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FunMustard · 26/06/2026 22:57

I simply don't understand why you would be arsed about this. She posted a certificate through the door. What possible motivation could there be, other than wanting to make sure your child gets it?

Oliveoy · 26/06/2026 23:00

StartingFreshFor2026 · 26/06/2026 21:53

In some ways it's quite sweet that some posters don't realise how spiteful / aggressive some parents can be and, equally, that not all teachers do things for good reasons.

I will reiterate that it really sounds like in this case the teacher just dropped something off because she thought it would be easier / better, but any number of things could have happened that are nothing like chance encounters at the shop with families:

Anxious / truly paranoid and aggressive parent captures teacher on ring doorbell footage and posts it on social media claiming teacher is stalking them. There is no record of the visit and no urgent reason for the visit either.
Aggressive parent sees teacher on drive (as OP did), opens door and directly challenges them, in a hostile way that upsets the teacher.
Someone uses safeguarding guidelines which do reference favourism and logs "low level concerns" about teacher.
Teacher is snooping (much more rich info than Google Earth) and tells everyone in staffroom that the garden was horrendous, or she thought she could smell weed (an allegation that is impossible to prove and yet will stick). Teachers are not absolutely beyond making things up, even though it is exceedingly rare. Teachers have done bad and/or random things before.
Primary school child is playing in front garden, teacher comes over and has unsupervised chat with child. It is not the same as meeting in a shop because the teacher has planned to visit this house. Child could recall this conversation in any way.
Perfectly sane parent, for their own reasons, didn't want their address data being used this way for something that was unexpected, unnecessary and not the intended use of her data. Her child is upset they didn't get their assembly moment. Parent puts in a complaint (perfectly within her rights to, even if others wouldn't be bothered) and there's now a minor incident that would not have happened had the teacher spent 30 seconds calling beforehand.

Yes none of this happened, but it's not absolutely impossible. Maybe it is a sad world we live in, that spontaneity is lost, but that is the reality and in some ways we are all better protected.

You're talking far too much sense for this thread.

AutumnAllTheWay · 26/06/2026 23:09

Former primary teacher here and yes, this is odd. It is an overreach, massively so. Unless yours is a tiny community school maybe but even then.

A teacher has a million things to remember every day, you'd stick the certificate on your desk/ somewhere you'll see it to give out the next day...

MrMucker · 26/06/2026 23:09

howmanycorners · 26/06/2026 14:56

Well no but I think coming to our home oversteps a boundary.
I wouldn’t dream of obtaining her address and taking my child's homework round.

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What an utterly ridiculous comparison. Teachers have a duty of care to your child, which is what this falls under. That necessitates getting in touch with you in all possible ways. You signed up for that when you enrolled your child at school.

She wanted your child to have the certificate ASAP as she knows your child and that is the best way for them to be praised. ASAP. To boost their weekend.

Good job to be fair, will bolster them into confidence for a weekend with your suspicious mind.

Also, teachers have legitimate and authorised access to your contact details for hundreds of necessary reasons. They don't need to fish out that info from the office. You are being ridiculous. These are police checked highly trained specialists, not random hawkers casing the joint for your silver

. I despair!

excitingselfreliant · 26/06/2026 23:10

howmanycorners · 26/06/2026 14:35

I don’t know what to make of this, dc is in primary school and every week someone gets a certificate.
Suddenly I saw my child’s teacher walk past the lounge window at about 8 pm and post a certificate through the door.
Aibu to find it a bit strange and wonder why she did this having had to look up our address and purposely drive to our house when all certificates are handed out in school and she would see my child in the morning?

Could it simply be because during every term each child gets a certificate for something, now nearing the end of term, heatwaves and school closures there’s a chance your child may have ended up without a certificate so the teacher not wanting your child to feel excluded ensured they got one, perhaps the teacher then realised you aren’t far from their home address or on their route home so instead of 3 days postage’s just dropped it off…

I remember my dc maths teacher hand delivered a huge envelope of past papers during the Easter holidays purely because he was a kind teacher… never once did I think anything sinister 🤷🏻‍♀️

chickenwings2 · 26/06/2026 23:10

I would totally find this weird too can’t believe a teachers coming all the way to find you for a certificate?? That’s too much

AutumnAllTheWay · 26/06/2026 23:11

MrMucker · 26/06/2026 23:09

What an utterly ridiculous comparison. Teachers have a duty of care to your child, which is what this falls under. That necessitates getting in touch with you in all possible ways. You signed up for that when you enrolled your child at school.

She wanted your child to have the certificate ASAP as she knows your child and that is the best way for them to be praised. ASAP. To boost their weekend.

Good job to be fair, will bolster them into confidence for a weekend with your suspicious mind.

Also, teachers have legitimate and authorised access to your contact details for hundreds of necessary reasons. They don't need to fish out that info from the office. You are being ridiculous. These are police checked highly trained specialists, not random hawkers casing the joint for your silver

. I despair!

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Of course they'd ask the office.

Where else do you think they'd have the info?

LovingTelescopes · 26/06/2026 23:16

Call the police , the fire brigade, immigration control, the RAC and an ambulance NOW,

She could be secretly in love with you and this is the beginning of a stalking campaign.

I would wager your child didn't even win that certificate-she just wrote one out so she could come to your house and soak up the essence of you.

In reality, don't be silly.

She did what she thought was a nice thing and assumed you would think it to be so too. It sounds as if you want to have a word or complain-give yourself a bit of a power trip-who would be a teacher today!

justasking111 · 26/06/2026 23:19

There's a lovely teacher like this in our school. She'd schlep round to a parents house to deliver a certificate in a heatwave because she cares about the children.

