Hi,
so I want some views on how you would feel if this was you and your steps on what you would do?
ive been in a school community now 8+ years and had a great few years, I’d help on trips, and help with home work that was needed extra for my son I’d be on top, helped at PTA events, never had any issues with any teachers was just a good few easy going years ,for it all to change 2.4 years ago, a new head took over quite young (first head teaching job) seemed so very lovely at first, like too lovely! I even started working as a dinner lady she asked me, then things were unsettling just how unprofessional she was… things she would say, like if there was a fire it would depend what child was left in the building if she was to go in a help get them out, even said about how her and the receptionist had discussed how parent couple, have sex?
I resigned, anyway a couple of months later, I had experience some unpleasant behaviour from some parents (who were dinner staff aswel), so I called for a meeting with the head and also the pre school manager as shr is safeguarding lead so attends a lot of complaint meetings.
I disclosed some information on these people, while in the meeting, and her response straight away, without me even saying what my feelings are about her talking to them about it, was that she wasn’t going ti talk ti them about this, as not seen evidence but if I’m really concerned make some other referrals (which I didn’t as I’m not like that it was the fact she had manipulated me into opening up) …. To then then very next day mid morning my husband received a phone from the one of the people’s partner I complained about, threatening him and telling
him that the head told his partner everything I said, he worded it!
then when I tried ringing school, the head wouldn’t come to the phone and said she was in meetings all day, that has never happened she normally rings you straight back, so she had a guilty conscience and already knew why I was calling, and was avoiding me. So I emailed asking why she spoke to them when she said she wouldn’t, she replied that she had a duty to speak to them about it for safeguarding reasons. For one, why didn’t she say that to me in the meeting? She didn’t she said she wouldn’t….. I’ve been subjected to so much abuse since to the point I’m having to move out the village I live, I’ve moved my kids out the school, I’ve complained to the ICO and went through the governors but they never got any thing done, after requesting a meeting after I wasn’t happy with there response to my formal complaint I had written in regarding to the data breach, they kept trying to get me in a meeting alone,even when my doctor had told me to take a advocate any time I go there after what had happened since the complaint , I’ve had a mental breakdown, under IAPT - crisis team. I never ended up getting a meeting as I was stalled and stalled by them. Then the governors said it was all on hold because I had got solicitors involved, there insurers came back with two statements and they seem to be inconsistent to each other.
The Data protection officer at the council has recently sent me a email to say they are happy to conclude the data breach didn’t happen?
By the evidence provided by the insurers and school?
at first the head has said she can’t remember telling me if she had told me she would need to tell these people of my complaint, in a statement… and she can’t remember if I she told the people my name when she spoke to them.::. Then she has put in second statement that she definitely told me she would be speaking to them about my complaint (LIES - her words was I am not going to talk to them about this- olease
make your own referrals) and that she definitely didnt disclose my name and they assumed it was me? …… how can the council conclude this isn’t a data breach, with this sort of inconsistency…. But my solicitor pointed out the inconsistencies and is now awaiting advice from a barrister.
any views or advice welcomed