Just wondering about the ‘legality’ of this. Personally I find getting a parent to sign a form quite a distasteful exercise (its basically saying “look - this is to protect me incase you accuse me of something). I also find using signatures a bit irrelevant as it is very easy to forge someone’s signature (I know childminders who have done so in order for paperwork to be all in order for ofsted!). So if I message my parent with details of an accident/incident that happened and they reply - on text or WhatsApp surely a photo of that message with their contact name at the top is a secure record?
Would appreciate any thoughts/guidance.