ClayPotaLot · 26/06/2026 23:25

NotAnotherScarf · 26/06/2026 22:53

Fuck me if she'd knocked on the door the op and several people on here would have raised a lynch mob...I mean its bad enough telling a parent via a certificate that their child is doing well. Don't tell them fact to face ... that is just pedo behaviour

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If she was going to take that perspective she wouldn't have gone to the house at all.

Oliveoy · 26/06/2026 23:31

Would it be ok the other way round I wonder?

Say my child is in y6 and got their teacher a thank you card to give on last day. Last day arrives but child is off ill so now they can't give the card.

That's OK...I know the teacher's full name so I'll pop to the library to see if they're on the open electoral register and get their address. Bingo, they are.

We turn up at the teacher's house at 8pm without warning to put the card through the letterbox. We do this because it's on our way somewhere and saves us the cost of a stamp. They see us through the window and think how on earth did they know where I live? It unsettles them a bit, as they like to keep their personal and professional life separate and really would rather prefer parents and pupils not to do this. How bloody ungrateful and paranoid of them. We were just being kind!

CountryGirlInTheCity · 26/06/2026 23:49

AutumnAllTheWay · 26/06/2026 23:11

Of course they'd ask the office.

Where else do you think they'd have the info?

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Most likely on the computer system the school uses for registration, noting behaviour infractions etc. It will be an integrated system so that a child can be looked up and along with their personal details will be their attendance details, anything medical
that school needs to know about etc. A class teacher will have access to each child’s details via their password protected school laptop/desktop as they will need to regularly add information to the system.

AutumnAllTheWay · 27/06/2026 00:40

CountryGirlInTheCity · 26/06/2026 23:49

Most likely on the computer system the school uses for registration, noting behaviour infractions etc. It will be an integrated system so that a child can be looked up and along with their personal details will be their attendance details, anything medical
that school needs to know about etc. A class teacher will have access to each child’s details via their password protected school laptop/desktop as they will need to regularly add information to the system.

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I haven't taught for ten years so maybe it is like this now.

Certainly wasn't when I was, thankfully.

saraclara · 27/06/2026 01:02

AutumnAllTheWay · 26/06/2026 23:11

Of course they'd ask the office.

Where else do you think they'd have the info?

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As I said before, until recently each child address was in the class teacher's attendance register book. I assume that now the attendance register is done online, that the address is in that system, too.

Busybeemumm · 27/06/2026 01:20

Cardomomle · 26/06/2026 16:12

Do you realise that teachers are DBS checked?

DBS-Which we all know that means nothing.

Just thinking of poor baby Preston as Mr Varley was a teacher presumably with a DBS check.

In this instance the teacher was just being kind.

Fourleggedfanatic · 27/06/2026 01:38

My god! Damned if you do- damned if you don’t! She was trying to help!

SquirrelGG · 27/06/2026 01:49

What is the problem? What a ridiculous thing to worry about

marcopront · 27/06/2026 05:23

Oliveoy · 26/06/2026 23:31

Would it be ok the other way round I wonder?

Say my child is in y6 and got their teacher a thank you card to give on last day. Last day arrives but child is off ill so now they can't give the card.

That's OK...I know the teacher's full name so I'll pop to the library to see if they're on the open electoral register and get their address. Bingo, they are.

We turn up at the teacher's house at 8pm without warning to put the card through the letterbox. We do this because it's on our way somewhere and saves us the cost of a stamp. They see us through the window and think how on earth did they know where I live? It unsettles them a bit, as they like to keep their personal and professional life separate and really would rather prefer parents and pupils not to do this. How bloody ungrateful and paranoid of them. We were just being kind!

The teacher has legitimate access to the child’s address.
It is very different to you trying to find the teacher’s address.

abbynabby23 · 27/06/2026 05:34

howmanycorners · 26/06/2026 14:35

I don’t know what to make of this, dc is in primary school and every week someone gets a certificate.
Suddenly I saw my child’s teacher walk past the lounge window at about 8 pm and post a certificate through the door.
Aibu to find it a bit strange and wonder why she did this having had to look up our address and purposely drive to our house when all certificates are handed out in school and she would see my child in the morning?

I think potentially she wouldn’t be able to give it any other way (ie cancelled assembly) and she didn’t want your kid to miss out. I actually find it very sweet she did that.

Cardomomle · 27/06/2026 06:11

marcopront · 27/06/2026 05:23

The teacher has legitimate access to the child’s address.
It is very different to you trying to find the teacher’s address.

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Yes, I'm surprised that people don't understand this basic difference.

Cardomomle · 27/06/2026 06:12

Busybeemumm · 27/06/2026 01:20

DBS-Which we all know that means nothing.

Just thinking of poor baby Preston as Mr Varley was a teacher presumably with a DBS check.

In this instance the teacher was just being kind.

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Oh dear god. This is a very different situation. Very.

Oliveoy · 27/06/2026 06:15

marcopront · 27/06/2026 05:23

The teacher has legitimate access to the child’s address.
It is very different to you trying to find the teacher’s address.

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How is it different? We all have legitimate access to the open electoral register. It's our civic right.

Oliveoy · 27/06/2026 06:16

Cardomomle · 27/06/2026 06:11

Yes, I'm surprised that people don't understand this basic difference.

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Please explain the difference

familyicons · 27/06/2026 06:38

Why is it weird that the teacher has your address?

Cardomomle · 27/06/2026 06:39

Oliveoy · 27/06/2026 06:16

Please explain the difference

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The teacher has full access to the students details. This is to support full access to learning. The child is a minor in the care of the school.
The teacher is an adult at work.
There is no safeguarding reason for this to be shared with students.