No senior teachers at school?

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I've just been into school to report something important. The acting head has gone on a trip and so has the deputy head, AIBU to think this isn't right?

I wonder how ofstead would react?

I'm not the OP. I was agreeing with everyone else that if the issue was serious (as my issue was) even though both the head & deputy were out someone would deal with it. I was responding to a pp who gage an example of a dinner money query bring urgent being a total waste Of time.

Ha. Ok ballet, my mistake!

This thread had made me laugh so much. Sums up the way some parents see schools and teachers. Thankfully the majority are rational, lovely people.

Has not had.

I'm a headmistress and am currently 3,000 miles away from school. I was once head of 3 schools at the same time so clearly was away for 66% of the time.

There are clear procedures in place. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'senior' though OP.

I've never attended a residential class trip but am often away from the school.

Why would a head teaching your son have been better or less disruptive than a supply teacher?

I understand why heads do sometimes act as a make-up-the-numbers person where ratios need to be met. It's easiest as generally have less (if any) class time and are usually more able or willing to make up the hours and complete the work remotely or 'out of hours'.

Narrow minded?? How are they?

If anything it's you op, who is. 'Narrow minded'

The only part of your post that concerns me RE supply teachers is that you say a class is being taken by a PGCE student? PGCE students shouldn't be used as supply teachers, a fully qualified teacher needs to be with the class. Unless you're getting confused with a newly qualified teacher (NQT)?

A pgce student would not be teaching a class they do placements in school but would be supervised. Do you mean a nqt? I don't see a problem with ht and dht being off site there will be a senior leadership team and if they are not in school there will be someone else in charge, if it was a problem that needed immediate attention then there would have been someone available to talk to you. If you need to talk to someone you need to make an appointment it's not always possible for a teacher to drop everything to come and talk to a patent who would you suggest watches the class while the teacher is dragged out?

I can remember being used as a supply teacher on the second week of my first-ever placement. Of course I didn't complain in case I got marked down

A pgce student would not be teaching a class they do placements in school but would be supervised

a fully qualified teacher needs to be with the class

sigh

Absolutely untrue. The best part of a PGCE (as in giving the student the best preparation for their new career) is being in the class by themselves without the safety net of someone with QTS there to catch them. Some PGCE students are ready for this before others.

Your every teacher's favourite type of parent OP.
if you're so concerned, why don't you get a degree, a masters, a teaching licence, teaching experience, work your way up to deputy / principal and then you can go in there and run the show yourself?