Reaching high for the best for your child

Curriculum The School Day

The School Day

Start and End times

  • All children in Reception through to Year 6: 8.50am - 3.20pm (32.5 hrs per week, including break times)
  • Nursery full time: 8.30am - 3.30pm (35 hrs per week, including break times)
  • Nursery morning session: 8.30am - 11.30am (15 hrs per week)
  • Nursery afternoon session: 12.30pm - 3.30pm (15 hrs per week)

Gates are opened at least 5 mins before the start of day.

Break Times

  • In Nursery, full time children stay in the setting for a lunch break of an hour between the morning and afternoon session, meaning they benefit from an extra 5 hours of free childcare per week.
  • In Reception and Year 1, children have a one hour lunch break. Children also join a morning and afternoon independent time, to consolidate their learning through self-directed, play-based activities.
  • In Year 2 and Year 3 children have a 15 minute morning break, followed by a lunchtime break of one hour between morning and afternoon sessions.
  • In Year 4 to Year 6, children have a 30 minute morning break, followed by a lunchtime break of 45 mins between morning and afternoon sessions.

Lunch breaks are staggered across the day from 11.30am - 2pm to support high quality supervision and lunchtime activities.