DD in juniors next year, does drop off and pick up change?

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Just that, the school is next to the infant school. I’m not totally sure how the drop off and pick up work. A lot of kid seem to just get out the parents car and run in, but possibly more parents are waiting at the gates at pick up..
How does it work at your school?

School dependent.
I would however expect school to only release y3 and 4 to an adult.

No difference really other than children encouraged to run in from the gate rather than walked across the playground.

Pick up is the same with everyone in the playground and children released individually to specific adults.

But practices will vary across all svhools

This is very much school dependent, we are not allowed to drop them kerbside and they will not allow any child younger than year 6 to leave without seeing a parent or whoever they expect. You either walk your child to the school gate and wait, or walk them from the car park and wait until gates open.

Check with the school. Kids were allowed to leave the school with permission from the parent in y5 here. Drop off in the morning, there were a lot where a car drew up and the child went in by themselves probably in y4, or younger if they were with an older sibling. But the kids went straight into the school, no waiting on playgrounds or lining up. No parents went in the school building other than designated class visit mornings.

It totally depends on the school, area and the parent. We had one boy in DS’s class who walked to and from school on his own with a fluorescent back pack from the start of year one. He also bought his breakfast from the shop on route and had his own mobile phone in reception to use when he was playing out on his own.

His mum was very lax or very liberal and I think his mum once said she didn’t like wasting her time doing school drop offs and pick ups (she worked very part time from home). I think she had to write a letter giving permission for him to walk home on his own.

We let ours walk home alone after the Easter time of year 5 and by then practically everyone else was doing the same. Probably encouraged by the school.

It is school dependent. at my children's school infants and juniors had different playgrounds. You could wait with infants on the playground but you had to leave juniors at the gate. For both sides they were only released to a known adult.

Not only is it school dependent but it can also depend on your family set up. What you’ll do if you only have a child in Yr3 is different to if you also have a child in Yr6 or in Reception. I think you just need to ask at the school. If it is significantly different to what you’re doing now, they’ll probably tell you anyway.