at 14.55 on a Monday for staff training
14.00 - 14.50 Lesson 6 (curriculum subject lessons)
*Enrichment on Wednesdays 
14.50 - 15.45 Lesson 7 
15.45 - 16.00  Dismissal (Tuesday - Friday) 

 

This means pupils in Year 10 and Year 11 should be in school for at least 37 hours and 15 minutes per week

 

Sixth Form

*Morning meetings take place every morning 8.20 - 9.00

8.20 - 9.00 Morning Meeting 
9.00 - 9.55  Lesson 2 (curriculum subject lessons) 
9.55 - 10.15 Break 
10.15 - 11.10 Lesson 3 (curriculum subject lessons)
11.10 - 12.05 Lesson 4 (curriculum subject lessons)
12.05 - 13.00 Year 12 

12.05 - 12.30 Enrichment
12.30 - 13.00 Lunch

Year 13
12.05 - 12.30 Lunch
12.30 - 13.00 Enrichment 

13.00 - 14.00 Lesson 5 (curriculum subject lessons)
Enrichment on Thursdays 
14.00 - 14.50 Lesson 6 
14.50 Dismissal 

 

This means pupils in Year 12 and Year 13 should be in school for at least 32 hours and 55 minutes per week

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