School pick up, child not there!

[Russell19]

My friends DD (reception aged 5) finishes school at 3.15. My friend finishes work at 3pm and rushes straight to school to pick her child up. She has to park quite far away, as there is no school car park, on a community centre car park that is used by the school and parents.

She normally arrives around 3.30. Yesterday she arrived just after 3.30 and went to the classroom door and her DD was not there, the teacher said she had taken her to the main office. When asked why she said school pick up time was 3.15 and beyond 3.30 all remaining children get taken to the office for supervision and the office ladies call parents to see where they are. (The issue is that the office is a 5 min walk around the other side of the school)

My friend was very annoyed and was rude to the teacher. Who is being unreasonable? The teacher or my friend?

I think reverses are fine sometimes. Don't worry op! You wanted unbiased opinions with people thinking you weren't the teacher or parent. Nothing wrong with that. I agree reverses can be annoying but I think in this case it's fine.

The mum is being unreasonable. I run a brownie unit (I do not get paid for this) and parents often rock up 15 mins late. It's so so unfair. It's already 2 hours out of our evening every week as well as all the planning, shopping, sleepovers, trips that we do. Of course I love doing it otherwise I wouldn't be doing it. But it does grate when parents turn up late every week when I've already done a long day at work. It makes them think their time is more important than ours.

Do you have to ask. If the parent can’t be there are 3.15 then they need after school childcre. If I’m to pick up at 3.15 I will aim to be at he gate by 3.10

Ah I see you are the teacher. The mum is taking the piss really

It’s called safeguarding and your friend should thank the school for looking after her child and having policy in place to protect her

Lol, who do you think???? Be there on time to collect your child or organise after school care.

I actually love reverses.

Our headteacher called social services once on a parent who did this repeatedly and was rude to the teacher and the head.

She soon sorted herself out.