Would you be happy with this?

[Admodean]

My kids school has staff on the door to welcome children and then the door gets locked. You can walk into the reception area but they have to buzz you into the actual school, and you aren’t allowed in unless accompanied by a staff member.

The school has announced a Friday coffee morning for parents and toddlers. Adults with no DBS checks will be in the school hall and not accompanied one on one. The hall is central and anyone could wander off into the school. I don’t think this is ok.

Would you be happy with that? If not, who would you report it to as a safeguarding issue? Ofsted? LEA?

We have this scenario every Friday, always have had. School very recently underwent an independent enhanced safeguarding assessment through their own choice. No issue was found with the coffee morning.

I can't see the issue regardless of this. Your school will have conducted safeguarding assessments, if you are that concerned ask them, but if it really was a huge issue I'd expect many parents to be in uproar which very likely they aren't because it's a very normal situation.

Jesus fucking Christ!

There is a weekly open stay and play at all of the private schools here. It's quite normal and I think you're being overly cautious. It would be quite unlikely for an adult patent or grandparent to accompany their child to a stay and play coffee morning then leave them alone to go wondering off to abuse other children and surely no more likely than at a park, soft play, library group where there are lots of other adults around?

Wow, you're showing how little you understand 😂 and doing a classic problem parent thing of not even asking the school about your concerns first. You'll probably find there is more than one member of staff at the coffee morning (not all staff are teachers..) also, adults and children have separate toilets. No, visitors will not be allowed to go to the toilet without a member of staff with them. Parents can probably hold their wee for the most part, for an hour. You understand nothing. Why don't you go along and see for yourself.

OP you would be a nightmare parent to deal with.
you would bring an end of all school activities that bring pupils, parents and teachers together. not just schools but nurseries, playgroups etc.
let them enjoy the coffee morning and let the school and teachers worry about IF a parent goes wondering while pupils will be in class being looked after by a teacher.

OP, just ask school. Say that it has made you anxious after the events over the summer. They will allay your fears. It will have been risk assessed. Staff are told to challenge any adult without a lanyard and they will DEFINITELY challenge any adult in the children's toilets. Adults are always directed to staff toilets.