My GD (13) goes to a school rated "needs improvement". It's crap. No other schools are in the area, so a different one would mean getting 2 buses, taking well over an hour. That school is already at full capacity.
Yesterday was the last day of term. The shoes she wears split yesterday (it's a 45 minute walk home), so her dad emailed the school to say he was sending her in trainers, explaining why. Her mum sent the girl with a note, too.
The teacher refused to acknowledge those messages, and instead put my GD in "isolation" for the whole day (2 boys were in isolation for poor behaviour) - so she missed any lessons, but also a little party they had for end of term. AIBU in thinking the teacher was very mean and spiteful?