Our school doors open at 8.40am each day. Every child is welcomed to school by the headteacher and school staff, who greet them by name at the door and in the halls. We believe that this an extremely important part of the day where children should have the time to settle into class and get ready to learn.
We encourage parents onto the playground to build close relationships between school and home. Parents are able to talk to their child’s class teacher or the headteacher before school or at the end of the school day at 3.10pm.
All of the children have regular breaks. There is no set times for breaks, each class judges when the natural break in learning comes so that we are not interrupting learning for children when they are immersed in what they're doing.
We offer a Breakfast Club that starts at 7:30am and an After School Club that runs until 5:45pm.
Whole School Worship & Celebration
We meet as a whole school to share the Sunday Gospel every Monday at 9.10am. We also have our Celebration Assembly as a whole school every Friday at 9.10am. Friends and Family are always invited to join us in celebrating their children's achievements.
Getting to School
We encourage children to walk or to ride their bikes/scooters to school. There is a school crossing patrol at the junction of Harpers Lane and Erskine Road. Access via Cedar Road is used by pedestrians only. Parking is not available in the school grounds, but there is safe parking available on the Church car park adjacent to school. We operate a one way system at all times on the Church car park, entrance via Harper's Lane and exit behind Parish Centre, where you will also find an overflow of parking spaces.
St Joseph's is open for a total of 32.5 hours per week, 6.5 hours every day, in line with Government guidelines