Times of the School Day

School starts at 9.00 am and finishes at 3.10 pm. In a typical week, this means that the school is open for 30 hours and 50 minutes.

Registers are taken at 9.15am; and children arriving after 9.05am are required to come into school via the school office accompanied by a parent/carer to provide a reason for their lateness, which is recorded.

If a child is absent from school the parent must follow these procedures:

- Contact the school on the first day of absence before 9.30 am, when our register closes;

- The school has an answer phone available to leave a message if nobody is available to take your call, or you may call into school personally and speak to the office staff. Please be aware that, if you leave a voicemail to report your child’s absence, you may receive a call from the school so that we may discuss the absence before making a decision as to whether the absence is to be recorded as authorised or unauthorised.

- Contact the school on every day of absence, again before 9.30 am

- Ensure that your child returns to school as soon as possible and you provide any medical evidence, if requested, to support the absence.

Transport

All children between the ages of 5 and 16 may qualify for free school travel assistance if they go to their nearest suitable school and live at least:

• 2 miles from the school, if they are under the age of 8 years old
• 3 miles from the school, if they are 8 years old or older

For further information please go to the Luton website Travel Assistance page:

https://m.luton.gov.uk/Page/Show/Education_and_learning/Schools_and_colleges/Pages/travel-assistance.aspx

Travel assistance will be discussed prior to admission. For any further support please contact the Family Worker on the site at which your child is based.