Start Times & Dropping Off
START TIMES
LOWER SITE
Nursery am
- Nursery gate opens at 8.10
- Nursery starts at 8.15
- Nursery gate closes at 8.20
- 8.20 – 8.30 a child will receive a late mark
- 8.30 onwards a child will receive a ‘U’ mark, which is an absent mark for the morning
Nursery pm
- Nursery gate opens at 11.55
- Nursery starts at 12.00
- Nursery gate closes at 12.05
- 12.05 – 12.15 a child will receive a late mark
- 12.15 onwards a child will receive a ‘U’ mark, which is an absent mark for the morning
Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
- Top gate opens at 8.15
- Class doors open at 8.15
- Top gate closes at 8.30 so parents need to be out of class in time to be out of the top gate by 8.30
- 8.30 – 8.40 a child will receive a late mark
- 8.40 onwards a child will receive a ‘U’ mark, which is an absent mark for the morning
UPPER SITE
Classes 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ,13 & 14
- Playground gate opens at 8.15 – pupils are supervised by a member of staff from 8.15 – 8.25
- Doors to school open at 8.25 and teachers collect pupils from the playground
- Doors to the school and the playground gate closes at 8.35 so parents need to be out in time to be out of the playground gate by 8.35
- 8.35 – 8.45 a child will receive a late mark
- 8.45 onwards a child will receive a ‘U’ mark, which is an absent mark for the morning
DROPPING-OFF
LOWER SITE
Nursery am drop-off
- The Nursery gate on Stafford Road and the gate from Nursery outdoor area, leading onto the Reception playground, will be opened at 8.10am and both locked at 8.20am.
- Nursery children should be in Nursery for no later than 8.15, so should be dropped off first.
- All parents are to exit Nursery via the Nursery gate on Stafford Road unless they have a child in Reception or KS1. If this is the case, they will go through the Nursery side gate to access these classes from outside the shelter and then exit school via the top playground.
- The internal double doors to Nursery will be locked at all times. Staff only through these doors.
- Nursery parents, who need to see the office staff in the Main Reception, must exit through the Nursery gate on Stafford Road first and access the Main Reception by using the intercom system.
- If any Nursery child arrives after 8.20am, they will need to enter school via to the Main Reception.
- Any children who arrives after 8.20am will be recorded as late in the book.
- Any late children will be taken to their class by a member of staff, not the parent.
Nursery pm drop-off
- The Nursery gate on Stafford Road will be opened at 11.55am and locked at 12.05pm.
- Nursery children should be in Nursery for no later than 12.00.
- All parents are to exit Nursery via the Nursery gate on Stafford Road.
- The internal double doors to Nursery will be locked at all times. Staff only through these doors.
- Nursery parents, who need to see the office staff in the Main Reception, must exit through the Nursery gate on Stafford Road first and access the Main Reception by using the intercom system.
- If any Nursery child arrives after 12.05pm, they will need to enter school via to the Main Reception.
- Any children who arrives after 12.05pm will be recorded as late in the book.
- Any late children will be taken to their class by a member of staff, not the parent.
Reception and KS1 drop-off
- Reception and KS1 children who do not have a sibling in morning Nursery are to enter the school via the top playground between 8.15 and 8.30am.
- Parents to exit the school via the top playground.
- Gates to the top playground are closed for parents entering at 8.30am, after that, parents will need to bring their child through the main reception and sign their child in as late.
- Any children who arrives after 8.30am will be recorded as late in the book.
- Any late children will be taken to their class by a member of staff, not the parent.
Pedestrian Gate on Stafford Road
The gate on Stafford Road to enter the main building will not be opened to any parent/ carer unless their child is late or a Nursery am parent needs to speak to a member of the office staff. The school has gone to a lot of measures to ensure that the gates are secure, therefore could we ask parents to not keep the gate open for other parents, they will need to buzz the main office for assistance.
Main Reception
Parents should not be exiting school through the main reception unless you need to go to the office for a specific reason. Each class has a secure box for any letters, forms monies etc, which should eradicate most reasons to go to the main reception.
UPPER SITE
- All children must be dropped-off in the playground via Caxton Road.
- The playground gates do not open until 8.15, if you arrive before this time you will need to wait on the pavement outside, this can become very congested if you arrive too early.
- The children can be dropped-off in the playground from 8.15 – 8.25
- As the doors to the school and the playground gate close at 8.35, parents need to be off the school site by 8.35 via the gate on Caxton Road.
- Parents must not exit via the Main Reception.
- Gates to the playground close at 8.35am, after that, parents will need to bring their child through the main reception and sign their child in as late.
- Any children who arrives after 8.35am will be recorded as late in the book.
- Any late children will be taken to their class by a member of staff, not the parent.