School drop off and pick up

I don’t think you can honestly expect to do the school run twice a day from home and just expect people to work around it. Are you making up the time?

You can’t frame it as ‘good for me mentally’ to your boss really, that’s not her concern.

I think you need to take a colleague or union rep with you to any meetings because you don’t seem to get your point across very well on your two posts so I think you could do with someone helping you if you are the same with your boss.

I read your other thread too. Your manager doesn’t sound pleasant but you’re giving them a lot of ammunition for disciplining you by doing this. It sounds like you’re gone for more than an hour each day?

Echoing about what you do with the kids when you get home, again if they are primary age then your manager can insist you have proper childcare in place.

Most people can't take an hour off every day. Unless it's your lunch? Even then if your boss wants you to attend a meeting you have to eat around it?

Did you discuss not being available 3-4 at the interview?

There’s a few issues:

1. going out and doing the school run. Are you making this time up? Is it your lunch break.
2. How old are the children? Who is looking after them when their at home and you’re still working?
3. You said not to book meetings in between 3-3:30 and then declined a meeting at 3:30-4. So how long are you out on the school run and how much impact is it having at work? No meetings between 3 -and 4 would be a big impact in some companies.

You've said you are available from 3.30 but then decline a 3.30 meeting. That's already a flag to your manager that the school run is longer than you said.
It's the thin end of the wedge for companies, it's tough for everyone these days but it is for businesses too. I think you need to arrange someone else to drop them home.

How old are the children?
who looks after them when their home?
i personal would turn a blind eye to 10 mins but no more

As a manager, I would not be happy with this you should have childcare in place if you work from home.

I think it’s a bit much to do the school run every day on work time. And then when you have the DC, there’s probably an assumption that they are asking you for snacks, talking about their day as soon as they get home, rather than leaving you to work. But if it’s an accepted policy among others at work then it does seem unfair to single you out. Perhaps you need a formal flexible working request?

Not sure what happened there - 2.45-3.45 for your lunch break

If it falls in your working hours then they are within rights to ask to meet. It does sound like she is trying to make a point. Whilst you can request to do the school run, and it’s not unreasonable to ask, she can refuse. Not sure why you declined the 3.30 - 4 one since you told her you only couldn’t do 3-3.30 and this fell after.
you could request your lunch break to be from 2,45-3.45 to allow for pick up, then it falls into your break instead of it being additional time out of your work day.
Otherwise Arrange after school club or for someone else to drop your kids home on the days you have meetings

So you really mean between 3 and 3.45?

Don't couch this as going out is good for your health. That's disingenuous.

Are you also taking lunch?

Say you'll take this as your lunch and see how that goes down.

30 mins in the morning and 30 minutes is the evening. That’s 1 hour a day that you are not working and not saying it’s your lunch time. That’s 5 hours a week! Yes, your manager has a right to say something if you are unavailable for 5 hours a week.

What are your contracted hours? If you weren’t WFH would you just nip out? Was your need to do the school made clear when you got the job? Who’s watching the dc once they’re picked up and you’re back working?

You’ve chose to work from home so you don’t really get to complain that you need time out to do school runs because you’ve been on your own all day.

Is the company genuinely happy with you working from home?