To be concerned that a Mum from another class is still in our class WhatsApp group?

That's chatter to me. Mine are often filled with "what did you think about the school saying this" "has anyone heard that a dog was pooing in the playground". "We will be at the park after school if anyone wants to join". It's just not for me. Each to their own.

I thought this tbh.

i think some people have too much time on their hands.

there is no privacy in group chats over the internet.

Wow, I never leave groups. As if you really cared enough to get them kicked out

Ours do loads!

Here is just some of what ours do:

• send a reminder message every Sunday of what's happening the following week at school
• they send ad hoc reminders (e.g. forest school, dress down days, school trips etc)
• meet termly with the headmistress and other class reps.
• copy and paste all school e-mails and text messages into the whats app chat to make sure that everyone sees them.
• arrange Mums termly coffee mornings and occasional nights out.
• organise christmas gifts and end-of-school-year gifts for class teachers, teaching assistants, headmistress, deputy head, receptionists and lolly pop lady.
• arrange ad hoc gifts e.g. if a teacher/teaching assistant is going on maternity/paternity leave.
• attend termly parent consultations and provide feedback (which is particularly useful for any parents who couldn't attend).

To the OP,
I personally wouldn't worry about it at all and it wouldn't bother me in the slightest. We have a Mum in our whats app group whose daughter has moved school! The family still live in the same village though, so we still see them all the time.

We've got one for the year group and always have across 4 different schools. I imagine if there's one per class it's actually probably useful to have some crossover so events or announcements aren't missed.

Even he is shaking his head

I think some people have real issues with control. “Oh I wouldn’t like that” - oh well. Sit with your discomfort then.

But literally no one is ‘chatting’. There might be an occasional homework question, or someone saying ‘Would you mind checking to see if your DC came home with someone else’s PE shorts?’ and then nothing for a fortnight.

You’re not swapping classified information with MI5 agents. It’s a class group chat.

This.

I'm in old chats. Hate them- don't want added in the first place and I haven't gone in and removed myself either. Didn't think to. I just don't take much notice of them. With 4 kids and a job I'm just too busy for these multiple chats.

I’ve never experienced any drama whatsoever on a class WhatsApp in three schools in two countries. Useful for ‘DS can’t read his own handwriting for the maths homework page number’ and ‘I don’t suppose your DC came home with an extra water bottle?’ type posts, and having parents’ numbers to arrange play dates or birthday parties. Sometimes nothing for weeks at a time, and certainly not pinging all the time even at their busiest, or I’d have muted and just checked periodically.

My oldest is in year 5. That's now 5 and a half years of zero drama but a lot of helpful reminders about stuff, some children's party invitations, some grown-up drinks invitations, some recommendations for local tradesmen and just general nice things.

To be fair there’s no drama at all on ours, in fact it’s saved me many times from forgetting something!

Mine aren't even at school yet but the thought of having to join the class WhatsApp makes me shudder. I absolutely hate drama.

Why so much drama, just message fhe class rep and say x asked me for this can yoh confirm who it is, think it’s a mum from the other reception. No biggie no need for drama.

I find it weird that there are school WhatsApp groups at all 😅

It wouldn't really bother me if she's a mum from another class. But do you know that's true? I wouldn't want someone unconnected with the school in the group.

I just received a screenshot from a class WhatsApp group I’m not in so I can see the drama… these are never safe spaces.

Jesus Christ...

So all the parents of the kids in your child's class are completely trustworthy, but the ones in the other class are all a bunch of weirdos who are perving on the kids photos?

That doesn't really make much sense. She's just another school mum. Maybe she's best mates with a couple of the others or her kids are friends with kids in your class?

I’d message the group organiser and ask them to put a message in the group saying the chat is only for parents of children in xxx class. That way, you’re not involved and makes it clear who should be in the group. Im sure there is an innocent reason and perhaps she is confused over groups?

Why anyone would want to be in any extra groups in life though (especially school class groups) I have no idea.

it's more about the scope for someone with bad intentions to get into the class groups.

OK, so you don't actually know whether this mum is in fact a mum from the other class or not - that obviously does change things. If she is, she clearly clicked the wrong link then couldn't be arsed to change/couldn't work out how. If she isn't, then yes, you are correct to be concerned of course.

Yeah, things are run differently at our school. The groups are set up by the school each year and a school admin can enter the chat to check.
It's because of some previous nastiness between parents and, as I said before, people joining who don't have children. Therefore a privacy concern.
I'm not UK based, online protection/ privacy is a much higher priority here.

What do you think she’s going to do that is different to the random 30 other adults you only know arbitrarily?