To admire the chutzpah of the Bodmin rebel prom?

@shieldmaiden7
I cannot believe this, well I can because you've said it. What an absolute shambles. To not retract a suspension under those grounds of not actually having a phone surely that is falsifying records

Sounds fab, good for them!

KBSK are a brilliant youth group / dance troupe. Adie has done amazing with them. @Postapocalypticcowgirl where have you heard they are closing the six form?

There are way bigger issues at Bodmin college than a prom. They are basically closing their sixth form from September, and there's a shortage of places in the town so the students will potentially have to travel quite a long way to do a levels. The sixth form was popular and well respected and provided a good alternative to the local big Fe Colleges.

In terms of the rebel prom, I am super interested as to whether they find anywhere to host it and how it will work with the venue in terms of supervision etc. In my experience, it's very hard to find places willing to host prom for 16yos for all sorts of reasons - I can imagine this will face similar difficulties. Unless someone involved owns a venue or similar? At this time of year in Cornwall, a lot of the nice function venues will also be fully booked.

I think it is silly. Everyone should be allowed to attend their secondary school "prom"

My children attend a school under the Athena trust and I assure it's bloody ridiculous. My son has just finished his GCSE's was told originally he wasn't allowed to attend prom as he had to many reflections. Some of the arguments I got with his teachers over these are a joke eg, a reflection for ask 2 questions on topic to the lesson at the time because it disturbed the flow of the lesson 🤦🏻‍♀️ he managed to be reward a place at prom due to good behaviour so I paid for his ticket etc.. all is well. Last week he had a study leave as he only had a few exams left and was allowed to go home to revise, they phoned to confirm. I agreed he could walk home. He comes back, goes to his room and revises. I get a phone call later that day saying he's lost his place at prom due to an unauthorised absence... aka study leave. So he's currently 40 miles away camping with all his mates to celebrate the end of GCSE's.
We've done nothing but complain to ofsted, local MP's, the new etc... it gets us nowhere.
Last week my daughter was suspended because she wouldn't hand in a phone in triage (where they go before reflection) she currently doesn't have a phone as she smashed the screen and working to earn a new one. The school knows this. She was "rude and lying" about having a device so the suspended her. When the school phone I confirmed that she doesn't have a phone, his reply was oh well we've issued the suspension now. If that wasn't a kick in the teeth I went in for an attendance meeting yesterday for her as her attendance is 82%. She's had 3 days off since September, the school admitted the rest was due to suspensions so they can't escalate it as they are held accountable for her poor attendance, they actually sat there and asked me what we can do to make her not miss any more time of school... not suspend her for stupid things like not handing in a phone she currently doesn't have, not suspending her when she doesn't follow every line in a book with a ruler but goes by paragraph like her tutor told her, not suspending her when she asks for a hair band to put her hair up with in science 🤦🏻‍♀️
I've turned down my son place there in September and will put him elsewhere that isn't under that stupid trust.

Rebel prom looks way more fun. Hopefully more popular in years to come and the old one defunct

I can't abide the 'reward for good attendance and behaviour' aspect of prom culture in Britain. It does nothing for cohesion and is not inclusive.

As a parent whose child struggles to attend school due to poor mental health and neurodivergence, I'm eternally grateful that my child's school is not playing stupid games like that.