school overstepping ?

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So my daughter is due to start reception in September, she is currently at private nursery. I have just found out that the school have arranged for someone from the school to visit my child at her nursery, i have not had the school she will be attending call or email me to ask if this is ok and the nursery have not contacted me to ask if this would be ok there end etc…. i’m feeling a little irritated that i have not been informed or asked if this was ok, of course it would have been if i had been asked as i understand why they do this, but to not even be in the loop of what is happening with my child has left me a little upset and i want to make a complaint but first want to make sure i’m not overreacting to the situation, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

And wait until they get to secondary school - You operate on the system of 'no news is good news'! 😅

I feel the same way. My daughter is in year 4 now and there are so many little things like this that most people just don't find annoying. It seems to me that school take ownership of so much that to me is the parents responsibility. My advice is to keep sense checking with others and to pick your battles. It's not worth the mental energy 95% of the time.

Jesus f christ
Why would school need to organize a home visit?
A whole point of school is to send your child to get education, entertainment and some guidance outside your home.

UK is really getting to a point of being bizarre police state.

The visit is about professionals exchanging information, as much as (more than?) about the teacher talking to the child.

Professionals sharing information is standard and necessary in all kinds of situations. GPs talk to specialists and other health professionals, for instance. It's not a GDPR issue.

I’m in agreement with you OP.
I find Britain very odd in many ways, eg I was told a procedure had been ordered for me at a hospital, not asked if I wanted it or consented to it. At the end I was told I couldn’t have the results, yet it was my body they just performed a test on.
I find it very strange that an adult you’ve never met should visit your child, presumably talk with your child yet you’re not informed or asked for your consent.
I wonder what would happen if you said you didn’t agree, it was not to happen?

You are massively overreacting. My child started primary last year and had a visit. Other schools also visited. Completely normal. You need to adjust your expectations on the communication you will be getting from the school as the teacher will not have time to update you as regularly as the nursery does.

@LondonFox considering the amount of involvement schools are expected to have in children’s lives, they need to understand the background. The more info they have the more personalised care they can provide for your dc.

I actually think it’s a good thing. The teacher can get a good idea of the home life of the child and any red flags around safeguarding can be picked up on. Why would I object when I have nothing to hide? Additionally it’s a good way for the child to meet their teacher in a comfortable environment

Standard transition procedure, P1 teacher visits all feeder nurseries. Don’t be this person, you’ll exhaust the teachers by the end of term one and be known as hard work throughout your child’s school life 🙈

What a drama queen.

Home visit, nursery visit is all standard procedure. How do you not know that?

Surely this is a nursery issue, not a school issue. It is totally normal for this to happen. Our nursery emailed to tell us the week the teacher was expected in. The nursery is letting them into their property, so complain about lack of info to them, not school, who are doing their best to give your child the best transition.

I suspect it will seem a very looonnng time for all this child’s teachers too! So many parents are ‘that parent ‘ nowadays - imagine having to deal with this level of entitlement ‘overstepping’ indeed - teachers should know THEIR place eh? FFS

We’re getting a home visit next week. They have also visited DD at her nursery so I’m not entirely sure why they feel the need to come to our house but hey ho, it’ll give us the push to tidy up!

OP, welcome to the poor communication offered by some primary schools.

What involvement?
Put a group of 20 five year olds together to sit, do craft, get ushered to lunch and back and sit some more and sing a song?

If anything I would not want school involved in my childs life beyond providing education, a facility to play with friends and a free childcare.
Parents are perfectly capable caring for their children outside the 9-3 and do not need that much school involvements.

It’s completely standard. You sound hard work.

The majority of children feel most settled at home and it therefore makes meeting their teacher in their own environment a much more comfortable experience. I would’ve thought it was pretty obvious.

Entertainment? 😮‍💨

Wow the school are going to love having you as a parent 🙄

@LondonFox you are very naive. Schools have to be in the ball for any safeguarding issues, any health issues, any family issues etc. Many families are not capable of looking after their children and schools are s the place that can pick these things up

’Do craft’ and hopefully teach them how to use an apostrophe …🤭

I am old enough to rember actually playing during breaks, whispering in the class and having quite a full on social life.
But looking at my teen niece these days are long gone. It looks like 24/7 stress :(

Famous grammar nazi lol

Perhaps you should have paid a little more attention in the grammar lessons rather than whispering !

Tbh if really UK got many parents unable to look after their own children I'd say UK got education really badly.
How can you raise a generation of incapable parents?