Do you lock your office door in schooltime ?

[sjpage10]

Hi everyone,

Our office has a Key code lock , This is no different to our main reception, also our office is of a corridor where students walk,

 

in the past we had an issue of students and staff walking in when we were not in the office and as there are tools including Stanley knifes etc. accessible it was deemed safer to have the door locked

 

Now this has never been an issue before, however now a member of staff has had a strop that “we are locking our self’s in our office” !, though we give the key code to staff if they request it and some use it , others just knock and wait for us to answer

 

What do you do ?

 

the only positive to this is that the last time audit came in they told us the door should be locked at all times , as our servers are directly behind the door - though some could argue that when we are in we should disable the lock, which we could though it would be a pain as we are in an out all the time

Edited November 27, 2014 by sjpage10

[Hawkeyez]

Ours is locked when we aren't in. Its unlocked other times, but still expect students to knock and wait.

If only one of us is in during lunch, its normally locked to stop being disturbed.

[DevilsAdvocate]

Our office is on a mag lock with fob access that only ourselves and the cleaner for this floor have access to.

 

Nobody needs to get in when we aren't here. When we are here i don't see the problem with the door being locked as we just let people in with the buzzer!

[CyberDrac]

Last man out locks the door, always, term time and holidays

[sted]

get a window put in the door so people can see theres nobody there?

[plexer]

Being locked in has implications in the event of an emergency person inside is unconscious etc... but that's an extreme example, ours had a salto battery handle on it and was unlocked unless we weren't there.

 

Dangerous tools etc... should be secured in a locked cabinet.

 

Ben

[notalot]

We lock the door when we aren't in but we do have a window in the door so people can see that we aren't here.

[win]

Mine is always unlocked, i don't mind people walking in asking for help etc while i'm here. I lock the door when i leave the office though.

[unixman_again]

Ours is open during the day but locked before and after school time. It's a Paxton card lock. Ideally, we should lock it when the office is unattended, but it isn't feasible. The server room off our office has a combination lock, so the servers are secure. When the office is unattended, lowlife could come in and steal stuff, but so far this hasn't happened. The only theft from our office occurred after hours when the door was locked. It was probably one of the cleaners but it couldn't be proved, however the suspect cleaner was dismissed, on other grounds.

[TechMonkey]

Previous office was last man out to lock and much derision and ribbing if anyone left it open. Door was kept closed and students expected to knock and wait for a response.

This office it is locked over lunch when we are out but due to a shared printer being in our office we can't keep it locked. Once that is removed the door will be locked and we have asked Estates to put mag lock on to accept our id badges. That way we know who has been in or no one will be able to get in apart from us and Estates.

 

In your situation I would say prop open the door when you are in or get a window put in to the door (which some would say you should have anyway for CP reasons).

[6Foot2]

Unlocked but closed during the day while we are here. If we are all called away the office is locked. Also locked after school and at weekends (as you might expect)

 

We only recently moved out of the office that is next door to The server Room: That is always locked (The Server Room, not the office next door)

[LeMarchand]

All KS1/2.

 

1: No locks and a "corner" of a 1st floor "ring" so occassionally used as pass-through.

2: Unlocked if I'm on site. Door may be open or shut if I'm in office (depends on weather/noise), closed otherwise. Locked if off site.

3: What's an office?

[rad]

Num lock on the door, last one out locks it. During the day we have a knock and enter policy.

[X-13]

My door has a closer and a maglock.

 

It's locked whether I'm in there or not.

[sparkeh]

You have a door...?

[Novalee]

Ours just has a keylock (servers aren't in the room) - can't lock from the inside but if we are out it's always locked. Have been locked in a couple of times by the boss who was autopilot!

[RichB]

My door was always locked (yale bolt down). Staff had to use the service desk to report faults (select few did'nt, the nice ones). They would'nt just walk in on another teaching departments meetings or prep time so I locked my door so they could'nt disturb my project time either!

[Alkaline]

Our door is open if someone is in, and closed if not. This is to stop things being stolen.

 

Staff and students can just walk in and I think this is better than a help desk although we do have one.

[Boredguy]

Normal key lock on our door, but only really lock it at the end of day or if we're going off for lunch during lesson time.

 

As we have laptops for EAL students in our filing cabinet so they can come and collect/return even if we're not in the room. Our servers are in a separate room that is always locked and to date (and after 17 years) we've only had 1 incident of a student nicking something from our office and at that point it was caught by a builder who working outside our 1st floor window (the joys of scaffolding)

[Tesla]

Ours is a the staff work room, so think i'd annoy a few people if i locked it up.

[mrbios]

We've got a stupid damn stable door. If we're in the office the top half is left open and bottom half closed, kids don't enter past the door unless we tell them to, staff just walk in.

 

If no ones in the office we close it and it has a keypad lock on it. Although we have two offices side by side (tiny office with desks in + tiny office with workbench in) the latter we just close the door and only lock it at the end of the day.

 

I tend to close the door during lunch times though, but we do have a little window on it people can peer through to see if we're here.

[stitch]

Ours is locked when we aren't in. Its unlocked other times, but still expect students to knock and wait.

If only one of us is in during lunch, its normally locked to stop being disturbed.

 

Same with us.

[Danp]

Keypress on door. It's left open on a door trigger thingy (shuts when the fire bell goes off) when we are in the room and kicked shut every time the last person leaves the room even if it's just to pop into the room next door.

[Oaktech]

Unlocked and open when I'm in, Unlocked and shut if i'm on the phone, locked when I'm not in. Simples. Edited November 27, 2014 by Oaktech

[unixman_again]

We've got a stupid damn stable door.

At least you don't have a horses head sticking out, which would mean you'd have the smelly end in your office!