MeadowDocumentation

Session types

Define the bookable session windows you offer, such as Full Day or Morning.

Session types are the bookable windows your service offers — for example Full Day (8:00 am–6:00 pm), Morning, or Afternoon. You define them once, then assign them to children's booking plans.

You'll find them under School settings → Sessions. Owners and managers can manage session types (the plans.manage permission).

Creating a session type

  1. Go to School settings → Sessions.
  2. Choose Add session type.
  3. Fill in:
    • Name — for example, "Full Day".
    • Start time and End time — the end must be after the start.
    • ECCE session — tick this if hours booked on this session should count as ECCE for any child enrolled in ECCE. See ECCE funding.
  4. Choose Create session type.

Editing and archiving

You can edit a session type's name or times at any time. To retire one, archive it — it's no longer offered for new bookings, but children whose plans already use it keep it. Meadow shows how many children's plans currently use a session type before you archive it, and you can restore it later.