School children should not have access to each others records.

[MitsubishiWarrioress]

DS has come home on a state.

He had massive anger management issues for several years (he is now 12), but we have worked really hard and apart from pre -teen angst I am very proud of the progress he has made in learning to control his anger.

His Junior school were not massively supportive and when we had CAMHS and SS involved, they denied he had any issues that affected him at school. However today, DS's senior school class mates have accessed his file, and the junior school had put it on record that he had SEN and that he had behavioural issues. He has been teased about this today and in his words feels betrayed and let down by the teachers at his old school.

Apparently it is relatively easy to access each others files at school.

Is this normal? DS has admitted to looking at other's, which I think is equally wrong.

Would the junior school not have had to tell me what they were putting on his file?

Is it likely that I will be able to appeal for this to be taken off. In DS's first parents evening, he got a glowing report and it was a testimony to the clean start and break that he had made.

He was so unhappy at junior school at one point that he refused to go. It was insinuated that he was manipulative and fabricating the bullying that was taken place. He was't. I want to nip this in the bud as soon as possible to keep him on the even keel that he has achieved.

He is so sad tonight and feels he is being shadowed by the past.

Mitts, you need to make sure that you follow up any verbal conversations with a letter that states. In view of our conversation on (date, time, method eg phone/email) when we discussed (what discussed) I understand that (what they intend to do/will happen).
Get it signed and dated and ask for either a copy to be signed or a response. Keep a copy for you.
I would write a letter of complaint to the head of school, the board of goveners and the LEA and express your concerns over the fact that it has happened, officially asking what the school intend to do to rectify the issue and when you expect them to have done this by. Include a copy of the letter that you sent following your meeting. The school will have to get things done very quickly and there is no way of getting out of it if the main letter is to the school with a cc to governers and lea. The LEA will not be impressed as it is a major breach of data protection which, i believe, carries a very substainial fine. There will also be questions about the security of the system outside of the school, can anyone off site gain access.

Hope you get this sorted asap. But get the letters done this weekend. i am writing a few of my own following events that have occcured and can give you mine as a back up if you like.