Lunchtime works for many schools, pupils either attend after eating lunch or bring lunch with them.

Some schools consider the support so important that their groups are timetabled into the school day. Pupils' absence from class is accepted by peers once the reason why is explained.

Staff appreciate that the education of a pupil distracted from learning by grief will benefit by attending but consideration needs to be given to drawing attention to the circumstances which some pupils will find very unwelcome.

Groups held once a fortnight seem to have a good balance between contact and space to think, but timing is often dictated by the demands of the school timetable.