If you worked in a school, would you want your DCs to attend?

[songbird33]

I really don't want my children to come to the school I work in, as I can't help but think the potential for embarrassment (mine and DCs!) is huge.

DH thinks I am being silly and as the secondary I work at is the best in the area, the DCs should attend.

Any thoughts?

Can confirm Teamum's experience. DC2 is in a class with the Head's daughter (and her brother goes to that school too). Both offspring are talented singers. Both get parts in all the school shows. And plenty of the other kids mutter that it's only because of their dad.

DS1's head sends her own kids to a slightly less outstanding school for that very reason.

I taught at the school DS2 attended. We sent him there because it was the local school. I made sure I never taught him, or his year group. Worked OK for us.

My Mum taught at the secondary school my sister and I went to. I can honestly I had no problems with that. It was an average size school and we managed not to come across each other much. Of course there were 'oh god that's my embarrassing Mum' moments, but that's teenagers for you. I was never teased about it, nor was my sis. Teased about plenty else but not that! Luckily, my Mum was a fairly popular teacher, so didn't have to hear many bad things. My bf's Dad was a senior teacher had to do quite a bit of the discipline, so she heard more negative comments. Luckily, we just used to view those people as 'saddos' :-)

My Dad did teach at my old primary when my sis when she was in year 5/6. She wasn't in his class but definitely found more potential for embarrassment there.

So, large secondary is yes go for it , primary is a no for me.

I understand why you feel that way and normally I would agree, but I would not let my DC go to a 'worse' school because of that. If I felt that strongly I would be looking for another job.

I teach in a tiny school with the next option 50 miles away. My son is in my class and I even had to give him the prize (agreed by colleagues). My daughter will come here soon. It is no big deal. Lots of colleagues have been / are in the same situation. I am not sure why it is a problem at all but then mine have always known this. TBH my son thinks it is cool and wants "gossip" and stuff about school which I have to be careful of giving. It makes me watch what I say at home as he could identify the person. MyDH works here too so we have the whole school pretty covered as he is at one end and I am at the other. I do think it depends on how the teacher is viewed by pupils. I can imagine it being hard on a child if the parent is unpopular or derided by others. I do get lesson critiques over the dinner table and my OH deals with any pressure to do homework that has been set by me but, really, no problems at all.

I'm a primary teacher. There are many reasons why I wouldn't want my children to attend the school I work at.

I think secondary is slightly different. The children are older and there are so many pupils/teachers that your paths might rarely cross.

I know a woman whose husband was the Head at the secondary school her children attended! That's got to be bad!

I was taught my mum (a teacher) in a secondary school for one year. She made me work harder than everyone in her classes, because she was afraid everyone else will think she is letting me go easy.
It was slightly weird but perfectly bearable, and I made some great friends for life from that class.