Unless you're in school at 8:00am for breakfast club, or arriving in a taxi for a day's learning in the McGinty Speech and Language SRP, the school day at West Malling starts with the gate opening at 8:35am.

Children make their way to their classrooms, typically saying "good morning" to Mr Rye, the Headteacher, or a member of the Senior Team.  All children should be in school by 8:45am when the first lessons of the day get underway.

We pause for a daily act of worship at 10:10am. After this, it's break between 10:30 and 10:45am.  The second session of learning then follows until 12:00pm for children in Chestnut, Poppy, Lime or Cherry class, or 12:15pm for children in Mulberry, Daisy, Oak, Willow and Ash class.

At 1:00pm lunchtime play is over and children head back to their classrooms for further learning until the end of the day at 3:15pm.

The length of the school day is therefore 6 hours and 30 minutes, giving a total weekly time in school of 32 hours and 30 minutes.

Other than the first and final weeks of each long term, after school clubs run until 4pm or 4:15pm as advised, or the Premier Sport After School Active Club runs until 6pm.