The School Day
School Sessions are as follows:
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8:40 am |
Gates Open |
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8:40 am |
Children Enter Classrooms |
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8:45 am - 12:00 noon |
Morning Session |
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1:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Afternoon Session |
School office hours:
8:30 am - 4:00 pm Monday to Friday
Arriving at School
School officially starts at 8:45 am, but all children should aim to enter their classrooms between 8:40 and 8:45 am. This gives 5 minutes to get settled and begin early morning work. Please be punctual. The security gates are opened at 8:40 am for children to enter the school.
Collecting Children From School
Please collect your children promptly from your child's pick up point. The school gates are opened at 3:30 pm. If your child is not collected after school, and we have not been able to contact you or your emergency contact number by 5pm we will inform the police.
Dates of Events
The academic year calendar is published to the website as soon as possible in the Autumn term We aim to send out reminder dates at the beginning of each term and any changes of dates are notified to parents immediately.
Term Dates
Autumn Term 2025
Tuesday 1 September 2026 to Thursday 17th December 2026
(NB: 1 September and Tuesday 2 September are INSET days. The first day of term for pupils is Thursday 3 September 2026.)
Autumn Half Term Holiday
Monday 19 October to Friday 30 October 2026
Spring Term 2027
Monday 5 January 2027 to Thursday 27 March 2027
INSET Day - Monday 4 January 2027, pupils return on Tuesday 5 January 2027
Spring Half-Term Holiday
Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027
Summer Term 2027
INSET Day Monday 12 April
Tuesday 13 April 2027 to Monday 21 July 2027
Summer Half-Term Holiday
Monday 31 May 2026 to Friday 4 June 2026
INSET Day - Friday 28 May 2026. Pupils return to school on Monday 7 June 2026
School Closure Procedures
The decision to close the school is taken after assessing a number of factors such as heating, safety of the grounds and the number of staff able to get into school. In the event of us closing, we will follow the procedure below:
- An e-mail via Arbor will be sent to you stating we are closed or opening late.
- A message will be put onto this website in the "Notices & Announcements" box.
- Parents can look on the Essex County Council’s website. For live updates. This page will be constantly updated as notifications of school closures are received and will list next day closures from 6:00 pm each evening.
- Essex Radio stations will also continue to broadcast school closure messages.
If none of the above occur, we are OPEN as normal and there is no need to telephone to ask. Perhaps parents could arrange a telephone tree amongst friends in classes to make sure the message gets to everyone.