Establish a clear procedure for late collection
Your school should have a clear protocol for what to do if parents are late, or if they fail to collect their children.
Your procedures should align with your safeguarding procedures.
Make sure parents are aware of your procedures. Easy ways to do this include:
- Adding your procedures your home-school agreement (if you have one) or parent information pack
- Sharing your procedures on your website
- Sending reminder emails at the beginning of each term
- Providing copies of your procedures to parents at parents evenings
Jenny Moss, a former headteacher of a special school, told us this.
How to deal with parents who are persistently late in collecting children
Find out the reasons behind the late collection
Arrange a meeting with the parent to try to establish:
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