GLF Schools

GLF Schools

GLF Schools was founded in 2012 in order to enable the federation of Glyn School (an academy in 2011) and Danetree Junior School. Together, we began our journey to become a MAT of more than 1000 talented staff working with over 10,000 children in 40 schools across 5 regions in southern England.

Our Schools

Banbury Region

Banstead Region

Berkshire & Hampshire Region

Caterham Region

Crawley Region

Didcot Region

Epsom Region

London Boroughs

Redhill Region

Sunbury & Camberley Region

The School Day

The official part of the school day starts with morning registration at 08:40 am and ends at 03:10 pm.

The total time this amounts to in a typical week is 32.5 hrs.This includes breaks but not optional before or after school activities.

Registration lasts from 8.50 - 9.00 and children complete morning tasks like maths of the day or spend some time looking back at their work from the day before. 

Over the morning children have English and maths and then reading or phonics depending on their age and stage of learning.  Playtime for Y1, Y3 & Y4 is at 10.15pm and Y2, Y5 & Y6 is at 10.30am for 15 minutes. Lunch starts at 11.45am for Reception 12.00 pm and 12.15 pm for the KS1 children and 12.30 pm for the KS2 children. 

Afternoon lessons start at 1pm and 1.15pm for infants and 1.30pm for the juniors and cover the wider curriculum. These include Spanish, computing, music, art and design, design technology, history, geography, RE and PE.  

School finishes at 3.10 pm every day and parents meet their children on the playground.

The infant teachers take the children to their parents and wave them goodbye. In KS2, the older children often walk home or meet their parents on the playground.