Do Autumn/winter born Reception children all start on the same day or is it staggered?

[aderyn]

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I might have to attend a study school for my MSc the first week of September next year and I would hate to miss DD's first week of starting school.

Do they all start at the same time or is it ever staggered like the start of Pre-school?

[LIZS]

Depends on the school tbh - some may stagger and/or do parttime for a week or so. Do you knwo which school yet , to ring and check their policy ?

[JonesTheSteam]

Should think it would depend on the school - our school starts all reception children at the same time from what I remember.

But my friend's DD had a staggered start.

I'd ring them if you can and ask what they intend to do.

[frances5]

Depends on the school. My son's school had all the kids start together. My son is in a class of 30. The school just put in extra LSAs for the first couple of weeks to help children settle in.

[hulababy]

Depends on the school. IME all schools, even those in ame city, have different settling in periods. You will need to contact the individual school to find out for sure.

[PeachyIsNowAChristmasFruit]

Sam's school broke the class into two and had afternoon and morning shifts which they rotated for half a term. Stirling's school (we moved) had them all start in small batches over a week- Stirling was in first batch as his hearing is less than perfect.

Second was much easier with childcare etc.