School Time

School time is the period a child, pupil or student spends during a day at a school established by the Ministry of Education .

Elementary Netherlands
A primary school has a fixed schedule from Monday to Friday. Although schools are relatively free to determine the school times themselves, start classes in most schools around 08:30. During the morning there will be an intermission in which the children play outside on the playground. At noon, the children or go home for lunch or stay at school and eat at school, often accompanied by teachers or parents. In the afternoon, the children go to the second part of the day until about 15:15 to school.

In the Netherlands, the students are usually free on Wednesday afternoon. The teachers use the time for education substantive matters.

Schools decide for themselves divided the layout of the school and thus may vary per school, for example through a different handling of the ATV days.

Further Education
For secondary education in the Netherlands, there are also standards set for the number of hours which also varies among - superstructure and final year and in the various types of secondary education. The school sets a timetable for starting and ending times including a short and a long (dining) pause. Many schools start around 8:30 am and end around 17:00.