.....to think that a selective school should not allow..

[curlew]

A " chav themed" fancy dress party?

Well, no school should, obviously. But a selective school with an overwhelmingly middle class demographic particularly so, surely????

Umm no YANBU

That's awful. I would complain

Reall offensive and misguided for any school. Have you raised it with them?

Really

That's quite dreadful actually.

Good way to teach youngsters that it's okay to look down your nose at folk

What difference does it make that it's a selective school? If you're going to question the theme, you'd question it no matter what school did it wouldn't you?

yuck

Whose brilliant idea was it I wonder?

Horrible.

The OP did state that no school should do this BrokenSunglasses

No-my child isn't at the school, and I only heard about it this morning. My friend's child is there and she's planning a complaint, but I'm just checking that we aren't both over reacting. There's more to it- it took place on a residential, and there were lots of references to "the other" local school in the talent show that was part of the party. Which, apparently the teachers found as funny as the kids did.

Yes, she did. I'm just wondering what it is that makes it worse in her mind because the school is selective. Any school should have staff that are broad minded enough to know that there are people that find the word chav offensive, so they'd have enough common sense not to have a chav themed party.

It sounds like the sort of thing a group of sixth formers would think was funny.

I don't think your friend is overreacting to complain at all.

You're right. No school should tolerate or encourage this.

It's worse because the selective school has a very "middle class" for want of a better word, demographic. And the other school, which was the butt of many of the jokes, doesn't.

And no, it wasn't 6th form.

YANBU, but the fact that the school is selective is irrelevant.

I think she should complain.

I bloody well would.

Poking fun at 'Chavs' is not a lesson I would want my children to learn.

omg!

awful. i suspect these types of jokes/comments have been par for the course and very much an accepted 'joke' but to do it so blatantly! its not ok either way ie the underhand/subtle digs or blatant piss taking.

I see why you included the selective bit curlew - it highlights a sort of "us and them" attitude I think?

YANBU - offensive, misguided and actually quite sad :(

Its basically inciting class hatred.

Stupid person who thought this one up should be sacked.

wow. how awful. its discriminatory......yes, complain and complain until an apology is made

Stupid person who thought this one up should be sacked.

this ^^

It was the kid's idea. There is always a fancy dress party at the end of the residential and the kids plan for it beforehand and organise it when they get there.

Which I assume means at least some of the parents must have known in advance- my friend didn't, but I suspect her ds would have known she wouldn't approve.

I should say friend's ds didn't like it either, but didn't (quite understandably) feel he could go against the tide.

YANBU . In fact Id take that to the media . .It is insulting .