Does your primary school allow children to walk home alone?

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Straw poll. Are children at your primary school (up to age 11) allowed to walk home alone?

Y5 and Y6 are allowed

Yes

Yes, I'm P1 and 2 they're handed over to an adult, after that nobody checks. We're in Scotland.

Yes. Any child above p3 can walk home alone.

YR 5 and 6 - but only after parents /carers have sent a permission slip

Yes from juniors so year three onwards.

Year 5 and year 6 only but I don’t think that extends to taking a younger sibling with them. We have a very small catchment area.

Current primary school was Years 5 and 6.

Previous school in the same town was from year 4.

Years 4 and up, after a receipt of a permission slip.

Year 5 and Year 6 children, yes.

DS walked home alone from Y3, DD from Y5. I never asked permission from either school and there was never anything said.

Yes from year 3 onwards but you have to sign a form at the beginning of the year they font just take the kids word for it.

No official rule that I’m aware of but from about year 4 they don’t check them leaving the classroom so wouldn’t know if they walked home alone or not.

Once the parent has given written permission, yes. Has only ever been age 9 and up - don't think we've ever been asked for younger children to do it.

Yes, from Y3 with parental permission.

My oldest started walking home alone in Y5. My youngest (Y5) meets me half way so I don't collect him and they wouldn't know if I didn't.

Y5 and 6 may walk home with parental permission.

Year 5 and 6. But parents have to fill out a permission slip

From Yr5. Most do (or at least leave the playground themselves... Mine finds my car while I collect Yr3 sibling, we live out of town)

Only Year 6 at ours.

Another one in Scotland where P1 and P2 are handed over to parents and any child over that age can walk home alone if they wish.

Yr 3 and 4 the teacher has to see the parent before they can go.

Yr 5 here often met half way etc. Can go of note from home.
Yr 6 some picked up lots walk - just dismissed from class so teacher doesnt need to see a parent.

Yes. I had to give written permission for my yr6 to walk her yr2 brother home,but school are fine with it.

Previously they only allowed it from Y6, but I can't see they really checked that carefully with older kids. But since going back in September they've OK'd it from Y5 (much more sensible IMO) to reduce the number of people coming onto site.

DS in Y5 is still a bit of a of a wild card and it's a bit of a distance, so we're not allowing him yet (and also waiting to see how his ADD medication he's just started helps him). He has a classmate living on our street, and one round the corner, so I was just talking to one of the mums about how they could maybe all walk together next year.

Yep, KS2 with written permission. Lots more parents taking advantage of it this year to avoid congestion on the playground, often meeting the kids outside the gates. School are encouraging it for the same reason.