To let my y6 get himself to school tomorrow?

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My kids usually go to their dads on Monday nights but ds11 isn’t going tonight (ds8 is). Their dad would usually drop them to school Tuesday mornings. I need to leave the house by 7.45am tomorrow at the latest to get to work.(The rest of the week I WFH.) DS11 seems happy to get himself out of the house on time but I’ll make sure he is dressed and fed before I leave. I am suddenly wavering. The walk itself to school is fine and so is being left (I have left him for up to 2 hrs before) but I am suddenly a bit worried about him getting out of the house on time etc. he doesn’t need to lock the door as it automatically locks (Yale lock) I will make sure he has a key in his bag if he forgets something. Does this sound ok? He was 11 in February and in year 6.

To clarify it will just be him, ds8 will be dropped off by his dad as usual.

I'm sure he will be fine, but could you get his dad to check in when he drops the other one off and send you a quick message to confirm he got there OK?

He's in year 6 presumably he will be making his own way to secondary school in September? Almost all the year 6 children I know make their own way to and from school daily especially at this point in the year.

Let him make his own way.

I was a bit nervous the first time we did this for DS but it was fine. We insist on ‘feet on the floor’ before we leave the house and set an Alexa alarm for the time he has to leave and he’s never been late or forgotten anything yet. Good practice for secondary as well.

Why is he not getting himself to school anf back every day at his age?

Yes, that's absolutely fine, and he should probably start doing it at least a few mornings a week to get ready for September. Many year 6 children already travel independently to and from school every day. I set a recurring reminder on Alexa for DD when it was time to leave the house.

Because presumably the OP has to take her 8 year old to school anyway so they all go together?

I would say it's fine for him to make his own way but I can understand why the OP might be having second thoughts when there is no one at home to make sure he leaves on time but I'm sure it will be fine.

Thanks all, yes I’ve always had my ds8 to take to school too and ds11 has major anxiety around school so although he’s been coming home from school by himself quite regularly we haven’t cracked getting him to school by himself yet. As it happens ds8 left his coat here so their dad is coming round tomorrow morning to pick it up and ds11 had a bit of a panic about going to school by himself, so, he’s going to pick up ds11 up as well.