To wonder if my kids have to be vaccinated to go to school?

[Cuddler]

Hi,

My son is due to start school in September this year.Its all sorted,today he went to an induction thing and i got handed a form about which vaccinations he had/hadnt had,and just general health questions.

He hasnt been vaccinated since the ones at 16 weeks,so no mmr.My other 2 children havnt been vaxed at all.Im not asking for opinions on whether this is right as i have made a well informed choice and its something i have thought about for a long time and feel strongly about,I know theres not really a law about kids being vaxed to go to school but i just wondered if anyone knew if the school could "make a fuss" about it,or if anyone has any expereience of this.

Until a couple of months ago were going to home educate so it wasnt an issue,but obviously now hes going so just wanted to ask.

Thank you for the link, GrahamTribe

That's not an easy bedtime read LOL!

I wasn't suggesting that OP was right / wrong to vaccinate. Just a bit ambitious not to expect a debate on that topic in AIBU.

Alright then...

I wish schools would insist. I'd certainly rather send my child to a school that did.

Sidge it happened in West Yorkshire within the last 8 years.

I wish they would too, Beatrice, because I see nothing at all wrong with an increase in the number of home educated children.

I agree with BeatriceBean.

Soozy - I agree

It would be the shortest "AIBU" ever.

OP YABU to use AIBU to ask a question that screams out for opinions rather than facts. The fact is, your children don't have to be vaccinated. Thread over.

Sorry to be thread policey

I had to provide proof my children had been vaccinated to both nursery and primary school for all 3 of my children, we are in Scotland

... except in Scotland

youmeatsix would your DCs have been denied entry to nursery / school without vaccination?

YANBU to wonder.
the answer is not you dont
But IMHO you bloody well should

she isn't asking for opinions.. she is asking if her children have to be vaxed to go to school, which they don't.

youmeatsix, is that Scotland-wide or only in your/certain local authority areas?

Asking "AIBU" does invite an opinion.

thisisyesterday "she isn't asking for opinions.. she is asking if her children have to be vaxed to go to school, which they don't"

unfortunately

Posting in AIBU is going to get opinions whether you want them or not. If she simply wanted to be told "no" then perhaps the vaccinations board would have been a more sensible place to post.

youmeatsix, see what you've done now? Caused yourself no end of questions! :)

Good job that most of us vaccinate our children so you don't have to.

or Chat

or Primary Education

or, ooh, I don't know, by googling it

thankfully there is no obligation to have your children vaccinated to enter nursery/pre-school/school.

I have never encountered a problem with either of my dds - dd1 is partially vaccinated, d2 not at all.

There is usually a health form, including questions about illnesses/vaccinations/dates etc - I have always filled these in, and had no further questions. It isn't even remembered, particularly - when dd2 had mumps recently, the school secretary (small school) hadn't remembered her unvaccinated status when I called her in sick.

Ok thanks for the answer!

graham

I have survived many a vaccine thread before now.

I think we can all go home now. Nothing to see here.

Genuine question for parents here with unvaccinated children:

If your child was exposed to Measles, would you then take the vaccine which is offered by the HPA?