to expect DD's school to inform parents that their children had been in a bus crash rather than encourage the children not to tell their parents?

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Also, banging your head can be quite serious - the parents of those who banged their heads should definitely have been told incase there were any signs of concussion later on!

Falling on a bus can be quite serious - I've been on a bus where someone has broken thier arm falling when the bus braked hard.

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I am absolutely fuming on your behalf.

Accidents happen. The school should have done a letter explaining what had happened. Telling the children to lie in a roundabout way? Totally unacceptable and I would be making the biggest fuss going, how can you trust the school again?

My son came home with a note today to say he had had a bump on his head at play time. He has a bump and a bruise but is fine. If our school can do that your school can bloody well do a note explaining there was a crash and the children probably were too much in shock to say they were fine.

Un- bloody- believable.

This is a massive over reaction. You are assuming that your daughter has related everything verbatim. I can easily imagine a scenario where a head says that,"We have all had a scary experience today but lets remeber that we had fun too and don,t forget to tell your parents about the good times as well." We go on loads of trips on public transport, if we din't the cost of trips would be prohibitive and the educational experience far poorer.

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I truly feel this should be reported, though obviously you need to find out what was said, but regardless there should have been a letter sent home.

I cannot believe how badly the Head is (not?) handling this. OK, accidents happen, no one would have thought about suing initially, but it is the Head's actions that are TOTALLY out-of-order here. And to slink off home early yesterday, presumably to avoid parents, and "be unavailable" today is professional suicide. It's just postponing the inevitable. Does she think that by Monday you'll have decided to forget it?
I would have serious doubts as to whether she is fit for her job after the way she has (not) handled this one. She has turned a minor event into a massive one, in my book.

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I agree with Bamboo, my first thought ws that the head was trying to distract them form the distressing part of the day!

I do think parents should have been informed though and that head injury leaflets should have been printed off and handed out. Even an apparnelty minor bump can go wrong. I am sure the school were worried about image but their image would be worse if a child got ill from an undisclosed head injury!

I also thought that they had to be seated with belts so I would guess you can take that up with someone as well as the lack of disclosure. I would be careful about the "secret" bit though, it sounds like it could be mistaken intention to me!

Did they not explain that he trip was on public transport ?...did you sign a letter to attend the trip with info on details of trip on public transprort and did you allow this? (if incorrect, they are being unsafe, you have rights). Was there a first aider to check the kids were okay. I am not standing up for the school, public transport gets busy, so may get busy...so will stand. On the other hand, if a child was injured....this is neglecting there saftey. There should have been a saftey check made b4 they went on the trip.

Outrageous that the head should be encouraging children to lie to their parents. AND that the LEA should be so lax about it - how dare they refuse to tell you what the guidelines are?!

I suspect SS and Ofsted would take a dim view of a childminder, for instance, who didn't bother to tell the parents that one of their charges had hit their head when a bus collided with a car. Can't see that it's any different for a school.

Years ago my little sister's headteacher tried to hush up an actual proper coach crash during a school trip. Apparently all the (primary age) children were given very strict instructions that they were NOT to say anything. As if the parents wouldn't wonder why they were two hours late back...

vixma, you see, I don't reckon that's the issue here. There are all sorts of ways to go on a trip. Not sure if the OP was aware that it wasn't on a coach with seats and belts or not, but this Head's major crime in my book, is that not only did she not inform the parents that there had been an (albeit minor) accident involving some bumped heads, but she seems to have told the kids NOT TO MENTION IT EITHER!
Unbelievable!

Any developments today? Or was the Head busy again?