have had massive row with DS headmaster NOW IM IN THE S**T

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posted sunday that ds escaped through broken fence at school, went in to see headmaster to day, and am now in shit.

they managed to get hold of my facebook page and printed off where i had said the school is losing standards etc and that i was still not happy, etc, nothing to heavy or slandering but i was pretty cross.

the school will not accept responsibility for ds getting out, i have tried to meet them half way on it, about the behavior etc but they having none of it.

things got VERY heated today and DS teacher and headmaster joined forces and had me in tears.

i ve asked when is fence getting fixed and they said gonna be a good few weeks. i took ds to our other local school and have enrolled him there to start next monday,
and all because we (me and DP) are never going to have a good parent teacher relationship, and now i ve called his teacher a cow as DS fell off a 4ft ladder and she never told us!!!!!

i feel we been pushed out now, do we move him or see how it goes?

ps sorry i never replied sunday things got out of hand

advice would be greatly appreciated :)

you have no idea who ofsted are?

not sure I believe you....

Okay, so now I really don't believe you. There is not a parent in the land who doesn't know who/what Ofsted are, sorry.

What happened with Laddergate? Was it put in the accident book?

Gosh all these ofsted experts.

This is not within the remit of ofsted. If you contact ofsted they will tell you tom follow the correct complaints procedurecwhich is through the governors of the school.

Ofsted do not investigate complaints. It is very clearly laid out on the faqs page of their website.

i didnt mention the ladder before because i found out today,

i feel in the shit, because he is settled, (friend wise) and i dont know if his present school will discuss what go on with new school without us being able to defend our selves !!!

Im not sure there is anyone who hasnt been a pupil in the whole land who dousnt know who ofsted are.

Safeguarding is something Ofsted will be very interested, Simba.

interested in

I can't see how they could see your comments on fb if your security settings are high

honest i really dont know who ofsted are!! i was trying to find out who school governers are etc but i dont know if ofsted is your abbreviation on here?? please im not lying to you, i honestly not sure who you are on about?

Not at an individual level of a complaint against a school it isn't.

It is looked at as part of the section 5 and as part of that they may look at the co plaints that a school has received and how they have been handled.

are you in the UK?

and I'm not sure if you mean school, because the child is 3?

yes the ladder was in the book but we were not told about it

A. Ofsted is not responsible for individual complaints about the day-to-day running of a school. The chain of complaint is: 1) headteacher 2) governing body 3) local education authority 4) Department for Education. Guidance on school issues can be obtained from Department for Education public enquiries (0870 000 2288). Complaints have to be made in writing ([email protected]). As a parent of a child at a school, you will be informed when a school is about to be inspected. The inspection team cannot investigate or comment on individual complaints, but will look for examples of the school's compliance with its own policies.

If you are in Scotland then you wouldn't know about Ofsted (as it is called something else iirc!)

My son was at school nursery at 3 and 3/4, Boys

yes im in wales, but i've never heared of ofsted but not sure if you are abbreviating it? the route i ve been told is to contact school governers please please dont think im lying, i need all the advice i can get off you, thats why im asking bout ofsted. please i am grateful for your help x

Facebook is not private. If a teacher had posted about a stupid mother calling her a cow, MNers would be up in arms. I think that parents should be similarly careful about what they say about their childrens' schools.

OP, if your DS is 3, then is he in a pre-school? In which case, I would move him. As for calling in Ofsted or suing the school, forget it. Simba is right - Ofsted will not investigate individual complaints - that is made very clear on their website.

I think we need some more details of the actual escape incident to be able to offer accurate opinions and advice.

You need to speak to the governors not Ofsted

An alternative to Ofsted would be to speak to your parent governor. If it's a state school, they're technically in charge and would want to know about health and safety issues, as well as bullying.I have experience of a bullying head so i sympathise.

the only route i know is school head teacher and then school governers, this is my first child in school and have never heared of ofsted?

Ofsted will not be interested in this, as said above. Dealing with stuff like this is part of my job.

You have handled this badly, but are entitled to make a formal complaint. The procedure for that is laid out in the school's complaints procedure, and if you ask the school for a copy they will send it to you. (It's a legal requirement for them to have a complaints procedure). This will tell you to complain first to the Head (it could be argued that you have already done this), then to the Chairman of Governors. If you are not happy at the end of that process, you can write to the Secretary for State. Ofsted will not normally investigate any complaint unless the school procedure has been followed first.
Have a look here, on the Ofsted website, it confirms what I say. www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Forms-and-guidance/Browse-all-by/Other/General/Complaints-to-Ofsted-about-schools-guidance-for-parents