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to fuming that there has been no staff at the local secondary school since 3.30pm to take a serious complaint about bullying and harrasment

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tomhardyismydh · 27/05/2011 17:09

I walked past the house of a family who I do know but not terribly well and I am aware there middle daughter is being bullied.

outside was a group of girls looking in through their window shouting and jeering and swearing. I know the mum works some afternoons so I did intervien and tell the group of girls to leave them alone and move away from the house...in hindsight a bit silly of me as I did have my 5 yr old dd with me, but I wasn't in any way afraid forour safety or anything. Turns out the mum was home and she also then came out. They took the message and went away, but then followed me up the street shouting and swearing and berating me. It was laughable really but attempted to call non emergency police no just to show the little shits they can get away with behaving like this, but my bloody mobile died on me.

Anyway I have been trying to call the school since 3.30 and no one has been available to take my call, and have just now been told all senior management staff left at 4.15 and receptionist cant locate any other teaching staff. no one will be in over half term. now I m shocked that the head did not pick up his answer messages before leaving the school for a whole week, I had left one message at 3.30 and one at 4pm. I find it hard to even believe the head of a secondary school would even finish at 4.15.

Im tempted to call the non emergancy no again to give the message to the school this not acceptable, but Im sure this is very little the police would even be able to do.

also I want to say bunch of little bitches how horrible for a group of girls to behave like this!!!!!

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TheFlyingOnion · 27/05/2011 22:36

fine, tomhardy. Can we all stop now?

tomhardyismydh · 27/05/2011 22:38

happy to agree to disagree onion.

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TheFlyingOnion · 27/05/2011 22:43

err wasn't disagreeing with you?

tomhardyismydh · 27/05/2011 22:46

stop

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TheFlyingOnion · 27/05/2011 22:48

oh now we're drawing a line are we?

byeee!

tomhardyismydh · 27/05/2011 22:48

is this a fight for the last word Grin

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claig · 27/05/2011 22:50

no

tomhardyismydh · 27/05/2011 22:52

night all

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WhiteElefant · 27/05/2011 22:53

Have only read the first couple of pages but I can't understand what this has to do with the school. Once the kids are out of the school at the end of the day what they do is nothing to do with the school.

claig · 27/05/2011 22:55

night tom

kangers · 27/05/2011 22:57

night tom- ;o

GypsyMoth · 27/05/2011 23:07

night night!!!

bogof88 · 27/05/2011 23:46

www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/behaviour/a0076417/new-powers-for-teachers-to-improve-discipline-in-schools

The new guidance clarifies teachers? powers. It makes clear the following:

?Schools should not have a ?no touch? policy. It is often necessary or desirable for a teacher to touch a child (e.g. dealing with accidents or teaching musical instruments).
?Teachers have a legal power to use reasonable force. They can use force to remove a pupil who is disrupting a lesson or to prevent a child leaving a classroom.
?Heads can search for an extended list of items including alcohol, illegal drugs and stolen property.
?Heads have the power to discipline pupils who misbehave outside the schools premises and outside schools hours.

Feenie · 28/05/2011 00:22

Yes, bogof - but it doesn't say 'Schools must therefore have a 24-7 hour helpline in order to address such reports, do they?

alistron1 · 28/05/2011 09:47

In 1970 my mum was hauled into her head teachers office because she had been seen 'prostituting' herself in her school uniform.

Dear reader, she was walking home from school with.....a boy Grin

beesimo · 28/05/2011 09:56

I have some black pudding left over from the breakfasts would any of the tipsy teachers from last night like it with a nice bit of fried bread?

Ooh no then back to bed with your copy of the Guardian a pint of water and two paracetemols!

RockStockandTwoOpenBottles · 28/05/2011 10:04

Alistron that is funny!

Beesimo I'm not a teach and I'm not hungover, but I would LOVE some black pudding!!

RockStockandTwoOpenBottles · 28/05/2011 10:05

A teach? What's a fucking teach?

*Teacher

Feenie · 28/05/2011 10:25

In 1970 my mum was hauled into her head teachers office because she had been seen 'prostituting' herself in her school uniform.

Dear reader, she was walking home from school with.....a boy

That happened to me in 1988! In our girls' school, you weren't allowed to even walk to school with your brother. Confused

tomhardyismydh · 28/05/2011 10:54

morning am I too late for a black pudding roll?

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TheFlyingOnion · 28/05/2011 11:37

Grin at beesimo

is the black pudding to go with that chip on your shoulder?

RockStockandTwoOpenBottles · 28/05/2011 12:04

Onion good afternoon!!

Acekicker · 28/05/2011 12:07

APie i wouldnt even bother bother sadly some very thoughtful and sensitive teachers have hijacked this into a drinking thread. I can see this will be taken very seriously with the school hmm

True colours much? So because a bunch of teachers started having a bit of a giggle possibly fuelled by alcohol and end of termitis long after their working day had ended and they had no responsibility for pupils you think that in their professional capacity the teachers at the school won't give a fuck.

What do you do for a living? Do you live and breathe your job 24 hours a day and never switch off and relax? Clearly you have huge concerns about the teching profession as a whole - have you thought about becoming a teacher yourself and leading by example? Teachers do a bloody difficult job for relatively little financial reward and as has been shown on this thread fuck all appreciation and support from a large proportion of society, many of whom would crumble within days if they had to do the job themselves...

TheFlyingOnion · 28/05/2011 12:11

Hi rockstock

I've cleaned the house top to bottom already

but I MUST get off here and walk the dog. He's giving me "the eyes"...

how's you today?

PinotGrigiosKittens · 28/05/2011 12:14

Morning rockstock and Onion

I have a leetle headache rumbling around from last nights shenanigans :)

I'm off to stand on a cold, windy field all avo watching DS1 play a footie tournament