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How many people are in your children’s classes at the moment?

104 replies

gingajewel · 05/01/2021 20:37

I’ve been reading the threads on here about how overwhelmed schools are for keyworker and vulnerable children places and this is so totally different to my experience! Are most schools overwhelmed by people needing keyworker/vulnerable children places?
For context i have two children who go to different primary schools in the West Midlands , dd who is 4 has 4 children in her year in out of 60 and dd who is 10 has 7 children in her year in out of 30.

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TwoCupsOfLemonTea · 05/01/2021 21:30

Way too many! (Around 50%)

There literally is no point in locking down if we have this many children in the schools.

The schools will close properly - even for key worker children - soon as the staff will start to drop like flies and there will be literally no one left to teach.

TwoCupsOfLemonTea · 05/01/2021 21:31

Lots of 'literallys' in there 😆

Frazzled2207 · 05/01/2021 21:32

Not sure yet but we have had several messages from school today they're clearly trying to whittle down the list as much as possible. I imagine it will end up being a third at most.

Stationfork · 05/01/2021 21:32

3 out of 30

arethereanyleftatall · 05/01/2021 21:35

2 (part time) out of 24. Year 5.

I guess the nationwide stats will be out soon, but you're only going to hear about the worst stories on here.

Melonportal · 05/01/2021 21:35

Year 2, 5 out of 26

Changalang · 05/01/2021 21:42

Ours has about 10 - 15% of children in at the moment. It's a lot higher than last year but not as many as some schools.

Children are accessing the same online work as the ones who are staying at home.

munchbunch12 · 05/01/2021 21:47

At DD's primary school (West Mids) about a third of pupils are attending, but many of them are doing part time attending school and part time home-schooling.

Barbie222 · 05/01/2021 21:48

We have a limit of 10% of each year group and have criteria for ranking them or we can't offer socially distanced seating.

Kapalika · 05/01/2021 21:48

Year 6 - between 4 and 6 out of 60.

RaggieDolls · 05/01/2021 21:53

Between 12 and 14 out of a class of 34 so between 35% and 41% depending on the day.

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RingPiece · 05/01/2021 21:57

Local two-form entry school has roughly 50% in but they're in one classroom instead of separated into two rooms, so there's about 25-28 in a class across the school which to me seems to defeat the object rather.

One teacher teaches face to face whilst the other, he's next door in the other Y6 classroom doing the remote learning for the 50% at home. The school is in the vicinity of a town hall and a hospital if that makes a difference.

IHateThisVirus · 05/01/2021 21:58

Too many at DC's school. Both DH and I are key workers. DC went in in the last lockdown too. In the last lockdown there was just a handful of kids. This time it's 100.out of 300. It makes me nervous as that's a lot of kids mixing - and repeat across the country. ....

LadyPenelope68 · 05/01/2021 22:01

75% of our school apparently “need” places this time, compared to 22% last time. My usual class size is 25, I’ve 20 so no real difference, might as well not bother including schools in the lockdown.

Terryscombover · 05/01/2021 22:01

The definition of vulnerable was updated recently to include children without a quiet place to work or access to laptop/tablet. Might significantly swell the numbers in some areas.

Hophop26 · 05/01/2021 22:06

5 out of 29 today, I was expecting it to be more

RememberSelfCompassion · 05/01/2021 22:06

Our primary has asked for those whondont need the space not to go in tomorrow. And those who go in to take evidence of payslips.... will find out tomorrow.

Whatelsecouldibecalled · 05/01/2021 22:12

30/1200. Secondary. Deprived area. North

gamerchick · 05/01/2021 22:13

@RememberSelfCompassion

Our primary has asked for those whondont need the space not to go in tomorrow. And those who go in to take evidence of payslips.... will find out tomorrow.
Fucking hell. It's lik hunger games education edition.
Hellandcoldwater · 05/01/2021 22:17

6 out of 60 in our year(maybe 5, DC slightly unreliable). Everyone who wanted a space got one.

I'm actually worried they don't have enough in- we live in an area with a number of challenges and there are definitely more vulnerable kids than that. A good friend of mine teaches year 6 and last time was desperately trying to get more kids in.

I can see how living near a hospital or in an area where the main employment is food manufacturing would skew it, but would be very interested to see data.

YouCanWorkItOut · 05/01/2021 22:20

It’s around 6/7 a class on average so about 140 in the whole school.
Last lockdown it was less than twenty for the whole school (almost 700 kids)

Itisasecret · 05/01/2021 22:22

Classes of 30 to allow some teaching staff to be free to support online children.

Itisasecret · 05/01/2021 22:23

@TwoCupsOfLemonTea

Way too many! (Around 50%)

There literally is no point in locking down if we have this many children in the schools.

The schools will close properly - even for key worker children - soon as the staff will start to drop like flies and there will be literally no one left to teach.

This and there will be no remote provision either.
whatwedontknow · 05/01/2021 22:27

4 out of 30, they did some reading and writing and then had fun, apparently.