The proposal to start the lower school at a different time to the upper school has been postponed as the proposed decant of children from the lower to the upper school has been put back and may need to happen.
Parents expressed concern at a proposed 8 am start from yrs 7&8. Any new proposal may offer the early start and an alternative staring Yrs 9,10,&11 later.
But the proposed decant has been delayed until the summer holiday next year, ready for the new term in September 2010.
Also, a legal challenge to the redevelopment of Lewisham Bridge primary school may mean that the building those children were using near to Deptford Green could be free, avoiding the need to squeeze students into one site.
Parents did suggest that Deptford Green should make clear the proposed new start time well in advance – particularly as it might put off prospective parents choosing schools this year for current year 5s.
But a number of factors prevent that happening:
- Various interested stake holding groups need to be consulted, not just parents and students
- Research into different start times and evidence from schools running ‘continental days’ will be examined
- The school’s own decant arrangements will not be known by September/October when secondary choices are made
- To change the times of the school day the school must consult with parents for three months in advance
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