Girl sat in blood soaked clothes after being told she couldnt go to the toilet and would require a £15 toilet pass.

[HelenaDove]

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FFS! What is wrong with some people And a £15 toilet pass. Misogyny and sex discrimination.

Two staff members also asked her what action the doctor was going to take to lighten her doctors flow.

Im absolutely furious reading this Im sorry if there already is a thread. I couldnt see one.

@Aeroflotgirl.

Yesterday at 8:50 a boy asked me and I said no. It was a double lesson but he waited until 10:40 and was OK.

We don't require a medical note from the doctor to give a toilet pass though.

I'm a teacher and never refuse a child if he or she asks to go to the toilet, although if it's within 10 mins of the end of a lesson I will point that out and ask if they can wait. The children at my school (private) are mostly very well behaved though and there isn't really a problem with then abusing toilet breaks. I don't know how schools should deal with pupils abusing toilet breaks. I actually feel sorry for the teacher- it sounds like this was school policy and that he or she had no choice but to follow the policy. I've been in a similar situation in a previous school and it is difficult when you are made to follow a policy you strongly disagree with.

I was denied the use of the toilet during lesson when I was 7, I shat myself, as I had a sudden stomach ache.i can never forget that.tbereis always risk that you will deny a genuine need to use we the toilet.

Age 7 is different from 11-16.

On the rare occasion a child is ill, I will write a note. Then then go to reception to collect key.
So by the time they go to reception and back to toilet they could have puked or had diarrhoea or bled down thier legs.

To be fair they can go at 8.50,10.40, 12.35 and school finishes at 3.20

You cannot plan when you are going to flood through your san pro or when you get a stomach upset! What happens when there isnt enough time to go to between classes? My kids go from one end of school to another for classes. If there is a queue they dont always get a chance to go to the loo in a break.

Nice school. Very supportuve.

When the inevitable vandalism happens, the toilets have to be closed for health and safety reasons anyway.
Looking back, in about 15 years I can think of one boy who did wet himself (not in my class) it really is very rare.

Not really, a school child could have a sudden attack of the Rudd. I have IBS and sometimes it just comes on! As an adult I am thankful I have free access to a toilet. Not having free access would petrify me.

Runs not Rudd😂😂

Teachers do t have free acccess though. Nor do bus drivers, pilots, call centre workers, lawyers. Not sure what the answer is really.

But you cannot plan a period around lessons.

I have IBS too and have had since my teenage years.

I have always been paranoid about being anywhere without easy access to toilets. It can come on at any time and doesn't adhere to a set timetable.

As for periods, I have always been on the heavy side, even as a teenager. I'm 52 now. They are still going and I often flood through any sanpro and down my legs.

Access to toilet facilities is a very basic need. Not all of us can completely control when we urgently need to go.

I do get that there is piss taking in schools, and that sometimes troublemakers can gather in the toilets causing issues. I get that this makes teachers' lives more difficult. I don't really know what the real solution is, but I am against locking toilets and denying access to those who need it.

The minority should not be allowed to make life miserable or uncomfortable for the majority.

Don't women do exactly that? Plan carefully when they are on.

Do your periods run exactly to a plan then?

@willowhead I'm surprised. I see access to toilet facilities as a human right. I wouldn't deny one of my sixth formers the right to go to the toilet! Even in external exams, even short ones, children have the right to leave to go to the toilet.
I also view access to water as a basic right. If children aren't allowed to use the bathroom, often they limit how much they drink. This can be a problem and lead to mild dehydration on a regular basis (certainly not helpful for learning!). At my school we encourage children to have water bottles with them at all times (water but no other drink) to keep them hydrated and healthy. I have a water bottle too of course!

"Girls do try the period card""

Well they can always prove it to you by channeling Kirstie Alley from the first Look Whos Talking film Only in that case it was a dirty nappy that was slammed inner side down on George Segals desk.

Her first ever period. It will have no pattern to it. It could be really light one day and incredibly heavy the next.

Also, DD's 11 and can't plan for anything, because she's thinking about what, to her, are more interesting things. All I can do is remind her that her emergency period kit's in her bag and hope she remembers at school. I know I'm going to put 3 more towels in there now, so she can double up if necessary. I remember soaking through towels and having to use loo roll.

As an example when I'm teaching I make sure I go when I have the chance

Ah. So your periods are nice and predictable with no surprise flooding. How lucky.

Yes our bodies behaved exactly as they want. I am shocked a yr2 ypteacher on here does not allow young children address to the toilet. Shame on you, the same attitude my teacher had when I had an accident in class as I was not allowed to use the toilet age 7. Access to the toilet is a basic human right.

I still feel the humiliation 35 years on.