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To not know what to do about my son who pretended he went to a different school?

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chasethebear · 16/09/2018 21:37

My son started year 9 this September. He has a lot of friends at the other secondary school. They started a day earlier than his school did and thought it would be hilarious to go into school with his friends. Apparently they spent most of the morning trying to figure out which classes he was in and caused an uproar at the school. They ended up putting him in classes and telling him they'll sort him out on the system ASAP. DS then obviously never went back and attended his actual school. I have no idea what to do about it. I haven't been contacted and no other word has been said but I hate to think what the other school have done.

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Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 18/09/2018 13:21

Get a grip of yourself, Mervyn 🙄

unsaltedmixednuts · 18/09/2018 14:32

Jeez Mervyn it's not that funny or original....

galison · 18/09/2018 15:52

When I was at school in the mid 80s , one of my friends whose school holidays fell on a different week came to our school for a few lessons. We lent her bits of uniform. The teachers didn't even notice. And it wasn't even the first day of school. I think we were probably in the 4th or 5th year (old money). It was a grammar school but some of the teachers were so piss poor they didn't even know their own pupils. Reading this story bought back the memory and made me chuckle.

pollymere · 18/09/2018 17:32

I'm surprised you weren't contacted during registration in this modern age...your number would've been on his phone. Maybe they thought it safer to keep him within a safe environment.

I once did the same for a parent's open evening. My parents knew though...they thought I'd be caught within minutes but I managed to do the whole evening.

WaxOnFeckOff · 18/09/2018 17:52

When I was at school in the mid 80s , one of my friends whose school holidays fell on a different week came to our school for a few lessons.

Presumably this girl is Theresa May or has discovered a cure for cancer or at the very least is an internationally renowned comedian?

letstalk2000 · 18/09/2018 17:52

Gailson. Perhaps that's the reason for 'expensive' and specific uniform requirements of some schools ! Making it impossible for kids to mix and match and 'interlopers' to attend lessons.....
Boney. What happened at Grange Hill on Friday was guaranteed to occur on Monday at the least salubrious of my three secondary schools (Modern school) ! The Girls Grammar sent letters to parents advising parents, this suggesting watching Grange Hill was not of academic benefit !

hdh747 · 18/09/2018 17:56

Full marks for ingenuity and bravado. He'll probably make a brilliant spy or something!

Rhiannon13 · 18/09/2018 18:08

That's brilliant. All you need to do is be proud of your son for being so resourceful, confident and full of fun.

In the unlikely event that someone from the school highlights their incompetence by contacting you, deny everything.

Maybe he could sneak back in for the school photo...

busyhonestchildcarer · 18/09/2018 18:09

Just laugh 🤗🤗🤗🤗

Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 18/09/2018 18:09

You managed to do a whole parents evening at a school you didn’t actually attend, pollymere.?
Without your parents Confused. How does that work?

Mum4Blake · 18/09/2018 18:43

Made me laugh.
He didn’t vandalise anything, nothing got broken, no one got hurt. Even the teachers will probably get a laugh out of it once they know.
If you want to give him a punishment, make it fit his crime - next free day he has when that schools in, offer him as gopher and tea boy for the day!

MissClareRemembers · 18/09/2018 18:59

It reminds me of little Bertie in the 44 Scotland Street books. So desperate to attend a certain school, he buys the uniform and sneaks in.

I went to a whole load of lectures at uni for a course I wasn’t even enrolled on because I had a crush on one of the students who was enrolled. What a numpty I was.

Strongmummy · 18/09/2018 19:04

I’m sure he’ll dine out on this for years, but really not that funny for the admin staff. I hope he learns that if he acts like a dick there are consequences. Other than reinforce that there’s not much else you can do

4yearsnosleep · 18/09/2018 19:11

That's hilarious

I'd probably call the other school and let them know it was a stunt. Just in case they've flagged a missing child to SS!

Bloody clever and resourceful. Grin

Lostandfound81 · 18/09/2018 19:16

On the first day I’d the school year, the OP’s son caused a lot of staff to be distracted from children that should have been there and waste their time and effort.

Your son has displayed a truly astonishing lack of respect for those adults he engaged with in that day and outrightly lied to.

At least that school won’t need to deal with him going forward. I feel for his new school and his peers, who will have someone very disruptive in their class.

Lostandfound81 · 18/09/2018 19:18

If he was my son, he would be writing a letter to the school profusely apologising, which he would then deliver to the school himself.

I’d remove his phone from him for a fortnight.

I’d ground him for a fortnight. No computer games.

Strongmummy · 18/09/2018 19:44

Not sure why there are so many “he’s so funny, resourceful “ posts. It might b funny if you’re in your teens, but it really isn’t THAT funny at all. He’s acted like a bit of a dick and behaviour like that shouldn’t be encouraged by giving him praise for being resourceful. If he’d built an armoured tank out of bottle tops and a trunki, THEN I might agree

SalveGrumio · 18/09/2018 19:51

I was a secondary teacher for over a decade. I think it's funny. No massive amount of time will ha e been wasted.

I was always having new kids arrive, they always follow someone else's timetable to start with. I don't think I ever followed it up at the end of the lesson.

People need to lighten up.

Leapfrog44 · 18/09/2018 20:08

Well done you've raised a child who's not an automaton who blindly follows the rules. Quite an annoying prank for the school to deal with but, a harmless one nevertheless.

I'm secretly quite pleased when my daughter does (slightly) naughty things, it shows some character. We sometimes tell her off but when she's out of the room burst out laughing.

Shampoo131 · 18/09/2018 20:38

My daughter did this years ago.I was mortified at the time but we laugh about it now.

BoneyBackJefferson · 18/09/2018 20:59

SalveGrumio

Times have changed.

serbska · 18/09/2018 21:02

I think it’s quite funny!

Passmethecrisps · 18/09/2018 21:11

Weirdly just yesterday I was sitting in class when not one but two kids I had never seen before and wasn’t expecting said they were now in the class.

I checked and only on a bit of persuasion did they show me their timetables.

I did go back and there was no sign of any email or warning of new enrolments.

I had a wee giggle

SalveGrumio · 18/09/2018 21:22

@BoneyBackJefferson Well I only left teaching 3 years ago, so I doubt they've changed that much. When I left we had SIMs registers. But sometimes kids weren't on them as they hadn't had time.

And new kids always followed someone else's timetable for a few days.

BoneyBackJefferson · 18/09/2018 21:35

SalveGrumio

Maybe I just work in a good school. But even children that just arrive go through an induction and have their own timetable.

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