These teachers and their questionable choices

I think you'll find they do. I too was 'high up' in one of those professions.
They may not be taking illicit substances or hitting the wine during work hours, but plenty do outside of work
Don't be so naive!

Correct me if I’m wrong, but you are so very certain that there’s child neglect going on that you put it on mumsnet, but not called for actual support/safeguarding? Gotcha.

YANBU. Teachers are role models. Of course teachers have personal lives and can go to parties, just like anyone else. But they should not be taking illegal drugs, particularly if they are responsible for children at the time (including their own children).

If the OP decided to report this to the HT and BoG, she would have to be prepared to give a legal statement to whoever was investigating the complaint.
It is possible that the teachers could lose their jobs if the HT wanted to get rid of them and had the BoG in their pocket and they followed the policies of the school as all the HT would have to say is that they (and the BoG) have lost confidence in the teacher.

Although I suspect that the Union would have agreed a leaving package with the school before that happened.

Yes, honestly this. But pulling them apart on a public Internet forum known to have the tabloid press all over it is probably more fun. I guess.

I am still absolutely shocked at the amount of people on here thinking it is ok to take drugs. Period. Let alone Teachers taking drugs.
Cocaine use should not be accepted at all. Even buying drugs, you are supporting trafficking etc.

From what I read, OP may or may not have seen the said tracher taking drugs at some occasion (she has not reported them then- why? which would be an interesting question to ask, would she be implicating herself or at least showing negligence for not reporting)- which she now stretches to every single situation the teachers are in any social situation. Every party they go to or even, she sees as them potentially being covered in drugs.

I can see from the Carnivale comment a tendency to exaggerate and sensationalise. You'd think it was an illegal rave in some dumpster, not a fairly popular and mainstream event judging by OP's post.

If you see someone take drugs once, do you presume they do it every day all day and are under the influence during their job? Those people cant do right, because OP will be hunting them down looking for other occasions they can potentially snort coke. She sees through the walls and peeks into their lingerie drawers.

Locking down or even shutting down social media does sadly not protect anybody against vicious people, because as we see they can 'overhears' or 'find about' things and make her own assumptions. If they live in a smaller town, then the opportunities for OP to spy on them are limitless.

If OP had actual evidence, she should by all means report where necessary, but it does not seem she does.

Mind your own business. As long as they perform their work duties as required, it’s nothing to do with you what they do in their leisure time. If you honestly think their children are neglected or endangered you could phone Social Services but they will want to know exactly how you know these things.

Teacher here, and am quite aggrieved by this post. It feels to me like someone is trying to cause trouble for a teacher that they don't like. My view is you could not manage a class and deliver quality lessons without a clear head. Therefore, I think the implication that these women are teaching when 'off their faces' cannot be true. What they do at the weekend is their business, and I am sure their Sundays are spent getting themselves sorted for the week ahead and will be in school bright and early ready to face the day, every day. If you have an issue, speak to the head or the chair of governors and they will look into any suggestions of misconduct. Playground gossip can be very hurtful, so I hope this thread is not fueling the fire of maliciousness.

I find your speculation and judgement bizarre and uncomfortable, tbh.

Yes I agree, the threads about husbands (mostly) and drug use are usually in situations where the drug use is directly affecting the poster, either through family money being spent, or partner not pulling their weight, being shitty at home or with the kids or getting arrested/ sacked. That’s very different to this situation where there’s no evidence that the OP is being affected in any way whatsoever, it doesn’t even sound like her kids are being taught by one of the people she’s seen. Obviously she should still report if she genuinely thinks that the kids are in danger (she’s not said whether this is really the case), but that’s why I think the responses are different.

Be perfectly happy for my children not to mix with families that condone drug use, myself. And if it’s been done openly there is a limitless pool of people who could have picked up the phone to social services, frankly.

Regardless of who they are, the 2 scenarios are:

My DH took cocaine....responses are LTB, that's disgusting, drug taking is awful, what a dickhead, terrible if he needs cocaine to have fun.

3 teachers took cocaine...responses leave them alone, it's fine, it's normal, they are allowed some fun.

MN double standards, again.

Correct. The incident I posted about earlier came to my attention because the arresting officer - on discovering that my staff member was a teacher - was obliged to inform me as it is a "reportable offence". The teacher resigned rather than be dismissed (they most certainly would have been dismissed) and was subsequently banned from teaching.

If the OP follows the advice of some posters and reports the teachers to their headteachers, the teachers won’t have to be Miss Marple to work out who has reported them. It would lead to an awkward atmosphere in OP’s neighbourhood. I also suspect that OP would notice a significant decline in the number of party invitations that she receives.

Am a little confused by some of the replies here - class B drug use is a sackable offence as a teacher and will usually lead to being banned from teaching. It is also a safeguarding concern with respect to that teacher’s children. I appreciate that it’s a fine line to weigh up whether the impact of a parent being sacked/barred from teaching (without a conviction, however, lots of other jobs/careers still open) upon any children, but I’m afraid if these teachers were working for a school where my children attended, I’d be inclined to report them.

They’re educated, middle class women who are fully able to weigh up the risks of taking drugs (openly) and chose to do so regardless of those risks. I have no sympathy if OP or any other person chose to contact their schools.

OP, have you 'stalked' their social media?

Seeing as this the OP's first thread, can we assume this is some hacked-off teen who didn't the grades they wanted?

You can report what you've seen to school, social services or police - it's up to them to investigate.

😂

Kid: Sir, you have a hangover, that means you're drunk

Teacher: No . . . . that means I was drunk . . . yesterday

Nothing wrong with teachers taking drugs at the weekend as long as they’re not taking them during work time, no worse than drinking loads at the weekend which plenty of people in all professions do.

Obviously if there are parents who are taking drugs and drinking around their children and when caring for their children that’s different, they should be finding alternative childcare when they’re using drugs or alcohol. If you know for a fact that a parent is using enough drugs or alcohol to impair their decision making and functioning etc whilst caring for a child and that there isn’t anybody sober present to care for the child you should report that, regardless of profession.

Train drivers (and other rail staff) are subject to random drugs and alcohol tests and if they are at work, under the influence, they will be immediately dismissed. It is a dry industry.

You will need to home school then. There is no way your children will get through their entire schooling without being taught by a drug user.

For many, teaching is not a vocation. It is often a bit of a default career, so you get all sorts. It can also be very stressful and this tends to ramp up the partying outside school.

Unless you have seen it first hand you aren’t really in a position to comment. In some social circles drugs are the norm. I’m with you op. But a lot of it could be rumours.