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School WhatsApp groups never disappoint...

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SausageChipsBeansAndGravy · 03/07/2026 23:57

I'll start...

Our rather overzealous PTA informally announced that if children didn't bring in a raffle prize donation, they'd have to wear school uniform on non-uniform day.

One mum decided to send her kids to school in full uniform in protest, announcing it to the WhatsApp group. The group was silent for a change, with people not knowing quite what to say.

I could see what she was trying to do, but it seemed a bit harsh to inflict it on her own kids, especially as everyone knew the school wasn't actually going to enforce the rule.

Do your WhatsApp groups have any stories?

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MadeInTheNorth · 05/07/2026 14:34

We had someone in the group who took umbrage at the slightest thing and used to do a very public flounce and leave every few weeks. Only to then be asking the admins to let her back in a couple of weeks later as she was starved of attention.
It was usually when someone said something about her slagging off teachers /TAs / office staff/ other parents on the group.
Completely unhinged, was very glad her precious moppet did not follow my child to the same secondary school.

Thebinisrightthere · 05/07/2026 16:02

MadeInTheNorth · 05/07/2026 14:34

We had someone in the group who took umbrage at the slightest thing and used to do a very public flounce and leave every few weeks. Only to then be asking the admins to let her back in a couple of weeks later as she was starved of attention.
It was usually when someone said something about her slagging off teachers /TAs / office staff/ other parents on the group.
Completely unhinged, was very glad her precious moppet did not follow my child to the same secondary school.

I always say to these people, you are not an aeroplane and you don't need to announce your departure

Allswellthatendswelll · 05/07/2026 18:56

ThatsTrash · 05/07/2026 13:06

Btw as an aside, the school staff don't really care about themes or contributions for non uniform days so as PPs said the PTA don't have any right to admonish or specify consequences if you don't do specifically what they asked. Eg, PTA specify it's Wear Yellow day to raise money for the summer fayre but you send DC in wearing blue jeans and a red t-shirt. Teachers won't comment or insist the child changes clothes. Child doesn't bring in the bottle or £1 contribution in exchange for wearing their own clothes - teacher won't ask them why they didn't bring it in. The teacher generally knows the families who are struggling financially, and even the ones who aren't it's not the child's fault parents made a choice not to contribute. Teachers just want to get on with teaching.

As a teacher, the only time I have asked a child to change what they're wearing on a non uniform day is when they are wearing something genuinely unsuitable (eg open toe sandals which are unsafe on the playground - change into PE trainers/socks if they have some in school, or a jumper with no t-shirt on a hot day and they are overheating, change into PE t-shirt (either their own or a spare from the cupboard).

Yep teachers do not care. They have enough to do. They might feel sorry for the kids whose parents forgot but that's it.

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Retropride · 04/07/2026 19:41

We have one particular dad who treats ours like his own personal assistant. Instead of googling anything he just asks the 'mums' when the last day of term is, or what the school phone number is. I'm irrationally angry about it! And even more angry when 2 or 4 mums reply with a screenshot, having had to google it themselves. Aaaarghhhh

We have two mums who ask this every single term!!! In my mind I take bets on which one will ask it first. I don't understand why in the time it takes to write the message they don't just go on the school website to check. Also once someone has shared the dates once, usually linking/screenshotting the entire school year, they don't then add these to their calendar (phone or paper).

To be fair having gone through this for several years I have come to the conclusion that both these mins have mental illnesses and that they ask rather than look it up as they like the reassurance that comes from others, than looking it up and reading it wrong.

CruCru · 05/07/2026 19:49

Nah, we had a mum who, in the entire time her child was at primary school, never once logged in to the parents’ portal. It got to the point where someone else included a step by step guide on how one would access the portal. Did she sort it? Course not!

This mum had an important job and, in person, was pretty good fun. But on the WhatsApp group she was dementing.

IonianNerveGrip · 05/07/2026 20:15

I'm a huge fan of an email screenshot cos it's easier to find on WA when I inevitably lose it.

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