Dangerous or not? AIBU?

[BelleBoyd]

My year 3 daughter has a large balcony outside area attached to her first floor class. It has a 4 or 5 foot ledge and obviously a big drop below.
I'm really uneasy about it. The kids probably wouldn't try to get over the ledge but there are big planters up against the ledge that are easy to climb on and from there the ledge is much easier to get up on.
My 3 year old at a open afternoon climbed up on said planters and I grabbed him down of course and disallowed him to go out there.
Her teacher has said pupils are allowed out there unsupervised and she didn't think it was a problem.
So anyway I won't take my 3 year old in there again but what about other little siblings being safe or indeed the older ones? Only takes one of them daring the other to climb up and it could be fatal.
Maybe I'm just being overprotective just seems mad when they go on about health and safety re low climbing equipment in the playground but allow this?

Sorry but I don't think you're using the word ledge correctly? The balcony must have sides or a wall. Is this 4-5 foot high? I think yabu, 7 and 8 year olds should be trusted not to scale a 5 foot wall.

anyone with SEN would presumably have a 1:1 assuming they have been diagnosed, and even then it's not that likely.

Regarding risk assessments, one might have been done on the balcony before the planters were put there, so although it's safe in itself, the planters that have been added have now made it unsafe.

So if you see the risk assessment, it would be a good idea to get that clarified.

Not safe. I worked in an education seeing for adults in which a similar sounding balcony door was kept locked.

Ask to see a risk assessment for it.

Setting not seeing.

Any update?

Never mind 3 year olds, I know that my DD
20 months old would try climbing that!
(Mind you she’s been walking since 8 months and is a fearless wrecking ball ) However there is no way I would let her attend a nursery where she was allowed unsupervised access to a balcony that she could climb over!

Year 3 I would be ok with but the door should definitely be shut for the events including younger siblings. Agree with pps asking for the risk assessment not only will it show you what the school has accounted for but will also give them a serious "shake" that you are actually taking this seriously and will potentially go further

I'm not understanding the measurements. If the wall is 5ft high, and the planter is a ft maybe 2 then alot of kids will barely be able to see over the top of the wall when stood on the planter?!

Year 3 isn't age 3, it's 7 and 8 year olds. It sounds like the wall is high enough and if they are supervised whilst out and suitable risk assessments have been done (with SEN children included) it should be fine. You'd let them climb on equipment at a play park which would be more dangerous/risky than being on a balcony.