What will happen when there's no teachers for the children of key workers?

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This. I'm a frontline NHS worker.
It's all I can think about - will I be forced to take annual leave or unpaid leave? I'm a single mum with no other options.
Ex husband is already suffering with cancelled work etc so he has to work when he can get it.
Anybody else in the same boat?

Why will there be no teachers?

The schools here are remaining open over Easter for the children of key workers.

Your ex husband will have to do the same thing as millions of other parents, which is find a way to work around having his daughter in the house. It’s not easy but at least you have an option. In our school only children of two key workers or those who are single parents with sole custody are even eligible for childcare.

Why would their be no teachers, id think itt unlikely all of them to get the virus at the same time. Majority would only be out 7-14 days then they will be back to work

Teachers don't need to staff the school for key worker / EHCP cover as it is childcare being provided, not teaching. It could be TA, senior leaders, s member of safeguarding, admin staff etc, they may bring in holiday club staff, or merge schools to one site.

I'm key worker. My kids school closed on monday until Wednesday as they had no staff... nothing happened we had to look after them. Cant go in if kids no looked after.... schools should stay open as long as needed through holidays etc. But I know my school its voluntary during the holidays.... schools are talking about closing and joining together as staff shortages so hopefully yours will have a contingency plan like this- ask them.

If the children have a father who isn't a key worker dont the rules say they should be with him anyway?

Either way, why won't there be teachers? Most schools are running on a very skeleton staff, so they have plenty of "spare" teachers. Yes, some teachers are ill or self isolating but the vast majority are back to work after14 days. The self isolators can still support the homeschooling

There might be a hub school you can send them to, rather than their own.

It's unlikely that all teachers/other staff working in schools will be ill at the same time. But if enough do that they cannot safely provide childcare even for a reduced number of DC, then perhaps this is something that the new Army of NHS volunteers can do. They would need to identify those with recent DBS checks (making all portable) and ideally those with childcare experience. But I'm sure that could be done, as long as the need was fed into the system.

I don't know how one does get things in to the system, though

We are working on a 3 week rota, and if a staff member becomes ill the next group take over. There is no contact between the groups. Hopefully, we will be able to keep providing care throughout.

Also it won't just be teachers...EY staff, inclusion teams, social workers etc all able to man hub centres if need be

Worst case scenario, someone will find a classroom where they can sit at a desk somewhere and be vaguely supervised while they do some school work.

Most schools are not doing normal teaching, but instead are having kids work through the same worksheets and online tasks that are assigned to the other kids.

People might actually start appreciating what the teachers are doing? Nah that'll never happen.

The plan locally is that if the number of children outstrips the number of staff left standing - the schools will combine and work as a hub using one premises for multiple schools' worth of keyworker children. No one wants to go down that route as it's more social mixing than we currently have - but that's the current contingency plan.

My kids' school is currently open 7.30-5.30 for keyworker children, staying open during the Easter holidays with available staff on a rota to cover.

Why would there be no teachers?

Your child has a father, so you do have options

I think there are likely to be teachers don't worry. As pp have said they are mostly working on a rota. One thing you don't need to worry about for now.

The school I work in is doing a three week rota so that if someone gets ill the next group won't have got it. We also have the proviso to be a hub for any other school in our trust.

Your council are, I believe, obliged to provide you with childcare as a key worker, even through the Easter holidays.

Why would there be no teachers?

A few people are quite ill at the moment.

The isolation rules for coughs and temperatures are already causing staff shortages in other sectors.

Your child should be with their non-key worker father.

Trusts are having one base here. Do you mean if lots of staff get Coronavius or just short term? One Headteacher has died recently. RIP

HLTAs will step up to teach if supply shortage. We do PPA anyway and during the last couple of years have done more and more instead of supply.
If you are thinking short term again we are able to have up to 28 here unless younger children. TAs here are being offered to be paid in the school holidays.

Your children ought to be with their father.

Schools would just mix together.