Any teachers out there with one-off childcare issues? Really need some advice please.

I had this situation and fortunately a lovely girl who babysat for us occasionally could take our DC. It sucks when you don't have other options and have to pay for childcare whilst others have family to look after them. Worst case, explain to Head. As a secondary school teacher myself it's frustrating we can't bring our DC to school for one morning as it's all just non priority education 😑

Your husband needs to move the time of his client meeting.

Failing that you need to tell your school that unfortunately you have been let down and will need to leave at 12 (or whatever time you need) that day and could they please get cover for the PM lessons. I imagine it would be unpaid discretionary leave.

Then hubby needs a great big kick…

It's very simple - your husband follows through with the original plan. Bloody ridiculous he passes the buck and doesn't think figuring it out is on him,

Try the teachers at school? One of them might have a DC who is just post exams (or back from uni)?

Post on social media…my town has a babysitting facebook group . I posted on it and found childcare

failing that, bubble?

It may not be the done thing but I've done it before!

I've had a couple of occasions where I've had to do this. On one occasion the school gave me the afternoon off (unpaid).

On the other occasion I swapped lessons with a colleague (I taught their Y8 class during my PPA earlier in the week) and then collected my child, then just had to teach P5 with a child in my classroom! It was fine!

Or you ask to be put on cover for all your PPAs for the rest of term?

Surely it's for your partner to sort as you teach and can't take time off. He will just have to move things about. Couldn't he work the morning and see client then.

DH has an important client so has to work. I kind of get that and I get that you have to work.
2 suggestions:

1. As your arranged childcare has fallen through, it happens, emergency carer leave needed for half a day, unpaid if necessary.
2. Can your DH not have his DD with him for half a day having used his lunchtime to go get her?

Exactly. Those who think it's up to the OP's HT to be flexible or that she should ring in sick would probably be up in arms if their own children were without teachers for the afternoon. The child's father should be stepping up not leaving it to the OP to sort.

Not just that. What about all the kids who will lose out from their teacher going sick? Because her DH isn’t stepping up! Bang out of order.

@flowergirl24 since it's his fuck up, at drop off he has to grovel and beg another parent For help. He is more likely to see them and know them at least to say hi. He can have that awkward conversation.

You shouldn't have to. It is gross misconduct. He should be sorting this out.

I’d swap lessons with other colleagues in the department to see if I could wrangle Friday afternoon off. With gained time etc it’s doable. However, I’m in a big department who like each other! If it wasn’t possible, I’d let work know ASAP that I’d need cover that afternoon due to unexpected childcare needs. Then DH would owe me a massive f*cking favour for having to prioritise his career and professionalism over my own.

Just ask your SLT. If at all possible try and get cover sorted first so you can go with a solution rather than a problem. Seriously, it beggers belief that some school leaders can be so inflexible. No wonder teachers are leaving in droves. I have a very understanding head though who is super flexible as long as you don't take the mickey as he knows that we also put in extra when he needs us to. Our staff retention is amazing. No one wants to leave, even when they could retire!

I would go with asking another parent and stress the reciprocation in the summer.
I had to phone up and ask someone I had only met once if they could take my child for a couple of hours when I woke up with mastitis. I couldn’t stand up. We had just moved and my husband was working away from home. She said she didn’t mind at all as she felt she could ask in the future. We became good friends and looked after each others children all the time.

have you tried the Facebook group route yet? Ask on a local group for your area. You're asking for a childminder/nanny, but you might find a local mum sees it and volunteers. Or ask the same on a nursery parent WhatsApp if there is one. Do not call in sick.
It should be the OP's dh who sorts this but if nothing is arranged, we all know which parent the nursery will phone if no one collects the child...

@flowergirl24 if you've been using nursery for 7 years presumably you have an older child? Can any of their friends' parents help?

Your dh is a prick. Sorry

It's totally his issue and he needs to sort it
Make it crystal clear you are not going to do something which comes under gross misconduct and risk losing your job

Local childminder, neighbour, friend's teenager?

I remember as a child having to stay in the the staff room while my mother taught.

Thank you for answering

So when you don't collect her from nursery, what will happen in his selfish mind?

Totally his problem to solve. His client is not as important as your daughter and job surely, but he appears to think it is!

I once had to sit my daughter in the High School staff room for some reason, she quite happily read, drew (pre electronics) and was made a great fuss of by anyone lurking in their free periods!