Ok dd moved to a new school in September and is now in her option chosen subjects. It is a small school.
I have contacted school three times since September which does seem a lot BUT dd does have sen and reason 1 was to the school office as they had her attendance much lower than it should have been (should have been 100%) and I wanted to check she had been actually in school!
Reason 2 was to a subject teacher as there had been mention of a possible change of one of her main options and dd did not understand so I wanted to find out what was happening given she needs it.
A few months ago dd started to tell me that one of her subject teachers was never in and that there was a lot of disruption in the other teacher lesson of the same subject with people being silly and the teacher was spending a large amount of time lecturing the class about behaviour.
DD having sensory issues finds the disruptive behaviour very difficult and cannot focus.
Around this time dds grades dropped slightly so I was a little concerned but I was under the impression the missing teacher was a short term issue and I was aware the other teacher had a personal issue and did not really want to ply more pressure on them at that time by complaining as actually I really like the teacher and again it seemed a short term matter.
Anyway I got dds latest term report and her grade is awful. She has gone from a very good grade to failing. I was very worried about this especially given information I had heard from elsewhere about dropping grades and I had heard through the rumour mill things that concerned me in regards to this.
DD also got a low attitude to the subject in this lesson which really concerned me as it is VERY out of character and I had been told weeks previously how good her behaviour was and in fact she was the 'class star' so obviously if dd is not focusing I want to know.
Anyway I emailed school so they could respond in their own time with my concerns, I was emailed and told that the teacher who has been missing has indeed been teaching elsewhere for the last six months but is coming back soon and promised that they were taking the concern about the grade drop seriously and the head of subject which is a core subject would call me to discuss this on a certain day. I made sure I was home that day so I could take the call only no one called.
This is the second time now that they have not called me back when promised (the first time I did not even ask them to call me they insisted and then did not call!) and given that dd is now failing a core subject which will prevent her being able to move on to college without retaking it I am feeling a bit cross.
So do I complain or is it one of those oh they are very busy and I am asking too much things?
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schoolwoestoday · 01/03/2017 13:49
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