Kimba Area School this month finished collating survey results from the time trial, which saw children start school an hour later during the last week of extended daylight savings.

The trial was originally prompted by concerns that, due to extended daylight savings time, many children were leaving home in the dark to travel to school, or even falling asleep on buses on the way home.

More than a third of families and 95 per cent of students completed the survey.

Kimba Area School principal Robyn Wohling said while many older students found themselves starting the day more refreshed during the trial, the contrast between school times and community commitments placed too much pressure on working families.

“Children were very tired by the end of the week - they were very long days for those who got up at the usual clock time,” Mrs Wohling said.

“Parents were leaving home before their children got on the bus and there were supervision issues.

“There were some benefits - it was much easier to get kids out of bed and organised, and into bed in the evenings.

“Children were eating less snack food because they were getting home later in the evening, nearer tea time.

“But the final decision is that we would not change our school clock time.

“The school community and the general community must work together - having different times is unworkable.

“The general consensus of people is that daylight savings needs to finish earlier from our perspective.”