08/09/2026
When dropping children off to school, please ensure that pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are dropped off promptly at school using the main school gates by an adult at 8:45am.
Children in Years 3, 4, and 5 should not be left to wait on the Dannah Crescent driveway on their own, as this is not supervised by school staff, and should therefore be walked by a responsible adult to the blue gates at 8:45am.
Children in Year 6, who walk to school on their own, or those dropped off by an adult, should arrive to school promptly at 8:45am and enter school using the Dannah Crescent entrance.
Children who arrive to school late will require a responsible adult to accompany them to the School Office, using the main school gate.
All pupils will be expected to be collected at 3:15pm, from their appropriate collection locations, in line with the official end of the school day. This change is being implemented to ensure consistency, safeguard all children, and support the smooth running of the school day.
Children in Reception and Y1/2 Whales should be collected from their external classroom doors, those in Y1 Dolphins are to be collected from the Main School door and all other pupils are collected from the Playground.
The one-way system remains in place to ensure safety of all pupils when leaving the school site. Please therefore enter the playground promptly at 3:15pm via the Dannah Crescent school entrance and follow the one-way system to leave school through the Dannah Street Main School Gates as you leave school.
Please note that all previous or historic agreements for early collection will no longer be in place. Going forward, early collection will only be authorised in exceptional circumstances, and only where it is clearly in the best interest of the child at RipleySt.John’s.
