Understand all of the above, but there was no apparent method of keeping track of the children (apart from the OHSC who were clearly checking children off on a roll call), just children and parents everywhere - to me it looked far more likely that someone could come into the school and do something not meant to, than parents waiting at the school gate scenario, where adults on school grounds are more of an anomaly and would be questioned, if not wearing the appropriate tag from the office.

I suppose will find out on the 15th what is expected/mandatory at this school. Some kids at this school will walk home on their own or go meet their parents at the library so I assume they probably operate something whereby you don't have to be met by a parent but if the there is a situation like you state BG then an approved parent/carer has to collect.

I was just surprised at how chaotic it all appeared. If I have my choice on the two days I pick up, DS and I will wait on the play equipment just inside the gate for DD to come out - I am far more likely to lose DS in that chaos than anything else.