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Teachers not allowed in toilets?

29 replies

FrazzledEm · 16/09/2022 14:34

There is an issue with girls vaping at my daughter's school, which we understood was dealt with last term. However, it appears it is still going on as my daughter (12) has told me the girls are vaping in the toilets & the older girls are supplying the younger ones. Anyway, when I spoke to the school about it I was told they try to keep an eye out but they cannot enter the toilets without knocking, which then alerts the girls...is this a school policy, or a more general one? Why can't a female staff member walk in without knocking and catch them in the act?! It seems crazy to me but I want to be armed with the facts before I go back to them. Any secondary teachers on here that can confirm or deny? It's a private school if that makes any difference.

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OhhhhhhhhBiscuits · 17/09/2022 11:30

This has gone on for generations. Used to be smoking now its vaping. How on earth we thought we could get away with smoking in the toilets is beyond me with the stench but it has ever been so that this is what teens do.

ShowOfHands · 17/09/2022 11:28

Yep. Here I take a colleague, knock and speak before possibly entering but try to stay in the doorway.

Same vaping issue here.

Malbecfan · 17/09/2022 11:26

School and @Greenandcabbagelooking are correct. I'm also a secondary school teacher. We aren't allowed to go in unless as Green says, we have a colleague or stand in the open doorway.

Greenandcabbagelooking · 17/09/2022 10:17

Secondary school teahcer here. School are correct, staff can't just walk in. It places us at a risk of allegations, and is a safeguarding nightmare.

I have had to go into toilets occaisonally, but I knock first, stand in the open doorway and take a colleague if possible.