Teacher hand delivered certificate usually given out in class.

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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 really don't think that's true, but each to their own.

There’s no GDPR breach. She has the address for the purposes of sending communications from school home. There is not meaningful difference in terms of GDPR between addressing the envelope and sending it by mail or putting it in the letterbox personally. She didn’t demand any time from the OP or ask to see anything the postie couldn’t.
Of course some teachers may have dubious motives. I can’t see how this betrays any though.

The purpose is for communication to be sent home.
That’s what happened.

It's odd precisely because some (many?) people would find it intrusive. Teachers are pretty much conditioned never to do or say anything out of the ordinary that could leave them open to suspicion.

How is it intrusive. It’s a letterbox. She saw no more than any postie/delivery driver/chugger/whoever.

But it doesn't really matter whether you think it SHOULD make anyone feel uncomfortable. The fact of the matter is that it DID make the OP feel uncomfortable, and seemingly other people on this thread feel similarly.

I would never ever pop round to a pupil's house unexpectedly.

Since nobody is psychic nobody could predict discomfort at having something put through the letterbox. It’s a bit of an unlikely thing, surely? Since we have things put through our letterboxes by all sorts of randoms all the time?

I don’t think anyone has suggested that as teachers must be treated with respect then this alleged GDPR issue should not be raised.
indeed many posters (me included) have suggested that if the op feels very strongly about boundaries, gdpr, potential snooping and possible nefarious activities she should raise it with the head. If the op doesn’t feel confident in approaching the head at school then email would seem a sensible option.

I can't believe this thread. 😂

It's not nonsense. I've explained in great detail on this thread exactly why this situation breaches GDPR in respect to the 6 bases of data processing and the ICO's 3 part test. I'm not going to repeat it all again, but feel free to scroll back if you're interested in the topic.

Unfortunately the fact that you keep comparing a teacher putting something through a letterbox to a postie, does show a woeful understanding of how data should be processed.

I never suggested you shouldn't have been a teacher. I do maintain however that you are clearly not well trained on how to process pupils' personal data.

It can't be that unlikely if so many people agree it's a bit intrusive!

Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. No one here is the proven authority on GDPR and the same arguments have gone round and round for 35 pages. There are several posts which disagree with just this single point and explain why.

The quote this was attached to:
"Because the teacher isn’t being treated with courtesy and respect, is she? It’s being suggested she has dubious motives and is breaching GDPR (she isn’t)"

Last week I addressed a new starter pack for a family who had been unable to make any of the transition dates at the school. I was going to go out and post in at the post office (10 min drive) but realised the address was less than a 5 minute round trip away walking. So I walked and posted it through the letter box.

My only motivation was ensuring they had the information but going off this thread some would think I had committed the ultimate crime!

My error- one poster then.
But many posters have suggested contacting the teacher or the head…

No, the purpose isn't for communication to be sent home. Communication (in this case a certificate) can be given to a child in class (as it normally is) or popped into their book bag. It could also be handed to the parent onsite.

The purpose here for accessing data would need to be specifically for unarranged visits to a pupil's home and also specifically when that communication is non urgent. It would be a very odd thing indeed to ask consent for, if you stop and really think about it.

Seriously!!

People complain that we don’t have “a village” anymore for our families. Then shit themselves when a trusted member of their child’s “village” puts something through their bloody letterbox 🤦🏻‍♀️

It’s sad that the society we live in now views small gestures with instant suspicion

what do you think is so special about where you live that she would want to check it out?
are you filthy rich? Famous? My vet posted my dogs health certificate through our letterbox! He was going to be off for a few days and didn’t want it to fall by the wayside considering we were travelling whilst he was off! I wasn’t offended

You are MASSIVELY overthinking this. First of all it’s a great think to do!
secondly, most schools have a system where details about a child can be looked up, allergies etc, a number to call in case your child gets sick, and address incase anything needs to be posted. I don’t believe there was anything untoward in what the teacher did, and in cases like these where we have had to do this where I work we seek permission from senior management. The only tricky issue is the timing, but perhaps she had other matters to attend to, before this.

This

Seconded this!! 👏👏👏👏

I thought that. There has to be more to this. Get a grip Op!

if this is all you have to worry about jeez, get a life.

she was being nice and ensuring your DC got the cert. Maybe the school would be closed due to the heat.

What exactly is concerning you? Do you think she is stalking you? do you think she is a paedophile? I mean seriously. get a bloody grip

You are fucking joking aren't you? No-one wonder so many of us are quitting, due to completely outrageous parents, not the children- but the parents.
I long ago stopped going the extra mile for my primary classes when parents like you threw it back in my face. Parents like you suck the joy out of primary teaching. I genuinely really do hope you reflect on what you have actually written. If there is a collection for this teacher, please put in double whatever you were thinking of putting in.