Just that really. I work in a school, currently there are 2 of us in the department. I have concerns over some of the head of department's practices. He started in January so is still relatively new to the school, but an experienced teacher and also did his tea her training with our headteacher.
I had to go directly against him a few weeks ago when he asked me not to report to the exams officer that a student was using a mobile phone in their GCSE exam (I was invigilating). There are other aspects of questionable practice, but this time are his fault for misinforming students. I am concerned about going to the exams officer, because there is a potential for the entire year group to be disqualified. But, I need to ensure that this doesn't happen again.
I've looked into whistle blowing in the school. The only mention I can find is in the finance section of the handbook and says:
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'In the event that members of staff, parents or Governors become aware of activities which give cause for concern, the whistle blowing policy acts as a framework for such concern to be raised confidentially and provides a thorough and appropriate investigation of the matter to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion.'
But there is no whistle blowing policy to be found. I'm not sure where to go with this or what to do. Can I email HR and say 'oh hi, can you send me a copy of the whistle blowing policy please? Thanks!' Surely that's just going to raise questions