To think what an load of bollocks? School related

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It's been made clear now that "if parent's are ever late to pick their DC up, then the DC will have to make the time up at playtime after lunch"

Wtf?! Why should a child miss out because of a parent being late. Makes no sense. Sometimes we genuinely can't help being late.

My guess is that too many parents are turning up late so they have decided on a course of action that will focus the minds of the parents.

If this is a rare occurrence for you (ie once a year) then your child will have to lump it. If it happens more frequently, maybe you need an arrangement with another parent that you can contact to take your child for 10mins or whatever until you turn up.

I'd hope there might be some leeway for parents who genuinely have a one off emergency.

Sounds like there are parents who are constantly late at picking up, and the school has tried everything else.

The type of parent who is consistently late for no good reason might not care whether their child had to “make up time” (doesn’t even make sense) at break.

It's not fair to take it out on the kids, is it

It is bloody annoying when parents are consistently late. I have one family that never shows up until at least 20min after the end of the day, no apology. Not so bad in the summer, but when it’s got to 5.30pm in the dead of winter it’s horrid, and I can’t wait inside with them as the other kid who has to order a uber can’t get a signal in the building so we can only track it outside.

Then you get some nic eparents who are normally on time and apologise profusely and ring in advance if they are just 5,min late.

Feels like a punishment for the school. If a child is late being picked up, therefore needing extra staff time, they have to spend extra time in class at lunch, needing extra staff time. Weird

They are exploiting kids a bit here.

After being kept in once a lot of children might worry that their parent/CM will be late and get upset and plead with them before school. I’m sure it’s effective but it’s also cruel for a child to be distressed they’ll be punished if Mummy is late

I presume these are younger children or they would simply walk off site at the right time.

So you’re going to have littleones fretting that mum or dad hasn’t come to pick them up plus worried they are going to miss playtime. Great 🙄

I don’t understand how it is for late pick up? The child is not missing any school work or time but staying behind in school for an extra few minutes. Being late for drop off maybe as they are missing out on time in school.

It does seem unfair the child will suffer for the parents being late. All that will happen is it will encourage more parents to tell the children to come out of the playground and wait for them at the gates to avoid having to do extra time at lunch break the next day. That has to be less safe for the children than waiting in school.

That's boasted

Sorry - That's bizarre

YANBU
Either the parents are continuously late to pick them up in which case they wont care and are the child is already much more likely to have a difficult homelife and be stuggeling at school, why blame them and make their life even more difficult than it already is?
Or its a genuine emergency, I've been late once when I had to take my younger child to A&E, why should they be punished because their little sister was ill.

WTAF

I’d be looking for a new school. I’m NEVER late, but I wouldn’t trust a school with this attitude to have the CHILDREN’S welfare at the core of its beliefs or actions.

Sometimes we genuinely can't help being late.

Sorry but that's not on. You HAVE to get there for your child. There are very few valid excuses.

A bus breaks down. Not a problem if you always get the earlier bus.

Can't get back from work reliably on time. Then you need childcare after school.

And so on and so forth.

You pretty much can help being late though. I've been late maybe once or twice and I've got mates to cover. I see the same people being late alot

What a weird “punishment”. If it was late for DROP OFF I would understand it - make up the class time the child missed. But late to be collected? What is the child “making up” there?

I don't understand what time the children are making up? If their parents are late collecting, surely they haven't missed school time. If the school is saying they have to pay for the parent's "crime" by having the equivalent knocked off playtime, that's seriously unpleasant - it's not as if they're generally having a lovely time playing whilst they wait for their parents.

I suspect they may find it a bit counter-productive anyway, when staff have to cope with children who haven't had enough exercise at playtime and are resentful into the bargain.

Sorry but that's not on. You HAVE to get there for your child. There are very few valid excuses.

A bus breaks down. Not a problem if you always get the earlier bus.

Sorry too, but that is utter nonsense. Do you know anything at all about rural bus services? Getting the earlier bus may mean being two or three hours early. What do you do if the early bus breaks down and the next one is late? Parents have to work to keep roofs over their children's heads, they can't necessarily just decide they're leaving half an hour early in termtime.

it's all well and fair comment to say "You should never be late and in an ideal world life would be like that. However sadly we don't live in an ideal world.
Anything can happen. Supposing parents aRe late due to be caught up in an RTA

It doesn’t make any sense. What time is being lost? And parents who are habitually late won’t care that their child is missing break. All it does is cost the school even more in having to staff breaktimes inside.

If the school has an issue with parents being habitually late for pickup then it needs to start calling SS and going down child abandonment protocols. That sounds extreme but I believe t is 30 minutes after pick up has passed that his can kick in

It seems a bit counter productive to me. I think what they should be doing is putting all latecomers into after care and charging the parents.

I have a long commute to and from work with a fair stretch through rural areas so I totally understand the issues which can arise. I would expect the parent caught up in an unforeseen issue to make contact with the school so plans can be made.

As a secondary teacher I know even the big ones looks really sad when a parent doesn’t arrive on time. I can absolutely guarantee that when we get back from our trips - despite detailed letters and weeks of planning - I will still be standing in the carpark at least half an hour after pick up was supposed to happen. While that’s happening I have to make alternative arrangements for my own children

Our local primary school puts uncollected children into the after school club and ensures that the parents are charged for it. It seems a pretty effective deterrent, and means staff don't have to act as unpaid babysitters.

I suspect that this is aimed at the parents who are habitually late and that children who are late to be picked up once or twice a year won't be penalised. I suspect it's just to get the message across.

That is awful. They want to punish children because of something their parents have done? If there are parents who are persistently late it is entirely possible their kids are already suffering from a pretty chaotic upbringing. And now the school wants to punish them and mark them out for that? I would actually have second thoughts about any school that has this kind if policy, they clearly couldn't give 2 shits about the kids in their care.