Mum picking up DS do I need to tell the school?

[hudskn]

OH did the school run this morning and forget to tell DS teacher that his Nan is picking him up.

Do I need to ring and tell them? Or will they let him go.

He is in reception.

Of course you need to tell them

Yes you need to call them. They won't let her take him if they don't know in advance.

Yes. They won’t just let him go without knowing she’s ok to take him.

Unless she is on school collection list you need to tell them, at our school they still ask you to notify them if anything different. Just give them a call will only take a couple minutes but will put your mind at rest

For ours it depends if your Nan is on the pick up list or not. If not then ring or email to tell them so they know to let him go. For some children their grandparents etc won't the on their list due to family disagreements.

Thanks will ring now this is my first school child so I don't have a clue just winging it 🤣 I'm sure mum is on the list but can't quite remember.

Has ds' nan picked him up from school before? Is she known to his teacher as family? If yes, a call may not be necessary - although always good to let them know a change in arrangement expected - but if no, then really important to tell school formally and give Nan's full name.

Our requires the person picking them up to give a password.

Our school would have wanted to be informed. They had a password system in the early years as well.

Interesting.

DS’s infant school required this but his junior school relies on the children knowing who they should go to (MIL does some pickups, so I asked his teacher).

I’m now wondering if that counts as a breach of safeguarding.

@MinnieMountain

Interesting.

DS’s infant school required this but his junior school relies on the children knowing who they should go to (MIL does some pickups, so I asked his teacher).

I’m now wondering if that counts as a breach of safeguarding.

By Juniors age, children should be aware of who can/ should pick them up. Our school phases out supervising children leaving because most should be competant to return to the classroom if there's an issue. By the time they leave juniors, most will need to be able to independently get themselves home ready for secondary school. Very different to 4-6yos in infants.

@MinnieMountain

Interesting.

DS’s infant school required this but his junior school relies on the children knowing who they should go to (MIL does some pickups, so I asked his teacher).

I’m now wondering if that counts as a breach of safeguarding.

That was the norm at DD's junior school as well. Unless parents put safeguarding issues on the record like "no pick up apart from XYZ regardless what the child may say" they are operating. under the view that a junior school age child is able to say if something is wrong or that another person is doing the pick up.

It really varies from school to school. My last school, year 5 and 6 were dismissed from their class and literally went with who they wanted, lots walking by themselves. My current school, even in year 6 we have to have permission for them to go with anyone else, even if the child is saying they’re going with Tom’s mum, and Tom’s mum is there expecting to take them, we still have to call the parent to check if they haven’t let us know. Yesterday had to disturb a parent I knew was at a funeral to check her daughter could go with another parent 🙄 seems like madness when in 9 months they’ll all be walking by themselves or getting a bus 15 miles!!

Think it depends on the school at mine the child points out who is there to collect them. Teacher looks at you, off child goes. Seems to work on the basis of the child knows who you are and that you're coming to collect.

Need to tell my kids school even if they are down as an emergency contact