Hi Parents,
Hope your little stars are settling in.
Please can you help me, I am knew to mumsnet.
My Son has started school, the school in question was his last choice on eAdmissions, now we originally only selected 3 schools all outstanding by ofsted, I read all the reports for each. My Son was happy with those.
A week or so later I get a reminder from eadmissions saying its a good idea to select more schools in case my son does not get any offers. I felt forced into choosing a school, as we couldnt think of any other, top 5 on my list were all ‘outstanding’, the very last has ‘requires improvement’ 5 years running!
Low and behold my son gets an acceptance email for that last choice and then they advise to accept it as he may not get another offer though we will go on the waiting list for others. Still we have had no calls backs and my son was forced into a school by the council, a school that has seen its highest years of exclusions due to ‘really bad behavior’ (god only knows what these kids did to get kicked out!) there was in class bad behavior where teachers were unable to control them (or couldnt be bothered), and teachers not aligned across classes!
My Son is super bright, for e.g he knows algebra, fractions at GCSE level, upto 35 times tables off by heart, he is very smart however is very soft hearted and fragile.
I saw him come out the school gate, bottle knecked in a tiny gate with older years pushing through, he was so scared my heart sank!
He told me in his first maths class they went over the 12x tables! I was like EXCUSE ME! What the hell is that! Of course my son knew it all but reiterated to me he knew 12x tables back in early primary school! What sort if education is that!
I really am shocked, the council forced my child into a school we did not want, the very last on our list and one with the worst result! Additionally I can sense the hostile enviroment, the school is agressive, there is bullying even though the school states a policy, I can see my sons education going down hill very fast and getting bullied!
I have written a letter of complaint to the council advising all of this, going on to discuss peer pressure to select the given school!
Does anyone know how I can go about in year transfer? how best to approah and attack this appeal? I couldnt sleep a wink last night worried. I know many of you are or may have been in similar positions and may be able to share your success!
I will move homes if I have to, thats how extreme it is, I simply cannot let my childs education go to waste.
Bullying is a life changing experience, ive suffered it myself so I can see the early signs.
Thank you all in advance
J
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DadknowsBest · 07/09/2018 09:42
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