Punctuality and Attendance
The School Day
Reception
8:45am-3:15pm Children enter through the field gate – Total 32hours 30 minutes
Year 1
8:45am-3:15pm Children enter onto the top playground- Total 32hours 30 minutes
Year 2
8:40am – 3:15pm Children enter onto the top playgroung – Total 32 hours 55 minutes
Year 3
8:40- 3:20pm Children enter onto the top playground – Total 33 hours 20 minutes
Year 4
8:40- 3:20pm Children enter onto the top playground – Total 33 hours 20 minutes
Year 5
8:40- 3:20pm Children enter onto the top playground – Total 33 hours 20 minutes
Year 6
8:40- 3:20pm Children enter onto the top playground – Total 33 hours 20 minutes
From September 2023 all schools must provide a school day of 32 hours 30 minutes for children in Reception onwards. As you can see above, our school day is of the required length and it is longer than the required length for most of our children. We have a slightly staggered day and use different entrances to avoid congestion upon arrival and in cloakrooms; it provides a calm start to the day. It also ensures appropriate supervision of children on arrival. Children are invited onto the school site when staff are in attendance.
At the end of the school day parents of pupils in Y1-Y6 can come onto the top school playground and children will be handed over at the entrance doors. Reception parents should come to the field gate and staff will hand over children there.
The Pre-school day
Children in Little Whittle Pre-school attend with a variety of sessions.
Basic sessions run from 8:55am-11:55am and 12:25pm-3:25pm. Wrap around care extends sessions from 7:45am-6pm. Children arrive via the field gate with parents and they should be brought to the Pre-school building. At the end of sessions parents collect children from the Pre-school building.
Click the link to our Attendance Policy