What age to get ready and get to school alone?

[newstart1234]

Why age can typically developing and generally sensible children be left to get ready and walk to school alone. They have phones. The walk is 15min at their pace and no especially busy or larger roads to cross.

I'd be working but available for calls.

After Xmas in year 6, depending upon the child. I’m assuming this child is in the house alone and has to shut the door behind them and get out in time ?

Dd could do it from year 6 (with someone wfh) but preferred to walk in with one of us. She's walked home alone since year 5 in the summer. About a 10 minute walk with crossings on the roads.

Now she's in year 7 we're definitely not allowed to walk her in. She just needs a time prompt or 2 to get her out the door!

That's helpful thanks. Yes they'd have to lock the house etc. They'd also be an older sibling with

Where we are most would be post primary doing this. Lots walking to/from school alone from p6 (yr5?) But very few doing that having gotten ready alone or locking up the house

Yeah I was thinking about making a timeline to follow to start with

Sorry. I didn't realise about the lock up. I wouldn't trust dd to do this except in an emergency. She's a v sensible year 7, but far too careless to remember to lock up every day. Although if I had a door that locked just by closing it, it'd probably be ok.