The List of Keyworkers is here

[noblegiraffe]

The long-awaited list of keyworkers who will be expected to continue to send their children to school is here:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision

Tbh it seems that it would have been quicker to list people who aren’t keyworkers. It’s going to be way more than schools were expecting and I’m not sure how we’ll cope.

@PhoneTwattery

I was asking if I could opt to keep my "vulnerable group" at home and not send them in. (As the government guidelines said that children should stay at home of at all possible every time they mentioned key worker parents, however left this out of the paragraph about vulnerable children.

I don't know why you chose to quote some of my post to make your point that parents shouldn't send kids in to be babysat.

Seriously this is a joke now ! Thats half the population and is so abiguous.

The list is wide but it has to be. Some functions will require admin/support staff & some won't. Some of this can be done from home, some can't.

Most sensible people will only send their dc to school if they have an absolute need & even then some of that group will be self isolating/vulnerable. Obviously employers need to play their part & need to be sensible about what they need.

I don't believe that on Monday the schools will be busier than they are today.

Also covers my friend in IT whose job is to do with supporting marketing online staff. Sure online adverts are absolutely crucial and essential workers.

Are vets on the list?

@Caspienberg, your post was very interesting, thank you. My DH is a teacher and he suspects that after some initial activity, once parents realise that it is just babysitting and that it is not the children sitting in lovely small groups, learning with their normal teacher, that less and less children will attend.
I'm also not sure why banking / financial services are on that list. A small number of frontline staff, sure, but the majority of people in financial services are not "on the frontline". I work in that sector and so I guess in theory we'd now qualify - ridiculous - yes it's going to be a bloody nightmare trying to work with 4 kids at home, but they'll be safe.

@moochpooch If you really believe people will only send kids if they are essential workers then you are pretty naive.
It is a mess.

Also lots of secondary kids can look after/supervise themselves for at least some of the day.

The poster who referenced a doctor & a SAHM, obviously you would refuse that request.

LoudBatPerson yes you can keep them at home. The place is available if you need it but its not compulsory. If there are child protection plans that is a greyer area and we are liaising with social workers about whether they will force those children to be in.

I think at heart the issue is that Boris does not want to make the really difficult decisions.

I work in schools, why would you accept requests from parents if there is no need?

@moochpooch Why would schools refuse that request? According to that list they are entitled to send their kids to school.

And yes vets giving emergency treatment should be on the list. Not routine stuff.

The call centre staff is clearly under telecommunications and utilities.

If workers think they fall within the critical categories above they should confirm with their employer that, based on their business continuity arrangements, their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service.

This paragraph is key.

I work in schools, why would you accept requests from parents if there is no need?

Because our headteacher desperately needs positive PR...and they’re getting it.

@Barbaraanne22 thank you.

I imagined it would be along these lines but wasn't really sure if for administration ease, at least in the short term, all vulnerable children would be given one blanket rule.

I feel for the schools and LEAs trying to sort this out in so little time.

I'm a Medical Secretary (GP) Would I be considered "key?" Because without referrals and forms, I wouldnt really have a whole lot to do.

Also covers my friend in IT whose job is to do with supporting marketing online staff. Sure online adverts are absolutely crucial and essential workers.

So is your friend going to send her dc in? Has the school agreed to it.

My husband works for a city law firm, obviously some people do still need to work but some can be done remotely or not done at all. However inside that law firm there is myriad of job roles & functions that intertwine & rely on each other. But with 2000 plus stuff, they can't list every single role.

I think the list would have been shorter if they'd listed who needs to close.
Shops (unless they sell groceries)
Restaurants, (no customers in person, deliveries only)
Nightclubs
Pubs, bars
Call centers (only allowed for utilities and medical call centres to open)
Offices (unless medical, or utilities)
Base some duty solicitors in offices in police headquarters and jails and close their offices too.

This list means the school will be full. I'm on the list, but Dh is home so Dd will be home.

@alloutoffucks

Why would schools refuse that request? According to that list they are entitled to send their kids to school.

Where does it say that?

The guidance specifically says

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

&

If your work is critical to the COVID-19 response, or you work in one of the critical sectors listed below, and you cannot keep your child safe at home

How does a SAHP fulfil this criteria?

Because our headteacher desperately needs positive PR...and they’re getting it.

You can't extrapolate that to every school though.

Also covers my friend in IT whose job is to do with supporting marketing online staff. Sure online adverts are absolutely crucial and essential workers

From my reading, the list doesn't cover this.

The guidance also says

If your school is closed then please contact your local authority, who will seek to redirect you to a local school in your area that your child, or children, can attend.

They are not expecting every school to stay open.

I think at heart the issue is that Boris does not want to make the really difficult decisions.

^this

I am on the list and my childminder is staying open as there are a few of us who work in public services, I still probably won't send my kids in though as OH and I will work shifts around each other. I know this sounds horrid but many of the key workers will be exposed to the virus and so will their kids which will circulate the schools. I was hoping I wasn't on the lost, as work can now force any conditions they want on us now and not be flexible.

People assuming that their kids’ school will be open need to be aware that schools are arranging to open in ‘hubs’ and that all qualifying kids from the local area will be funnelled into the hub school.

You may be sending your kid to a different school with a mix of kids from all over.

@noblegiraffe exactly