How many key workers children in your primary school?

[FreekStar]

My school has 70% of children eligible All the staff will be in full time including lunchtime supervisors etc. We might as well be open to everyone in my opinion!

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/covid-infection-rates-as-much-as-333-higher-for-some-teachers/

@greenbinday I have worked in demanding non critical jobs before and they would have been a nightmare with small children at home. But that is not the same as being a key worker, sorry. That is why the criteria is set out.

@Norestformrz ok I am being even dimmer now but how does that explain bubbles of 100? I can understand there might be 100 children but why would that make a bubble of 100? Surely they would be in different classrooms and eat in classrooms (packed lunch?) or different areas and if primary they aren’t on a bus together so why would they be considered a bubble?

I'm a teacher. 25% of our children are in school as key worker or vulnerable children.

Flourand eggs some larger schools have year groupings and stream between classes creating larger bubbles.

22 out of 30 at one of ours. Tier 4.

We have 15% in one school and just under 40% in the other.
The 15% is at capacity whilst the other has wiggly room presently.

It is what you can manage safety that changes from school to school and hence how strictly you apply the guidance.

One school might be pushed to accept another child and have to look reducing key children, hence the one parent at home policy. At another you may have room for another 10 who are would benefit from being in school.

We have around 35% but if Gav insists that everyone without good device access comes in there will be an awful lot more - most of KS1 for example, who are not eligible for the government devices.

With so many children in schools, the virus transmission is not going to reduce as quickly as if the numbers were very limited. It will much more likely end up being a prolonged closure with half children in and half out and all the difficulties that entails with providing good remote learning. So many staff are having to be in school that it affects the quality of remote learning provision.

My kids' school has been shocked by the 30% of children in this week. They sent out an email this morning to ask those who are working from home (critical worker or otherwise) to keep their children at home. Although, I don't think they are policing this in any way.

It is an impossible situation, of which I hope the teaching Unions are proud. Teachers are expected to deliver full time, face to face lessons in addition to providing online 'teaching'. I can't speak for the face to face teaching, but the remote provision sent by our school is a disgrace, and the teachers are frazzled!

The remote provision last time was terrible, and has been no better since September. Parents are left with the choice of either sending their kids in (using whichever loophole they can find), working around the clock to juggle work with delivering the lessons schools are failing to provide, or let their children play on the xbox and fall behind.

50% in. Parents even picking and choosing days they send in. Ridiculous.

Guidance now says

Parents even picking and choosing days they send in. Ridiculous.

Why is this ridiculous? I am a teacher. I'm physically in the classroom three days a week so I have to send them to school. I keep them home the days I am working from home so as to help keep numbers on their site down and reduce the risk to my own DC. Also, a few minutes input here and there from me 1-1 is probably better for my kids than them at school in a group with 10 others being supervised by a TA doing the home learning set.

@lavenderlou I'm referring more to SAHP's here.
However I think top priority for a place should be given to children of two ft KW parents or a single parent ft KW then the rest maybe?
Obviously I don't know your personal situation.

We're both teachers. We only send our DC in if they can't be supervised at home. Most teachers I know are doing similar. In my school, most children of key workers are only coming in based on their parents' working patterns. We don't have any in where there is a SAHP as none have asked. Vulnerable DC are in every day unless they are EHCP and their parent has specifically requested otherwise. Luckily we have finally received some of the DfE laptops so that also reduces the number of families requesting a place due to lack of technology.

We still have around a quarter of pupils in. Lots of carers and people working in food retail.

We have around 35 per day which is about 16%
local school has over 100 which is about 60%

There's 50% in my child's primary. Don't know why as a lot of the mums are SAHP's. It's not fair on the teachers!

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