Please note THIS school was Excellent before SEP 2014 and I won at Tribunal for my daughter BUT then the new head took over.
HE is the issue as he has lied and even refused counsellor for my daughters mental health needs , anxiety and self harm after severe bullying , and to me that is negligent. He ignored Bullying and THAT caused the school refusal.
The "Bully girls" are still leaving messages on PHONE despite leaving this place 7 months ago. They call and text from boarding and he is complacent.
My daughter is not the only one who has left in year 10 or 11 because of Bullying and the effect for some has been Extremely damaging.
The sad day the previous lady head left and he took over ( sep 2014) was the end for the Caring nature of Frewen.
Its ALL about results now . When my girl started 2012 the school accepted more SEN types ( Such as ASD ) and by 2014 the school stopped taking kids as the grades were not high enough. This man has told me personally ( AND he was recorded saying it with his knowledge ) my daughter being bullied and "WAS A TEENAGE THING" and his punishment for a student who threatened my girl with knife ,was to send to his room for the afternoon. THE reason for this in my opinion is that if the school policy was followed correctly it would appear on public record a suspension or worse which looks bad for school.
Despite me proving bulling ( with emails from him about knife etc ) Ofsted and ESCC have failed to deal with it and have tried to hide the paperwork from School safeguarding unit . I am now taking this to complaints higher level with Local Government Ombudsman . I would never dream of allowing my daughter to refuse school in year 10 unless the head had not failed her so miserably and she was threatening to take her own life if she was made to go.
. She has been diagnosed by CAMHS and St Thomass with Severe social Anxiety with OCD Traits yet they refused her access to counsellor and just tried to blame home. NOT acceptable and a disgrace.
She is now at a Good school that cares about her wellbeing and not just academic scores ( after yet another Tribunal ) .
My only wish is that I had taken her out of Frewen sooner due to the wasted time --- I couldn't believe a previously good school could ignore her statement of SEN by not giving her OT AND SALT Therapies , HIDE Bullying like being hit with hockey stick , called named , pushed on stairs and threatened with knife. I have been informed that at an open day the head was heard to tell parents he wants as " few as possible County funded children" when they asked "how many LA funded children attend".
I was not there but was told this an independent SALT. She no longer recommends Frewen for many people as it is "not the same school it once was prior to 2014. She helped me and many others win a place at Frewen in 2012. She is reluctant to do so now.
Also better communication. So change, yes - but positive as far as we are concerned. we are very happy with Frewen.