Our school day is from 8.45am to 3.15pm.

Lessons start at 8.45am and children are expected to be in class for 8.45am. 

Parents and carers are expected to use the one way system to exit school via the Team 6 Garden Gate. 

The Family Gate is unlocked at 8.35am, ready for families to come into the school playgrounds. 

The Family Gate is locked at 8.50am and the Team 6 Garden Gate is also locked at 8.50am. 

Teachers will be at the door at the start of each day to greet families and welcome the children into class. 

Teachers and teaching assistants will be at the classroom doors, at the end of each day, for safe handover of children to parents/carers/responsible named other. 

If children are going to an after school, extra-curricular, club they will be handed over by the class teacher/teaching assistant. 

Club leaders are then responsible for safe handover at the end of the club. 

If a child is not collected, at the end of the school day by 3.25pm, the child will be escorted to After School Club where a late fee may be charged. 

Updated January 2023

Reporting your child's absence from school - please notify school as soon as possible by telephoning 0151 924 0483, pressing option 1 and leaving a message or alternatively email admin.valewood@schools.sefton.gov.uk