to expect my son to be supervised in school time?

[annemarie29]

my 10yo ds1 is taking top up swimming lessons that his school arranged for him to do. they told parents that they would transport them but we had to pick them up at 3.30. fine i thought..he needs them so why not? i found out from a member of staff from the other school that has pupils doing this that my son and the other child from his school are being dropped at the pool reception door and then left. i was under the inpression that they had a member of school staff with them until parents collected them. AIBU or should i have at least been told that this was an unsupervised activity. so angry about this.

I would be utterly pissed off if this was my child. presumably he can't swim so why he is being sent to a pool without an adult supervising him?

I think a phone call is in order.

How long has this been going on? Didn't your son say anything to you?

is he in yr 5 or 6?

When DS was having swimming lessons at the loacl swimming pool i was told that for the duration of the lesson my child was the responsibility of the swimming teacher. (I was told this on one of the days when DSs lesson was cut short by a fire alarm and the children all stayed with the teacher and was not allowed to come to me due to insurance etc apparently) I would check who is assuming responsibility for your child when he gets to the center and also complain about the lack of information regarding this.

they started yesterday and no he didn't say a word to me. was so shocked and angry when i was told. if i had known this was going to be the case then i wouldn't have sent him tbh. the other little boy hasn't told his mum either.

I think it's OK for your son to be just dropped off at the pool however the school definately should have told you he would be unsupervised so no, YANBU.

he's yr6. is it common for schools to do this? i thought that unless they tell you otherwise that they were legally responsible for your child until the end of the school day. the worse part is my son told me the teacher that dropped them off today left them in the car park which isn't actually next to the pool but around the corner

My son is yr5 he is in the swim team at school, they practice Wednesday mornings at 7.30. He is my responsibility until he is in the water, the instructors then and is then collected by the head in the school minibus and taken to school in time for registration.
In reality he gets dropped off at the leisure centre doors at 7.25 and I collect him from school at 3.00 and do not worry about him at all in that time.

Sorry was called away.

What I mean is its the same set up just the other end of the day.

Legally a child can be unsupervised at the baths from the age of 8. So the school is not acting irisponsibly.
But the permission letter should have made it clear that a member of staff would not be on site.

I think at 10 he is old enough to wait around unsupervised so yes, yabu.

can't see the problem - am I missing something?

BF i'm more annoyed that they did not make it clear that they would be just leaving them there during school hours. the other school involved in these lessons has made a complaint to my sons school about this so it's not just me.

seeker..it's more the lack of communication by the school tbh.

YANBU, especially for swimming.
YANBU with knobs on. They are in loco and if in loco is going to be someone else they should tell you.

I would say this is quite normal - the supervising adult is the swimming teacher. But school should have made you aware.