Safeguarding from school

[Kayla8836]

Hi I'm looking for advice if anyone has had a similar issue I feel like I'm getting no where. My daughter who is in year 8 was attacked last month by and other student in class which resulted in her getting a black eye because the female teacher was to scared to break up the fight it took for a male teacher to have to come in to get this student of my child, I have been reporting problems of bullying with this school since last year telling them names but some how this student was allowed to sit next to my child there is currently 10 girls who are trying to intimidate my child this school can not keep my child safe at all and my child over heard the faulty talking about the other student saying they can't get rid of her because of certain things. I've called liverpool city council no help been to school meeting no help welfare pretty much no help telling me to ring round the schools and see if they have places. I've took her the doctors because my child's mental health has been really affected she broke down in front of the doctor who basically told me they'll do a note explaining she's not feeling safe in this school. My question is what else can I do, I'm thinking of contacting the police as it was an assault and ofsted as the teachers are inadequate to break up fights and keep my child safe any advice would be great. I've have also asked the school for work but had no reply so she's currently keeping up with home work and doing bitesize work to show evidence, she really wants to be in a school and is crying everyday asking I'd I found her one she's a great kid and doesn't deserve this don't see why these kids have a problem.with her she's keeps away from them I just feel as a mother helpless. Please please anyone one with advice x

Have you contacted schools directly? Ask to be put on waiting lists if they are full. Some councils can be slow to sort out in-year transfer.

I'm sorry that you and your daughter had to go through this and are still without a suitable and safe school place.

Not sharing details of other parents is not a school decision. It’s the law.

The behaviour in schools is escalating at the rate of knots, often with little or no consequences and despite the best efforts of teachers on the ground. If SLT don’t back up the people in the classrooms, it’s a lose-lose situation.

I’ve frequently put myself in between children this academic year. This is not okay and I don’t condemn the teachers who choose not to do this. We should be questioning how on earth we got in this sorry mess and why children are behaving in this way, not questioning why people aren’t willingly putting themselves in harms way.

Can I just clarify I don't expect the teacher to be attacked my point was that it shouldn't of had to escalate to an attack had that teacher got involved and either moved that student or even my child out the class I'd rather that than what happened as stated the school has a strict policy of children talking in class abd they get detentions this teacher didn't even try to stop this altercation had she of done so it might not of got to that point it did and as far as I am aware this teacher can not keep a hold of the class and that the children feel they can mess about her approach is obviously not working and it was the head of year who openly said she was to scared to get involved but I'm sorry I do not put my child In to school to fear for her safety specially when I have made it clear from last year about the bullying these kids think they are untouchable and it's kids like mine who suffer. And my child wants to go to school I'm worried about her mental health I took her to see the doctor abd she broke down as mother this is heartbreaking and ill make this point again the teacher could of de escalate that situation where it didn't have to get into what it was there was about 3 to 4 mins of back and forth with this kid and now my child's mental health is suffering so you no that's my point.

Your child's mental health is suffering because of a bully who chose to attack her. It is not the teacher's fault. Yes, it's possible that she could have handled it better (I don't know because I wasn't there. And neither were you). But stop blaming this teacher as that won't get either of you anywhere.

I just want to add a point of caution, that moving schools do not always resolve these issues. Social media is now a huge problem. My daughter moved over a county border and unfortunately the bullies made contact people at her new school, and spread the same rumours, name calling, "muggies" etc there. Within a month, all my daughter's new friends turned on her.

This is why I chose to fight the system. An earlier poster is correct, the attacker won't be excluded now as it's too late. But the school can start to put measures in place.

So by all means move her and hopefully the new school will be a much better experience for her. But if any of this bullying is spilling out into social media, it won't stop it I'm afraid.