Grannypiper - that is appalling, poor child. Half an hour's wait is not 'nearly breaktime', 5 minutes might be for a child with no medical issues.
After having a child in a primary school class with kidneys damaged by medication I've always been on the lenient side about visits to the loo. In that school (old Victorian (?) London 3 decker in the 1960s) she had to go down a flight of stairs and across the playground.
The best arrangement ever was in a newly built 1970s west London school. My room had loos ensuite so children could go as they wanted to. One day a worried little girl told me M was washing dolly's hair in the toilet. She was too!!
Kate Garroway-Care at home costs
Good Morning Good Friday 29th March 2024