School have lost dd's necklace

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DD borrowed a laptop from school this morning and was asked to hand in a valueable item, she handed in her necklace.
They didnt have it when she returned the laptop and she's just been told to come back at the end of the day to see if someones returned it which isnt likely.

What should we expect the school to do in looking for it? If they don't find it should they be replacing it or are they not required to do that?

Its pretty expensive and we let dd take it with the risk of her losing it herself which would obviously be her fault but the office were supposed to be looking after it in return for her looking after their laptop.

The individual items are not recorded, and they let students help themselves to their own deposit items from a communal box?
That is appalling.

Tell them the cost of the necklace, and that you're keeping the laptop until you receive the cost of a replacement.

Bert OP may have agreed to such a system, but what choice would she have had? What would the alternative be? Not attend school? She and everyone else would likely have presumed that this system would be more carefully and safely administered.

It is unusual for a child to stand in front of staff and undo blouse buttons etc to hand over a piece of personal jewellery

Now you're really reaching. Never in my life have I needed to undo buttons to remove a piece of jewellery.

Would also be stunned if they would accept something with sentimental value as collateral.

Also fairly sure staff don't ask for a brief history of whats being handed over. It's a ridiculous system and one which you cannot apply logic to.

This is so far-fetched I’d have to ring up to see if it was true. Surely a system of £10 deposit or something would be the way to go. You can get a costume jewellery chain for about 50p!

Who should I email? The only email address we seem to have is infomation@(schoolsname).com where you are supposed to state which member of staff you want the email to be sent to, so that must just goes to everyone or to the office to pass on.

That will go to admin and they will pass on. I would call and ask to speak to a senior manager. This is possibly a theft in school and needs to be taken seriously.

How is it reaching? The OP said they allow one item of jewellery worn under blouse.
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Yes I'd call first if I were you. Then email later (so there's a "paper" trail).

This is so far-fetched I’d have to ring up to see if it was true.
The OP has already checked with the school.

OP, I'd call again and ask who to make a formal complaint to. And take the names of anyone at the school you spoke/speak to. Someone there has to take responsibility for this. If they won't tell you, write to the head by name in a letter (snail mail).

That's appalling they insist of something of value, then shove it in a box and let other students help themselves? Who the actual fuck thought that was a good idea.

The school needs to replace it and they need a better system. And keep thr lap top until they do.

What a bunch of idiots.

Wolfie because if I wear a necklace under a blouse I can undo the clasp without undoing my blouse. Can't you?

Wolfiefan and there we have it. Rather then being a little bit ridiculous why don't you just admit you don't believe the OP and hit the report button.

BTW, my blouses don't tend to be so neck stranglingly tight that I can't lift a necklace up to unfasten it. If yours are I suggest you go up a size.

Stupid system. What were the school realistically thinking when they it that system in place!

I can easily get a necklace out from under a blouse without needing to undo any buttons at all!!!

Why is that hard to believe?

We had similar at DC's school. They had to hand in their valuables before PE. At the end of the lesson, the teacher just used to put the box down and leave people to take their own stuff. Needless to say, sometimes people took the more valuable phones rather than their own (never happened to my child, thank goodness).

'they… should be handed back to students seperately but its possible the box was placed on the desk for students to take their own item.' and 'The sheet doesnt record who handed in what just their name and laptop number.' is lackadaisical, irresponsible and simply not acceptable.

I'd be furious and I'd let them all know. Use the email address you've got and hope it DOES go to everyone.

Surely there's a book to record this? Otherwise who's accountable?

I would absolutely be emailing the school to confirm and get it in writing that this is the situation.

So the office actually trust the pupils to just take their own item from a box when they hand the laptop in?

That is outrageous.

DD manages to put her necklace on in the morning in her shirt by doing it up at her neck and then tucking it in, she would have done the opposite to take it off.

DD has to hand her phone into the office at the beginning of the day. The phones go into bags which have the children's names on and then get put into a safe. That's what the OP's DD's school should have done.

School shirts are generally fitted round the neck. You should see the fuss kids make if jewellery is spotted and confiscated.

Rhiannon, the school have admitted that the individual items are not recorded.

OP, phone the school and extract from them the emails of the headteacher and the head of year. Failing that, send your strongly worded one to the general email address. State clearly who it should be forwarded to. Put a read-receipt on it so that you can see when they look at it. Keep everything.

Good luck.

My Dad's school blouses were not too closely fitted around the neck.

My DD's!! I have no idea about my Dad and his school shirts.

Neither are my DD's.