If school go back in June, would we be allowed to say no

[Lardlizard]

I’m not sending mine back till sept ?

In the nicest possible way- what do you think will be different in September?

The virus is not going to be magically gone by September- in fact going into winter there’s likely to be more cases.

The vaccine won’t be up and running till end of the year at best- so don’t really see the logic to be honest

You are always free to de-register your children from school and home educate them.

Of course you can say no. You can continue to homeschool, however the school are under no obligation to keep you a place should you wish to return in September,

So worried about this. We live with a vulnerable person and don’t feel ready to trust sending our primary ages child back at all. Feels recklessly dangerous to consider. But would hate to lose his place he is so happy at his school.

Whether we'll be allowed to say no or not - who knows.

But personally I think it would be a good solution. Most kids are very low risk so it seems a pity to keep them off school for longer than we need to because of the small percentage who have underlying conditions or live with a shielding person.

It's unlikely schools will be back 'as normal' in June.
It's more likely they'll return part time and/or in phases.
There has been some indication that 'fines' will not happen and it will still be necessary to self isolate if you or someone in the family shows symptoms - so pretty easy for parents and children to be off under the reason for two weeks at a time.

I think when we return there will be a fair bit of flexibility in place as full time full school isn't the ideal solution for anyone in a school (pupils and staff) at this point anyway.

It's not going to be a straightforward in or out of school for a while. Not everyone will be back on 1st June, schools are being asked to plan for different scenarios to limit the amount of children in school. My school (inner London primary) has been asked by the LA, in place of any guidance from government whatsoever, to plan for different groups coming in at different times. For example, one scenario is that all the year 6s come in plus their siblings. Another is that all the children with EHCPs come in with their siblings, or all the year 5s and year 2s. No one knows yet how they will do it. Boris is saying for year 6 to come back first but who knows whether that will become statutory?

The main thing schools will be doing when any kids come back is working on rebuilding relationships, establishing routines, which might be quite different, and supporting families who have been bereaved or traumatised (basically everyone but to different degrees).

It's not going to be straight back to 9-3.30, 5 days a week and attendance being monitored in the same way and different families will need to come in and out at different times.

What is your main reason for not going back until September OP?!

My guess is that anything before September would be more part-time. That would give some chance to evaluate and adjust for September either at national/ localised levels.

There might be initial tolerance for people not going, but likely from September with fresh beginings for the year, I can imagine stricter adherence to normal conventions, especially if OFSTED comes back on the agenda and schools need the data to keep OFSTED happy.

Not going to school also interferes with schools' safeguarding responsibilities. Schools won't necessarily know the difference between families shielding with substantial health concerns, those children at risk being covered up, or those where children's needs are being neglected by excessive anxiety pushing into the realms of coercive control and abuse (children being deprived of access to outdoors and exercise to satisfy a parent's irrational, excessive levels of anxiety)

jacqelinedaniels

So worried about this. We live with a vulnerable person and don’t feel ready to trust sending our primary ages child back at all. Feels recklessly dangerous to consider.”

There are so many people in this position that dispensations will have to be put in place.

If it helps, we took our youngest out 2 weeks before lockdown, with College’s full support, authorised absence and a cast iron guarantee that places would be assured for as long as students (we weren’t the only family) fully engage electronically.

I don’t expect secondary and FE to be back before September, it they are we will continue in the same way.

Doing well and keeping very much up to date with work. It’s a very effective way of learning for older students: I recognise it’s much harder for younger ones where independent work towards personal goals just isn’t feasible.

You can officially homeschool but if school is offering your child the opportunity to attend, they won't be supporting home learning as well.

DateandTime

Out College did, for 2 weeks prior to shut down. Lessons continued in College as usual and they authorised the absences and assured the ongoing places of those students electing to stay at home because of health concerns. Teachers e-mailed work, before the whole college on-line learning programme was up and running at shutdown. It was incredibly efficient.

I suppose I’m just enjoying having my kids at home and would like to keep them off till
After the summer holidays, I wouldn’t mind them goign back for a week or two, part time
Or whatever just before the summer holiday
To help all the kids get back into the swing of things

I’m fairly sure that for the European countries who have opened schools in some form, attendance is optional.

By September, it is quite possible that cases will have dropped significantly and the track and tracing will be in motion-I completely agree why parents would want to delay sending their children back.

Even if schools do reopen before the summer-it will be very phased, so not every day and probably not all year groups.

Of course you can keep your kids at home OP! Loads of people home educate. I expect there will be an increase in it now actually. You won’t be alone.

Thanks for all the replies, feel a bit less worried about it all now, I just feel safer from sept like it will be more under control

Im.very worried about this I have a child at a special school he has significant learning disabilities, and autism there is no.way the school can socially distance the children they have said as much .

I just can’t imagine the headache schools will face trying to organise this.

Schools won’t be back before September, just like lockdown won’t end tomorrow. The newspapers have basically just made shit up over the past week and sadly many have bought into it. Schools will return in September most likely with a phased return depending on infection rate at the time.

I’m a teacher, I was told not to expect to return before my mat leave starts in early July.

You won't be any the wiser with a thread full of posters passing their personal opinion off as fact. It may well be optional without risking your school place. It may well be differentiated based on health vulnerabilities in a family. We don't know yet.

I’m a teacher, I was told not to expect to return before my mat leave starts in early July. By someone who was making stuff up - because no one knows!

Our school have already said some people may not want their children to go back yet and that's fine.