(07 May 2016, 7:31 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Local primary has high fences and intercom. Pretty standard. From my POV, it means that Littl'un can't just take himself for walks. He'd not be able to attend his local school, otherwise. It also means that parents with a grudge to bear can't just march in and that pupils can spend their school day safe from adults in their life who aren't supposed to have any contact with them, for good reason.
Also has the added bonus that the (many) local scrappies have to make the effort to throw stuff over a very high, extremely prickly hedge if they want to fly tip. The field isn't as well protected as the school yards.
...and it all makes sense really.
When I was in primary school, we had a huge field attached to the school, with one of those waist height wooden fences. I remember it, as everyone used to sit on it. You were told not to go past the trees at the top, but there'd be nothing stopping you leaving the field at the top, or even worse, someone taking you from it.
As Andreos1 mentioned above, it'll have been around the time of Dunblane, where we upgraded to one of the big metal fences. I recall it being locked during the school day, and only opened again at 3pm.