What percentage of your school are in?

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Ours is 40% and that's with one year group isolating. HT is asking parents to review their child's need for a place. I feel worried for the teaching staff who only have face shields. They look so vulnerable on the teams meetings and has really brought home to me how little teaching staff are valued by some. Classes are being run by a TA and the teacher is in another room doing the online lesson. School have clearly said that there is no guarantee of a teacher or a TA being in the classroom all the time and were very polite but firm in asking that children only be sent in if absolutely necessary.
Are schools' hands tied because of the government? Do the rules need to be stricter and/or clearer? What's the answer?

Our primary is at 30% headteacher has said this needs to reduce to 10% . Theres definitely dc in my youngest class with SAHP or WFH parent, a single parent who is a KW part time, the father of the children who they share joint custody is furloughed theres no reason why they can't be with him on the 2 school days she works and home with her the other 3 days yet the children go in" because its easier". One parent got their child in by refusing to do any school work, said they would keep the dc home but won't complete any home learning so the dc are in school.

No idea the percentage, but last week about 12 kids. We’ve just had our keyworker place withdrawn unceremoniously, on grounds that I can work at home some days. They know that while I work at home I need to be calling vulnerable kids and families and engaging in sensitive therapeutic work that is impossible whilst caring for my kids, but imo they are interpreting the guidance very cynically. The whole messaging is viewing us all as pisstakers which I am upset about.

50%. We are a 2-keyworker family, both outside the home, and both have reduced our hours as it’s not safe to send dd in with the school that full.

My local primary has around 30% in, it's three form entry entry and each year group are in one classroom so that's roughly 25-30 children in a classroom with a teacher and TA who are not allowed to wear masks/ face shields, though they can wear them in corridors. The whole school eat in the lunch hall at the same time - almost 200 children. They can't manage the lunches any other way. It's not working.

Around half in half at home at my foster children’s school.

One parent got their child in by refusing to do any school work, said they would keep the dc home but won't complete any home learning so the dc are in school.
3littlewords This is very common. Parents of children who did little work during the last lockdown have been offered a place this time round. Many are middle class families who work from home.

@RingPiece In this circumstance the parent is just a lazy fucker who can't be arsed to do it.

In this circumstance the parent is just a lazy fucker who can't be arsed to do it.
Totally. And I know of one parent who complained as their child's teacher wasn't in school teaching. Their child was being taught by a different teacher as their child's teacher was at home doing the online learning as they're clinically vulnerable.

@RingPiece I do think that is a strange decision by the school, to put all the children from one year group into a single class when there are that many of them. I know a school with a very similar set-up and the HT was complaining that too many children were in and the classroom wasn't safe.

I pointed out the school down the road that has exactly the same numbers and has set a maximum of twelve children per room. So far thay have two bubbles for each yeargroup (not all keyworker children attend every day) and the third teacher is doing the online teaching for the rest. In some yeargroups that staffing is fixed; in others they are on a 2 weeks in, one week remote rota. Seems much safer all round.

Judging by when I pick the kids up, about 10%. It was a lot more at DD's Infant school on the first day, but then the school asked for proof of KW roles and the numbers plummeted.
Still had two bubbles burst in the first two weeks though...

My Dc are KS2 and its about 15%

More in the KS1 groups I believe.

Our school has asked for letters to confirm Keyworker Status, but also letters from the second parents employers to confirm they are working out of the home.

0% - small SEN school but the virus has ripped through all but 4 of us (I'm positive 😢) Had to close on Friday.

Just over 20% in the independent primary I work at. Some of these I privately can't believe are in eg: mum is sahm, dad wfh but their 3 children are in every day because mum had a meltdown and threatened to remove the children - so our Head allowed it. These are wealthy parents-the family cars are a BMW X5 and a Ferrari so you can imagine they have all the gadgets going, but mum just felt it was all too much for her. I do sympathise, it's wearing having the kids at home but...

Over 42% are in school which is just over 300 kids. Headteacher stated this in an recent email and asked parents to reconsider if their child really does need a space.

Just under 50%, which in a 550 pupil school is the equivalent of a “normal” school being open.

Covid rates where I am are still lower than they were in October, when all schools were open (but we were Tier 3 as Greater Manchester).

Seems to me we have shut schools nationally because Tier 2 areas didn’t stick to the Rules (ie people met other households indoors) and cases there soared as a rather predictable result.

I’m supportive of lockdown (which is pretty much tier 3 with schools shut), but believe schools should remain open.

We have a six form entry too so there’s a lot of kids attending school currently. I find it hard to believe that all of their parents are working out of the home but there you go. School said they offered a place to anyone that requested one and in a school of over 700 kids it sounds like they regret that now.

We’ve also gone from tier 2/low case numbers to one of the worst affected areas, in about 5 weeks.

Year 6 usually 102 kids, now about 16

Slightly more in years 3-5

Around 18% overall I’d say

@Paddingtonthebear

We’ve also gone from tier 2/low case numbers to one of the worst affected areas, in about 5 weeks.

Same!

Dd is in year 2.

3 classes of 30, only 22 of them at home.

So just year two there are 68 out of 90 kids in.

Seems crazy.

There is a huge amount of vulnerable children in the school though.

Scarby9 I don't think there's any other option, unfortunately. With 60 children at home, the other two teachers in the year group are, between them, teaching them live lessons all day, half each. And when you've got vulnerable teachers and shielding teachers, they really do need to be working from home and not exposing themselves to the high risk that is currently in schools.

@2fatducks

About 45% this time which is an absolute joke. Small village school, staff live in the village so know a lot of parents have blagged places.

New head is from out of village, and has set her own criteria.

I've got a child who qualifies as father key worker - as in he's out to work 9-5 each day, but mum is a SAHP.

In because she has trouble logging on a computer

Is the village one in the North East starting with A by any chance?

By the looks of the lines at pick-up time about 8-15 in each year group of about 60 (2 form entry primary school). There was probably about 10-15 in total last March.

We have 20% roughly now. My head sent a letter out during the first week saying that the numbers were too dangerous and to really think about whether they needed to send their children in.

Within 30 minutes 11 children were taken off the list.

There’s around a quarter in my sons school. He’s in a specialist unit within a mainstream so has an ehcp and is classed as a vulnerable child. Last lockdown children with ehcps weren’t allowed in but this time they are so I’ve sent mine. He really struggled last time with lack of routine etc and it massively effected his behaviour plus he can’t access online learning but it’s more the effect on behaviour that caused me biggest concerns