To report this? What would happen?

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I work with children in a school, and within earshot of pupils, a colleague called her husband a f*** c...

I was shocked, horrified, don't know what to do. She shouted it 3 times. I don't think kids heard. What will happen to her if I report it?

In real life, yes.

@ASighMadeOfStone there's the world of difference between swearing lightheartedly or in a shared mini rant with your colleagues over something in the staffroom, and having a blazing row with your spouse and calling them a fucking cunt, in a classroom, with children in the room next door. Surely you can see that.

Also we don't know that the swearer was a teacher anyway. Could be a TA, or a cleaner/site agent couple

I'm a teacher and I see no teacher bashing in the OP. Just a 'what the hell happened there and should I do anything?' post.

Horrified by all the nasty teachers who want to get a colleague in trouble rather than show compassion
So glad I don't work with you

Surely your first concern should be for a colleague who is having a hard time
Why the fuck would you want to make her life even harder by getting her into trouble ! You are a nasty person

Ask your colleague if she is ok and tell her you heard and you don't think kids heard , but THEY could report her
She needs support not more trouble at her door

Support your colleague it may be you next month who is having a bad day

Do not be that person OP. You don’t know what’s going on in her life and she’s obviously already upset so why would you want to compound it? I’m sure she already knows that it is unprofessional and completely inappropriate for her to be bringing her personal problems into work.

If either of them were supposed to be supervising kid and they weren't, that would be something to report.

Yes my ex husband was a fucking cunt, yes he was an abuser and yes i was at the end of tether but not once did i think it was ok to use language like that near any children and certainly never in my classroom. I can't you are making excuses for such behaviour . It is never right or acceptable for those words to be used in a school. The standards are falling dramatically in this country.

I'm wondering where you work that staff don't swear at each other like this when the kids aren't around. Every teacher I've ever met in every school has been foul mouthed as soon as there's no kids around.

"Every teacher I've ever met in every school has been foul mouthed as soon as there's no kids around."
Sorry but this is not my experience. If a teacher swore in his workplace something quite spectacular and out of the ordinary would have happened. All the more reason to communicate with the person. Now mind you, she might owe you excuses, but not explanations.

I think you should mind your own business.
Just a thought though, there's been a few suggestions to check that she is OK. If it had been him swearing at her would you be checking that he was OK? Or would he be labelled an abuser?

If a child heard, then a parent should report it. But I don’t think you should report it. It wasn’t great, but it seems only another adult heard it - you. Therefore, no harm done. I think at most you should speak to the colleague and tell her that you heard her swear, but that all.

I've been a teacher for 20 years, no one has ever accused me of being a professional, it's highly, highly offensive. Don't tar us all with that brush please.