Birtley East Community Primary School

The School Day

Nursery School Day

Children attending Nursery can attend for 15 hours or 30 hours (if you qualify for this provision). We can also sometimes accommodate children for extra 3 hour sessions which cost £15 per session with a £5 charge for lunchtime supervision for those children purchasing additional sessions and staying over lunchtime. All chargeable sessions MUST be paid for a term in advance via ParentPay and booked sessions are non-refundable. Children attending for 15 hours either attend 5 mornings or 5 afternoons each week. Children attending for 30 hours attend all day Monday to Thursday and on Fridays they attend until 11.45pm. Session times are as follows:

Morning session: 8:45am until 11:45am

Lunch: 11:45am – 12:30pm

Afternoon session: 12:30pm until 3:30pm

When your child starts Nursery you will be asked to sign up for morning or afternoon sessions, or the 30 hour pattern which you will need to provide us with your qualifying code to access. Children staying in Nursery all day will be asked to bring a packed lunch which they will eat between 11:45am and 12:30pm.

Reception to Year 6 School Day

We have updated our start and finish times from September 2023 to reflect the latest DfE recommendation that the school week is 32.5 hours.

All classes from Reception to year 6 have a ‘soft start’ to their day. Children may come straight into class any time between 8:40am and 8:50am. The official start time for morning sessions is 8.50am but the children will be engaged in learning before then so it’s worth getting in a little early.

Children can stay for school dinner or packed lunch, lunchtime is 12-1pm. School Meals are £3.00 per day.

The school day finishes at 3.20pm.