PE

Some staff asked me to check if it’s OK for (the same) children to be sent to
them once or twice a week, (because they don’t have a PE kit).

The reply from the Union is: -

There is often a school policy on this although not written down.

In some schools pupils not taking part in PE work outside the heads
office, in others they sit quietly in the gym or wherever the lesson is
taking place.
If children are routinely sent to other classes it is cover and
therefore cannot be allowed under rarely cover.

Hope this helps.

Best Wishes

The view of one head in response to this is that the children should stay
with the teacher. They should watch the lesson & offer evaluations/verbal
contributions.

In terms of not breaking the Government regulations about rarely cover,

teachers would need to keep children who are missing PE, rather than
sending them to another class.