Primary School pick-ups

[GrizzleyBear]

Do kids have to be collected after school by parents/carers in "senior" primary school or can they walk home once they are aged 8 or 9 (like I did!!)

Some schools are fine with children walking home from Y3, others not till upper ks2. It depends entirely on the specific school.

Our school only allows leaving by themself from Y5 (age 9-10 years).

Each school is different.

Year 6 at my school, DD's old school was from year 3.

Year 6 here with parents permission.

At our school, they can walk home alone with parental permission from Year 3. That said, I don't know anyone with a Year 3 child who does! DS is in Year 4 and has permission to walk home with his Year 6 sister. This week she's been at her High School induction days and he's walked home alone. (It's a 5 minute walk.) Most of his classmates are still collected though.

Our school allows it from yr5. My DCs primary allowed it in year 6 only. Back in the day I was walking home alone from equivalent of year 3.

We also only allow siblings over the age of 16 to collect whereas my DD used to sometimes collect her brother from the age of 13.

DEpends on the school. I read on here some make rules about it, but at my dc's schoo, the dc are released onto the playground an it is up to the parent what arrangements are made. School can only realistically intervene if they see it as a safeguarding issue.

Really depends on the school, and what the neighbourhood is like.

We're in London, and DC could be put in the 'home alone' register from year5 (age 9/10). You could request it younger, but the answer was generally 'no' unless exceptional circumstances (like living right next to the school)