Teachers whose partner is also a teacher, how did you arrange picking up your kids from primary school?

[chris1987]

My fiancee and I are about to become PE teachers and we want kids in the future, but it has just dawned on us that collecting them from primary school is going to be near impossible, especially given the fact we will be PE teachers with after school clubs. We have no family near by either.

How did people go about this? My main thought so far is one of us becomes a TA and asks to finish early enough to collect them.

After school club? Most run to at least 6. You won't be doing extra curricular every night and you make sure your DP does his club on a different day.
I'm a single parent. I manage as a teacher fine. It's all the other stuff they want us to do in the day as a parent to a primary aged child that is more of an issue. My DC have missed out there and unbelievably in some cases, even exuded from the activity. But as a secondary teacher I'm quite angry my primary school colleagues don't get that... especially as many have their own DC! (Sorry derail! And it's probably own DC's school rather than all primaries)

The same way that non teachers manage I imagine. Working until 5.30 is standard in many industries. Childminder, after school club or part time hours.

DH and I are both teachers. Me, middle leader in secondary, DH teaches primary school.
DS goes to school near where I work so I drop him off at breakfast club at 7.45 and can be in school before 8. He then goes to after school club which is available until 6pm. He does a long day but absolutely loves it! He gets to play football, go on the laptops gets a snack etc. Reasonably priced as well- breakfast club is £2.50 and ASC is £7.
My school is pretty good about letting me have leave of absence to watch nativities etc too.

Put them into after school childcare? Neither of us are teachers, but on my working days I work 9-5, and DH works 8-6. Our kids go into after school club, which finishes at 5.30 so I collect them from there.

Ha. You can tell the teachers' kids at my kids' breakfast club and after school club, because they're all in before 8. There gets to be a little network. One year I ran debating club at my school then ran to pick up my kids from after school club at theirs- which was run by the mum of one of my debaters. Not the only time I've 'swapped' kids with the teachers at my kids' schools.

Pay for wrap around care like most working parents do

I don't see too much difference to any other full time working couple tbh.
After school childcare is the answer.

The same way anyone else with a job does. After school club

Yep after school club and breakfast club. Don’t forget, you’ll both have the perk of not needing childcare in the holidays! I don’t know what I’d do if I had to use holiday clubs - couldn’t afford it!

Afterschool club?! This is not a teacher problem @chris1987. Both my partner and I work 8:00-4:30 so we put them in Afterschool club until 5ish

Although In Saying that my dh works from home mostly so he nips out and drops them to school.

Ummm. My daughter is a nurse (12.5 hour shifts) and her DH also works shifts (any time between 8am and 8pm). You think you've got problems?

I'm a teacher who was married to a teacher, and felt I had parenting much much easier than my non-teacher friends. I'm not sure why you're posting as if you have it worse than others?

My main thought so far is one of us becomes a TA and asks to finish early enough to collect them

That is your ‘main’ thought as a solution to this!?

Bizarre

After school club / childminder

I now work 0.8FTE (spread across 5 days) so I can pick DC up once a week, which is handy for play dates, dentists appointments, etc, but we could manage even when we were both full time

I’d hoped a teacher would be able to think outside the box a little more then being a TA and finishing early.
After school club or childminder like every other working parent.

You do the same thing other working parents do, pay for wrap around care.

DD was picked up by a nursery that ran an after school club until 6pm this was good as it was a rock solid option that wouldn't be affected by flakiness (parents of children's friends), illness (childminders) they also offered a breakfast club from 6:30am and dropped children to school.

Otherwise your options are the same as everybody else's, it's not a teacher problem, although if you are at the same school teaching the same subject you could ask for flexitime, a couple at my school split the week one does Mon, Tues and Weds the other does Thurs and Fridays obviously puts you on just one income though.

Do you know what before and after school clubs are? You use them.

Sorry, also nurseries where you can drop off at 8am and pick up at 6pm.

People with jobs have to rely on a frantic amount of juggling, usually - relatives, childminders, babysitters, breakfast clubs, after school clubs, and/or nannies and au pairs. Sometimes you ask friends or neighbours; and sometimes you pay friends or neighbours, in kind or in cash.

It's not easy and it all changes as the DC grow; and all the arrangements I ever had in place seemed vulnerable to being undermined on Sunday night at about 9pm by someone suddenly not being well or snow falling or a car breaking down.

I wish you luck because it's tough at times.

The same way non teachers manage. DH and I both work full time so we pay for wrap around care.

After school club like everybody else.

We pay for before school club and after school club, just like everyone else!

Even if you’re a TA you won’t be able to pick them up from school; my children’s primary school finishes 15 mins before I finish school!

Teatime club. If you only need half an hour you often pay a reduced rate.

My main thought so far is one of us becomes a TA and asks to finish early enough to collect them

Wow...and I thought teachers were supposed to somewhat clever!!!

Is there a reason why you haven't responded to the fact that you completely overlooked Afterschool care @chris1987 or are you one of those ppl who doesn't want to pay any childcare in life?!