School Run Traffic.....any 'pattern' to it ?

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Julia9054

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Knaresborough
And what if the child is out playing all weekend with their pala. Even for well paid people it's a major nuisance, I dare say for the poorly paid single mother it's yet another load of buggerment that'll tip someone into real poverty
If they are playing out at the weekend they are the responsibility of their parent or carer. In your opinion, at what age should the school allow a child to go off with just anyone or allow them to walk home by themselves without written permission from their parent or carer?
 

Julia9054

Legendary Member
Location
Knaresborough
Yep, according to parents I know. It does indeed sound nuts. Apparently a letter saying little johnny can go home by himself won't do. I dare say it only applies in nice middle class schools where parents accept this shoot.
All schools (not just middle class ones) have a safeguarding policy covering who is allowed to collect the child, what the arrangements are for informing the school when arrangements change and at what age they are allowed, with written permission, to walk home unaccompanied. If they did not, OFSTED would fail them
 

NickNick

Well-Known Member
If they are playing out at the weekend they are the responsibility of their parent or carer. In your opinion, at what age should the school allow a child to go off with just anyone or allow them to walk home by themselves without written permission from their parent or carer?

What age do they start to let them make their own way back from school? I don't have kids so don't have a clue, reading this thread has made me try and remember how old we were when we started walking to school by ourselves, think it was the last year or so of primary school, but then we were in a tiny village in France and it was 20yrs ago...
 

Julia9054

Legendary Member
Location
Knaresborough
What age do they start to let them make their own way back from school? I don't have kids so don't have a clue, reading this thread has made me try and remember how old we were when we started walking to school by ourselves, think it was the last year or so of primary school, but then we were in a tiny village in France and it was 20yrs ago...
Depends on the school but usually year 5 (age 9) with a signed permission slip.
I allowed my kids to walk home by themselves from the summer in year 5
 

alicat

Squire
Location
Staffs
When I was commuting a year ago, I noticed that the traffic was worst on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I thought it was people taking a long weekend or working at home on Monday and/or Friday. I'd hazard a guess that you've just experienced the same thing.
 
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User482

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And what if the child is out playing all weekend with their pala. Even for well paid people it's a major nuisance, I dare say for the poorly paid single mother it's yet another load of buggerment that'll tip someone into real poverty
I don't see the problem. All I have to do is tell the teacher at drop off who will be picking up my kids at the end of the day. It could be a relative, another parent, or after school club.
 

subaqua

What’s the point
Location
Leytonstone
It was a question. Sometimes you can borrow something. And presumably they usually get to school somehow and hopefully that's not in a car. And there may be alternative routes (although I think Warrington has some people who are pretty vocal against cycling infrastructure) and you can wrap up warm... but regardless of all the excuses offered up and whether they're valid or not, if you take someone to school in a car, it's bizarre to then ask on a cycling forum why the roads are now so busy at school start/end times - just look in one of the car's mirrors for the answer!

except he didn't ask why they were so busy , he asked about patterns as it wasn't busy the next day .
 

Heltor Chasca

Out-riding the Black Dog
The school run is a problematic byproduct of the way we live our modern lives.

Our dire road infrastructure aside: I try and do the school run on the bike daily. Over 2.5 miles it can be about 10 minutes quicker and there is no parking faff. Neighbours drive their kids 250 yards to another local school. All those families are overweight.

I read a recent stat that said, ‘If you took the least fit kid from an average school class in 1998, that same kid would be in the top 5 fit kids in a class today.’ Scary.

Anecdotally, I was doing about 5-6 times the amount of school sport than my two daughters (at school). I rode to school from about age 10 to 18 and I sailed most weekends. At 43 I am fitter than both my kids and they aren’t slobs. One goes to a Running club and the other a swimming club, but I still worry about their future as adults. One can only hope, guide and not hot-house.
 
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classic33

Leg End Member
What age do they start to let them make their own way back from school? I don't have kids so don't have a clue, reading this thread has made me try and remember how old we were when we started walking to school by ourselves, think it was the last year or so of primary school, but then we were in a tiny village in France and it was 20yrs ago...
Ten, with two younger brothers. Involved a walk either through a park having crossed an "A" road or a walk down into town alongside the same road. Then a bus trip home.
 
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