DD is worried this incident at school will affect her at college?

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DD has a teacher who has had several incidents according to DD of losing it with the class, calling them bullies, storming out in tears etc. I have massive sympathy for the teacher if true.

The problem occurs in that DD was very upset by one incident and reported it to a support member of staff. DD is good in school and struggles with the confidence to talk to teachers normally never mind report a member of staff so I 100% believe it happened. She would gain nothing what so ever from lying.

The teacher absolutely denied all knowledge and has made it clear to SLT that it didn't happen. Even now this has passed DD is very upset that the SLT now think bad of her and believe she has fabricated a story about a member of staff and is still saying it happened.

DD is now worrying that when her new college for September speak to school information will be passed on that she makes false accusations about staff and is getting really worked up about it.

Does anyone know what information is passed on please so I can reassure her.

Tbh I doubt whether SLT took much notice of which student the info came from, when reported via support staff. It's an uncomfortable situation for all involved, but there should be no need for a teacher to put up with that level of hassle from year 11 pupils. I would be more concerned that this was a regular occurrence and no action had been taken to prevent it again.
If a one off, I v much doubt it will be passed on to college.

The 6th form college here doesn't talk to the schools, they check their last report at interview stage and then just use the gcses results at enrolling.

The other college only speaks to the schools if pupils fail both maths and English.

In the nicest possible way, this is one small 'drop' of an incident in the absolute ocean of what teachers and SLT deal with daily. The teacher involved is bound to deny it, for a while host of reasons unrelated yo your DD.

In my experience, unless there is a persistent problem with attendance, punctuality, behaviour etc, then the school will only pass on positive comments about her character, and academic capabilities. Even our 'worst' students always have many positives we can comment on.

Easier said than done, but try not to worry, OP's DD!

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Thank you ALondon

Just to add I entirely agree that the behaviour is ridiculous but add that I know that DD isn't responsible for the behaviour causing it. She's as fed up of her lessons being disrupted and noisy as the teacher tbh.

SLT, DD and the teacher were all involved in a 'talk' after the incident happened and DD reported it so they all know who it was DD who reported.

FE teacher here.

We don't even get to know if a student has attacked a teacher at school, never mind spoken to one. Your daughter can rest easy.

SweetAsSpice thank you that's most useful. DD obsesses about things so is making herself ill :(

Thanks Playmobil.
Although you would think they would tell you if a child has been physically violent!

I work at a sixth form college and her teachers would never know about this at all - I know very little about my students’ backgrounds and in some ways they benefit from the new start approach at college. I suppose it might be recorded somewhere deep in files but only of interest to pastoral staff and only then if something similar happened. Honestly I hear (through students) of all sorts of things that happened at school but they’re totally irrelevant to me!

The school won't have the time to be so petty, besides which if something was passed over they risk your DD sueing them for defamation. They just won't do it, don't worry. I don't know why the teacher didn't just confess she needs help though, kids can be horrible and she clearly needs to learn new room control tactics.

In the nicest possible way, this is one small 'drop' of an incident in the absolute ocean of what teachers and SLT deal with daily. The teacher involved is bound to deny it, for a while host of reasons unrelated yo your DD.

This is correct. Your DD would need to have caused a significant and persistent amount of bother in school for it to be thought worthy of a mention - and mostly, schools still like even the most objectionable (I'm talking the very worst) kids to get a fresh start when they go to college.

I suspect the SLT will have a very good idea of where the truth lies, particularly given that this clearly isn't the first incident. They're probably going along with it to save the teacher's face.

I don't know why the teacher didn't just confess she needs help though, kids can be horrible and she clearly needs to learn new room control tactics.
SLT in a lot of places are not as supportive s you would hope, re dealing with unruly pupils. Op's school may be one of them. I know of someone who struggled in their first year, was not given sufficient support yet still expected to deal with shitty pupils, neatly had a breakdown, and left. They were very creative and enthusiastic,
but crap behavior with little support made the job hell. And they were blamed for not handling it. (like we can all handle our teens all the time - try 30 of them with a pack mentality ). Teachers in some places put up with a lot, which would simply not be allowed to happen in most jobs. She might have asked for support and is now being monitored.

I don't know why the teacher didn't just confess she needs help though, kids can be horrible and she clearly needs to learn new room control tactics.

SLT in a previous school seemed to ignore the behaviour of one class until the teacher left. Once the teacher had gone there were 3 SLT, HoD, 2 TAs and the new class teacher to improve the classes behaviour.

When I left, the SLT and HT wouldn't even go near the class.

I'm an FE teacher. There are very, very few things your daughter could do that would stop her being offered a place. This doesn't even come close.

Please tell your daughter not to worry! I have been teaching a long time, and have seen hundreds of students with frankly horrendous school records have no trouble being accepted at college. To echo a pp, this is a drop in the ocean.

Crikey. Poor teachers. Thanks for clarifying.