The school day begins at 9.00am and all pupils should be in the school yard when the school bell sounds.

If your child is going to be late arriving at school, please inform us why and what time you expect them to be in school.

Pupils who go home for dinner must be back in school for the start of the afternoon session at 1.00pm. KS1 children should be collected at 12.00pm and KS2 children at 12.15pm from the main entrance.

When a pupil is absent from school, parents are requested to contact the school on the first day of absence giving the reason for their child’s absence. The school tel. no is 0191 4875628. Parents can also use our 24 hour school mobile phone number to send us a message informing us of their child’s absence. The number is 07537436662. If we do not know why your child is absent, we will contact you to establish the reason for absence by telephone, text message or via letter.