Arriving on time for school is one of the best ways to help your child reach their full learning potential. Research shows that arriving just 5 minutes late each day can impact the amount of lessons they miss.
 

• Arriving 5 minutes late every day, roughly adds up to  over 3 days lost each year

• Arriving 15 minutes late every day, roughly adds up to 2 weeks absence a year

• Arriving 30 minutes late every day, roughly adds up to 19 days absence a year

 

Please support your children with this by ensuring they arrive at school on time every day.  From Monday 22nd we will have the following amended soft start arrangements in place:
 

• 8:30am - School gates open at 8:30am

• 8:45am - Classroom & external doors open.

• 8:55am - External doors close for pupils in Years 4, 5 and 6 - so that pupils have time to get to their classrooms, put their things away and be ready for a 9am start.

• 9:00am - All classes, registration. Lessons begin immediately after registration.

 

When children arrive late it can be disruptive for the class teacher and the other children in the class. It is also unsettling for the child, because they may  miss the important instructions for the first lesson of the day.

 

Children who arrive at school after the doors have closed  are late, they should go to the office to sign in via the main reception.