Please give me some perspective as I only have one child and that sometimes makes me a bit insecure about making a fuss. I did wonder if I should have posted this in AIBU? but I thought to try here first.
Since my DD began year 5, she has been having problems with how her teacher manages his class, discipline wise. She has had strict but fair teachers up to this point, and has thrived at the school. The school is in the inner city, and is a good school.
She tells me he shouts, a lot. He insults the children. My daughter had to take some time off school for having headaches, partly due to the stress of being in his class, and on her return, he nastily said, "You will turn thick if you don't attend school regularly."
He forces the children to do their homework and then doesn't mark it. But if they don't do it, he yells at them. He will have them sit for up to half an hour with their arms folded in silence, then berate them when they haven't got all the work done for the day. He will skip breaks and even PE to make a small point.
DD now alleges that he will be mid-rant when the headteacher pops into the classroom, and he will instantly stop and put on a reasonable voice, alluding to the point that he is this Jekyll and Hyde character. He has spoken to me on the phone about my daughter's absences reasonably, making out to me he is a good guy. At that time, I was still in two minds as to make a complaint.
My DD says that he is in the wrong job because he has no patience with children. She is ten, and she says this. I know her classmates fairly well, and they are good kids. I do not understand how a teacher thinks this regime of fear is good for his students.
He, amazingly, is head of KS2 so if I do put these allegations to him, the only higher people to complain to are the Head and the Board of Governors.
It's getting to the point now that my daughter doesn't want to get out of bed in the morning to face him. She is frightened of him. Her behaviour at home has also changed. She is more rude, more aggressive in how she talks to us, and she is scared of failing at anything, even doing her hair, or tying up her shoelaces.
Does my daughter's teacher sound like a bully? How would you broach the subject with him? How can I ensure my issues with him do not have repercussions for my daughter and her classmates? Confronting him scares me too, as I am a shy person, so how to pluck up the courage?
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Heathen4Hire · 30/11/2016 11:51
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30/11/2016 12:09
"He will have them sit for up to half an hour with their arms folded in silence"
How do you know this? 
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He forces the children to do their homework and then doesn't mark it."
How does he force them?
"He will skip breaks and even PE to make a small point"
For the whole class?
How do you know all of this?
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