Feeling peeved at all the family comments yet again. What would your life look like if your DC's school was not set up as childcare?
Your DC starts school the autumn after they turn 4.
Yr1: Children start part time, meaning for the first 6 months they have M, T, Th, Fr mornings 815-1145. After Christmas this goes up to 5 mornings.
Last term they go full time - all mornings and one afternoon 1330-1500 either M, T or Th.
Yr 2 - Full time as above: all mornings plus one afternoon, not necessarily the same afternoon as last year.
Oh, whilst we're at it.
Breakfast club runs before school once a week (7-815)
Lunch club runs Mon, Tues, Thurs 1145-1330 priority to those who have school in the afternoon. Limited spaces. Children who count as 1.5 children (i.e. any form of SN or non native language skills) are lowest priority i.e. they don't accept them.
School is closed over lunch.
Afterschool club runs Mon, Tues and Thurs 1500-1800.
Yr 3 - All mornings 815-1145
One afternoon 1330-1600 unless your child doesn't need English as a foreign language extra lessons in which case afternoon school starts at 1415 (note lunch club ends at 1330 and after school starts at 1500 and your child is not allowed on the premises if they have no lessons...)
Two afternoons 1330-1500
No school W/F afternoons.
Yr4 - as Yr 3
Yr 5 - 2mornings 725-1145, 3 mornings 815-1145
One afternoon 1330-1600, two 1330-1500, no school W/F afternoons.
Yr6 - 3 mornings 725-1145, 2 mornings 815-1145
Two afternoons 1330-1600, one afternoon, 1330-1500, nothing W/F pm.
Yr7 - 4 mornings 725-1145, one 815-1145
Two afternoons 1330-1600, one afternoon, 1330-1500, nothing W/F pm.
Y8 as Yr 7
Obviously if you have more than one child in different classes that could mean that they have "opposite" early mornings and afternoons.
Would you still be able to work the job you do now?
What if your DC's secondary school closed at lunch (1140-1345)? What would your DC do at lunch time?