The school day begins at 7.45am in the school hall for some pupils at our Breakfast Club run by school staff.

Breakfast Club is a great way for children to start the school day.

Children are given a healthy and nutritious breakfast as well as the opportunity to prepare their bodies and minds by participating in a wide range of activities.

School starts at 9.00 am.  Any child who arrives after 9.00am is marked as late for school.

These are the school day arrangements in normal times.  

Early Years:

Children are greeted at our main gates by staff from 8.45am. The gates close at 9am, and entry is then through the doors on St Barnabas Street.  After 9am, children in Early Years are registered as late for school (12.40pm for the afternoon session).

Part-time Nursery children come into school for either the morning sessions (9am-12pm) or the afternoon sessions (12.30pm-3.30pm) and entry is via the office door for the afternoon sessions.

The school gates open at 3.30pm for the end of the school day.

Key Stage 1 & 2:

The main school gates are opened at 8.45am.

Children in Years 1-6 can come to school from 8.45am.  We operate a soft start, which means children go straight to class as soon as they arrive at school.  The doors close at 9.00am.

If your chid is late, they will still enter through the office doors but they will be registered as late for school.

If parents would like to speak to a member of staff before school begins, please contact the school office.

The school day finishes at 3:30pm for children, and they are collected from the playground via the main gates. A range of school-led clubs take place after school and extended school provision is run by Junior Adventures Group until 6pm.

As part of our safeguarding arrangements at school, we do not allow children to go home with an adult if we have not previously been notified by the parent/carer.  If parents would like to include an additional adult to their child’s contact list (even if they are already known to the school), an email containing the person’s name and contact number should be sent to the school office.

A typical school day at St Barnabas':

• 8:45am - School Gates open and Nursery and Reception door opens (Ranelagh Grove)
• 9:00am - Gates close and morning lessons begin
• 9:05am - Collective Worship
• BREAKTIMES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING
• LUNCH
  12:00pm-1:00pm - Early Years and Years 1, 2 and 3
  1:00pm - 2:00pm - Years 4, 5 and 6
• 1:00pm - 3:30pm or 2:00pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon Lessons Begin
• 3.20pm - Nursery and Reception door opens
• 3:30pm - Home Time (parents collect their children from the school playground)
• 3.40pm - Gate closes
• After School Clubs until 4.30pm
• Junior Adventure Group  Provision until 6pm