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Would the head know your dcs if he walked past them in the street?

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AntiJamDidi · 31/01/2014 22:20

My dd (14yo, yr9) and I walked past her head the other day and he stopped to speak to her, knew her name and spoke about something specific she'd done the previous week. I was quite surprised by that, seeing as there are almost 2000 pupils at her school and he can't possibly know all of them.

So do you think they head of your dc's school would know them well enough to stop and chat in the street?

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HamletsSister · 31/01/2014 22:32

Yes - we know him well. And DH and AI both work there. And there are only 130 pupils and it is a very tight knit community.

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AntiJamDidi · 31/01/2014 22:30

Wow fifi that's some memory your head has got. I can match some parents to the right child, but only the ones where I've taught a child for a few years or I've taught a sibling previously.

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AntiJamDidi · 31/01/2014 22:28

I don't know that I'd like that Autumn. There were more pupils than that at dd's primary school.

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FifiLeBoo · 31/01/2014 22:28

Yes, been proved by bumping into them ( 3 separate schools) in various places. Ds2 head teacher recognises parents outside of school even without their children in tow and can match them to the correct child.

AutumnshadesofGold · 31/01/2014 22:26

Yes absolutely Grin but we're lucky in that our high school has 160 ish pupils. He would know my name too Smile

MamaPain · 31/01/2014 22:24

Yes to one my DCs, no to the others. Although my DCs go to a slightly larger school and he would only know one of them for negative reasons unfortunately.