do I complain about class teacher?

[Updownandaround1]

Class teacher Is new, training in her first year, she was a TA from another school and started in September.

This term 3 children have left, 2 huge parent complaints against said teacher and myself and other class TA want to move to another class because we can't stand her.

The teacher, dresses in head to toe in very expensive designer gear...the clothes are against our staff handbook as lots of our children and families are PP. I would love to wear nice things but it's a primary school, and some of our kids do not even have a coat!

She flirts heavily with the very young PE teacher, leading him on. It's becoming more and more embarrassing and very obvious to us other staff members she's leading him on for her own self gratification.

One pupil she knows from another school, she has let him do nothing for weeks, takes him off for daily for chats, and talks to him like he's a mate. Yesterday he stuck a post it note on her forehead, and is now kicking off daily because he needs to do some work, and he cant handle female relationships, the child is under SS and I think she's crossing boundaries with a child who already has attachment issues and has now made a rod for her own back.

Other class TA has had an awful health shock, incredibly serious and we are all very very worried and upset. Class teacher has made serveal jokes at her expense in class, in front of children and carries when she's not in, then has the audacity in the next breath to talk to the children about their behaviour.

Class teacher goes off and cries often, and her long standing partner has left her. She snaps at us and then messages other TA to apologise.

I have big concerns about this teacher and she's only been here for 2 terms.

I want to raise it with headteacher of whom I have a brilliant relationship with, but I realise it's big big accusations I'm making.

I worked in a school where we weren’t allowed to wear obviously branded clothing so that could be a thing, not just someone having a pop. You should definitely speak to someone about your general concerns.

This is exactly what I think as well.

I agree with this. What staff handbook dictates that teachers shouldn’t wear designer clothing? I’d be interested to see the wording of it.

The pe teacher and thedesigner clothing are inconsequential

SLT will be aware of any big complaints and children leaving.This does not mean they consider they xonsider the complaints justified,Parents complain about ridiculous stuff all the time.
With regard to the SN child who you believe is being inappropriately managed, she will in my experience have been informedhow to manage him by the SENCO or the SLT or his individual plan. He sounds like a traumatised child who the teacher is trying to build a relationship with.You as TA will not be party to all the info she has about the child.
I feel really sorry for this poor woman. It feels like you and the other|TA are totally unsupportive, and it seems like jealous backbiting to me. Seen it many, many times,

Start raising low level concerns. Get a paper trail going.

but also check your own feelings. Are you really seeing what you’re seeing or are you being overly judgmental?

what she wears has zero bearing on her ability to do her job - this suggests maybe you’ve made up your mind about her and are being overly critical.

so what actually ARE your valid complaints?
She is not giving the new child enough work? That is the only thing i can pull out of your post.

A lot of this just sounds ridiculously bitchy

I’m not sure you can dislike someone for wearing ‘designer clothes’ how do you know they aren’t imitations. You are watching her clothing way too hard!

You need to be incredibly careful. Sort out your actual complaints from your dislike of her personality, keep a record. And stop gossiping.

You fancy the P.E teacher 😂(joke)

No, YABU. It is her first year.

I’m surely not the only one who doesn’t believe a word of this post.

OP@Updownandaround1 you really shouldn’t be posting this sort of thing at this level of detail on a public forum..you should know you are acting very unprofessionally, there are clear pathways for reporting or discussing concerns within a school setting.

If any of this is even partially true the school management will be aware.
Give a light touch concern.

I’m MORE concerned that you are unable to decide whether to make a report about a member of staff without reaching out to strangers on the internet. Haven’t you had safeguarding training? Doesn’t your handbook offer a process to follow if you want to complain about a member of staff?

if my child was in your class I’d think you completely unsuitable for the role of TA. I say that as a parent of a child who had a 1-1 TA for a number of years.

Perhaps focus more on your own personal and professional development rather than orchestrating a campaign against a trainee member of staff who most definitely will be closely monitored by more qualified professionals.

This is how workplaces turn toxic.

YABU for the designer clothes comment. Overall, you sound quite envious.

What are your qualifications for judging her in the way you do? Just because you don’t like a colleague doesn’t mean she’s a bad teacher.

This term 3 children have left, 2 huge parent complaints against said teacher

You shouldn't know any of this, it is a major data breach

and myself and other class TA want to move to another class because we can't stand her.
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I want to raise it with headteacher of whom I have a brilliant relationship with

I wonder if you have had your own way to long and are miffed that someone isn't doing things your way.

However.
Safeguarding concerns should be reported.
As should professional misconduct.

How can you possibly know all this?
What she wears is none of your business.

I trained to be a teacher in 1970s.
Teacher training, then, was v thorough (well, mine was).
Not to say that some v "green" or even "inappropriate" folks got through & needed to be weeded out later.

But we trained, in College, minimum 3years (I did a 4th B.Ed), with yearly sets of teaching practice, before we were allowed to be let loose.

That's not how it's done now.

"We're Sick of Experts!", and "Let People Train on The Job!" has led to numbers of unsuitable, unvetted people being allowed access to the classroom - and to your children - with little quality-barriers from experts in the field, aka teacher-educators who've been largely sidelined.

dearest Updownandaround,
from very personal experience, I would guess that your headteacher will be very glad indeed to hear from you.

The more that parents report their genuine experience and concerns to the headteacher, the more empowered will the school's Management Team, including the Governing body, be to take action to remove, as quickly as possible, people who should not be in front of a classroom.

Good luck with it.

Unfortunately a lot of heads have got absolutely zilch budget so will accept totally dreadful practice because they just cannot afford any alternative. Heads were devastated 5 years ago to be forced to replace all experience staff who leave with NQTs, now they are being replaced with TAs.

You must raise your concerns keep things factual. No idea why what she wears is determined by the fact their are PP kids.

You appear to have concerns over safeguarding so assuming this is real, I am flummoxed as to why you need to ask on mumsnet if you should bother to report those to someone within the school. I truly hope all the staff at my child’s school know better than this.

Imagine if the daily mail picks this up and someone from your school recognises it. I'd ask for this thread pulling because the only person who would lose their job over it would be you.

What does PP mean?

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