Any parent teachers out there?

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I've recently been thinking of enrolling my daughter in the same school that I teach at. Has anyone had any experience of this? Not so sure if it's a good idea of not!

My mum taught at my primary school and my dad taught at my secondary school. Neither of them actually taught me (and there were lots of children of teachers at both schools) and it was no problem.

That's good to hear, it won't happen for a few years yet as she's only 2.5! Doesn't hurt to be prepared though

A friend of mine did this with one DD, but not the other- based solely on the temperament of each DD! I made a deliberate choice not to do this, DS goes to the school 5 minutes away.

Not for me personally but I have had two different teaching assistants whose children went to our school and at some point had children in the classes we were working in. I was a little unsure at first but there was never any problem.

I teach in secondary so not the same but...could you switch the year you teach when she should be in your class? (Eg teach Y5 instead of Y4 for a year?) I'm presuming the school is one form entry.
Oh and email or write a note to the teacher if necessary. I'd ask colleagues to make an appointment to see me rather than accosting me in the staff room.

I was a 'staff brat', and a lot, possibly the majority, of the staff at DC's school (independent) have DC in the school. Possibly because it is so much the norm, it is not an issue for anyone.

In quite a lot of the cases I know, the non-teaching parent tends to lead on parent communication with the school, IYSWIM - helps to maintain the separation between roles.

Thanks for your thoughts, good idea not to be in the same year group as she is. Also I'd make sure to make appointments to talk to her teachers etc! Not sure if it makes a difference, but I am also a senior leader?

Stealth I hadn't thought of the idea of DH being the main contact- but will put it to him now..!

We have several staff children at our school. As someone mentioned, it tends to be the other parent who does all the interaction with staff, like parents evenings, options eve etc. seems to have worked out fine for most of them.

OP - both deputy heads at DC's school have DC in the school. It just makes the other parent bit more important, IMO.

I've taught all of my children (primary) and my mum taught me. I think it's a great privilege - go for it! DS3 used to call me 'Mrs Mummy' at school :)

Depends on the child and the teacher! A few of my colleagues did this successfully - I am too nosey and my ds was too clingy, so it wouldn't have been the best option for us.

Ha! Very cute but not sure at all about being 'Mrs Mummy!'

For those who had their DC in their classes, all the ones I know are called "Mrs X" by their own DC during school hours. It was a bit different for us as children, as we were at an anarchic pseudo montessori school and called most of the teachers by their first names anyway....

My DD in now in year 7 having gone all the way through my school. We have a lot of teachers children so there is no novelty and I agree with others that it really does depend on the temprement of the child. IMHO the key is a) keeping away from them in foundation and KS1 (I was teaching Y3/4) when they can least process that Mum is also a teacher but more importantly b) ensuring they understand that this is your job and you can not and will not drop everything when they have scrapped their knee! I treated my DD like any other child (including the "stare" if she fidgeted in assembly!)..... OK there was the occasional hug when passing in the corridor, even I'm not that hard! But by the time she was in Y2 it was a total non issue.
The issue people don't consider is that the parents of your children's friends will come to you to get the low down on the new teacher/head leaving unexpectantly/child who keeps biting etc. Directing them to the head/class teacher is the only solution! I have also taught a lot of children of staff and friends and it really isn't that hard if you just treat them the same as every other child, which of course you do!
The upside is you get to be involved in every performace, assembly, award etc. You REALLY know how your children are getting on and get to spy on them in the play ground - always hilarious! As a single parent it also made the logistics of dropping off and picking up possible.

I was a child whose both parents were teachers, back in those days if I was I'll my mum was not allowed time off to care for me, so I had to sleep under her blackboard in a sleeping bag! For a year or so I was in her class, so being off sick meant going in to my class, but not doing any work! I had to be near deaths door to do this!

Nowadays most parent teachers I know (I am a teacher too) cope just fine, often the other parent deals with the school, and the teacher at school just avoids bringing them up. Other staff are generally very sensitive to it. We do hate it though if a parent teacher oversteps the mark and is too huggy to their child!

I've just worked out that our current members of of staff have seen a combined total of 40 children go through the school! It helps that it's a fairly big school (2 form entry), so it's likely you'll never teach them or really have anything to do with them.

It makes life so much easier to take them with you! Saves a whole lot of grief in the morning, with the added advantage that you can always watch assemblies/ special assemblies/ sports day. You just have to remember to keep your distance.

LOL Trinity - we had a camper van so being ill meant being left in the camper outside school. I would generally get bored and go in by 11am.

I have four children and a stepson and all of mine have attended or will attend the school I teach at.

My eldest had to move school , but that was not linked to the fact that I worked there.

It has worked our fantastically and I am sure my children would say the same .

I am on the SLT team and it had not caused any problems .

My eldest had problems but I was not responsible for exclusions then. I am not sure what would have happened if I was.

Thanks again for everyone's comments, it sounds like I was worrying about nothing! It will definitely make the school run a lot easier I'm left wondering now about any awkwardness between myself and parents of my daughter's friends- birthday parties etc! Best to keep as much distance as possible, don't really fancy those 'so which teacher will my child get next year?' conversations...

I have 2 at my school and am on leadership, not a prob although i am in opp key stage and diff building which helps. Mine started using my 'teacher name' in school building at 3, even after hours! It makes childcare so easy. I do similarly occasionally get asked what i think of teachers, policies etc in the playground but they are learning that i remain neutral! Most parents are fortunately intelligent enough to get this. I have also taught the kids of dht and govs, parents eve felt weird to begin but they really did behave like everyone else. At our school teachers move year to avoid their kids so tge most they'd get is an occasional assembly

I went to my dad's school (he was the Deputy).

The only downside I can remember is that my parents weren't that keen on me having friends back for tea (some were allowed) so worth working out your strategy on that one I guess?

Oh and when I got into trouble (once in 7 years!!) he came down on me like a ton of bricks... not just for misbehaving but embarrassing him too

I have always been very strict with my children at school, my daughter jokes there is no escape. However my children who are all quite average have all done incredibly well because I have an immediate knowledge of what they are doing

We have found that rather than other families keeping a distance, we are a favourite destination for sleepovers, because parents feel like they know us and can trust us. Every weekend and most evenings our house is full of other children and we rarely go in holiday without at least one extra guest.