To think these parents should not be able to send their kids to school

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Dad works in a takeaway
Mum does not work. No disabilities
They are sending their child to school as the dad is a key worker and this has been accepted.

To think this is not on and a lot of kids will be sent to school that actually don’t need to be there

I'm a keyworker. I didn't bother applying for a place for my DCs because at the moment I'm allowed to work from home and I'd rather the places went to people who needed it more, what I do is not frontline or essential that it can't be covered, there is only a small part of my role that I cannot do at home and this is covered by the people who are in work. Our schools were checking the validity of parent's keyworker claims. I suspect I would have been turned down anyway.

It's utterly selfish to send children in when you don't need to. But ultimately, a lot of people really are that selfish. Like a pp said though, better for these children to spend as little time with their lazy ass mother as possible.

Do they not understand that the children of key workers are most likely to catch it. Ok your BIL is at some risk but generally if you are going out for a takeaway you are somewhat less likely to have coronavirus than if you are a patient being triaged by the parent of your dn's best mate. Health workers are bravely taking the brunt of the virus with inadequate protection. Their children are much more likely to also be exposed. If they had any sense they would keep them off. Though I am guessing that they are the sort of people to think it is all a lot of fuss about nothing. Thank goodness you have social distancing as a reason not to see them.

I am classed as a key worker as I work in an SEN school, however I can accommodate my littlest through a combination of me, my husband and our older teenagers.

The amount of piss taking parents is out of order.

The government guidelines say:

Parents whose work is critical to the COVID-19 response include those who work in health and social care and in other key sectors outlined below. Many parents working in these sectors may be able to ensure their child is kept at home. And every child who can be safely cared for at home should be.

Please, therefore, follow these key principles:

If it is at all possible for children to be at home, then they should be.

Funny how people were clamouring for schools to close now suddenly everyone is a key worker and has to send their child to school, or so it seems at my school.
So much for schools being closed. We've now been asked to come in during the holidays to look after key worker children.
I'm happy to do it - where it's genuine - but I'm angry where lazy piss takers are sending their kids in and putting me (and by default my family) and my staff at increased risk!

I'm a keyworker but my kids are teens. I am working from home so would not dream of using the resource when I can manage from home. My husband is a teacher so is also managing other children. If you don't need to use it, don't frickin abuse it.

The policy is shit and has allowed loads of non-essential jobs to slip through putting school employees and other children at risk.

our school is checking with employers and BOTH parents need to be keyworkers, not just one. I thought this was a general rule?

I guess it depends what the demand is at each school. At our school they said today that they were prioritising children who had both parents in key worker roles that were critical to covid19 response. Took that to mean two parents who are essential frontline nhs or police or teachers or similar. They have said they won’t have enough staff to take everyone in and if there is any way a child can stay at home then they should.

One of my friends works for the NHS in I.T. Her DH also works in I.T. and is working from home. They have one DS aged 9. They are sending him to school because they live in a flat

Schools in my LA are prioritising healthcare workers, teaching staff and national security staff before the other 5 or so groups. If the places are filled by those three groups, the other children can't attend.

They are talking about 200 kids needing to go into our school next week.

I’m apparently a key worker as I deal with payroll and essential payments.

My children are home.

I honestly don’t understand how hard of thinking people must be.

mine are at 2 different schools. one the letter said both parents had to be key workers or a single parent key worker, the other said only 1 parent had to be a key worker.

The policy is shit and has allowed loads of non-essential jobs to slip through putting school employees and other children at risk

I agree with this 100%

I’m so not a key worker. I can do everything I need to from home. It’s ridiculous.

Our nursery called today to say that, as they’re staying open for children of key workers, the ratio of workers to children meant they could accommodate DS... I was a bit and politely declined. I get they’re a business and need to keep going but I said we would pay them in full anyway! But won’t be sending DS in of course.

The list is awful. Most people could shoehorn themselves in somewhere on it. Awful too that this has been left to headteachers and nursery managers to work out. Impossible to be consistent and fair to all. At our setting we have a lot of teachers. Feels like we are just caring for each others children. And yes, some have really tried to take the piss, key workers with stay at home partners particularly made me cross, of course they were declined a space. I wonder if the list will be tightened once they realise how many people are trying to get care.

Oh and ‘technically’ I am key worker. Except I’m not and can do all of my work from home!

I could have sent mine to school but I wouldn’t dream of it. We can stay home. Why should someone else’s family be put at risk?

Our school has had too much uptake to cope with, I know from some other parents that they are sending their kids in despite only one being a key worker. I believe that’s Govt policy now though, really don’t understand why it doesn’t state all/both parents to be keyworkers.

I am a key worker but DH is not, however we could now send them, especially as one has SEN and a disability. However we are happy to try and cope with them at home rather than send them to a place they could catch stuff and be doing activities across year groups rather than the usual learning.

Still naffs me off that others are taking the proverbial though, especially as being NHS I see the frontline.

The one parent key worker rule is bullshit. I also think anyone who is found to have abused the childcare offer should be heavily fined.

My husband is a chef and still working as restaurants are still open for deliveries from tomorrow. Im a SAHM but no way would I even consider trying to send my son somewhere when there's absolutely no need at all, even IF my husband would be classed as a key worker as he works in a food related environment)that could prove essential if people are struggling to get shopping or unable to go out.

DDs school is near a hospital and has a larger than average cohort with EHCPs and social worker involvement.

So vulnerable children gotthe first dibs followed by hospital workers etc. I heard a parent moaning that I had a space and she didn't. I'll be at my own school taking care of other people's teens.

I had to provide written evidence that I was a key worker, and required at work

I'm a key worker and have registered my children but stated that I will not be sending them in as I have alternative provision in place, I've registered them so they can go if that falls down for any reason. Anybody who can keep their children out of school should do so now for the child's protection.

I don't want to send my DC in to some regional hub. The one worker rule, however, gives my non-essential worker DH's employer a reason to insist he can't stay home to look after them.