My DD 13 is having a terrible time in secondary - the school have been mind bogglingly awful. We are in the system for an ADHD diagnosis - DD often struggles with timekeeping and forgets things. The school just punish her relentlessly- detention after detention and it’s destroyed her - she’s a good kid in lessons but struggles with getting to lessons on time. The school have done zero to support her and just punish her. I have begged them to stop, complained on multiple occasions but nothing has been done. The school has a culture of behaviour points etc and it doesn’t work for kids that don’t fit the system.
We are on the wait list for another school but it’s oversubscribed, partly with families trying to get their kids out of this school because they are having the same issues.
I feel like no longer attending parents evenings because I feel like my relationship with the school has also broken down because of what they have done to my DD. She was such a happy school loving child in primary and this whole experience has destroyed her love of learning.
Anyone got any advice- I am desperate. But no longer want to sit at parents evening and be told that her timekeeping is bad when we have tried to tell them why.