Head guilty of Hand S breaches which led to pupil's death .

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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/6925503.stm Can't help thinking that this is the thin end of the wedge as far as our children being given scope to play is concerned. Obviously the accident ahd very sad consequences but how does the financial penalty and a civil case by the parents help ? At what age is it acceptable to expect children to obey out of bounds rules without constant supervision. Does Ofsted apply in Wales ,and if so, if it was such an obviosu hazard why had it not previously been noted as an action point .

Nailpolish some steps are not as dangerous as an uncovered pond.

These ones were. The child is dead. Predictably and preventably.

littlebella, it was an ACCIDENT.

Does Ofsted recommend that MT?

what is the difference between dangerous steps and undangerous steps? all steps are the same

He was not walking down the stairs; he jumped four steps to the bottom of a flight of brick steps. These are the kinds of things that three year olds do when they are not supervised.

Yes NP I agree it was an accident.

A preventable one. One which the HT had a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent. Which he failed to do. Hence the verdict.

I think it's even more sad (and a fact that someone else picked up on) is that he died from MRSA

children jump down steps. its waht children do. they also fall out of trees, fall off bikes, trip over kerbs,

The child did not die directly as a result of the fall. he died becasue of the MRSA he contracted as a result of being in hospital. His skull hadn't been been fractured.

my 4yr old nephew gets picked up by his parent to cross the road

every single time

they say "he has no road sense"

oh i wonder why...

He was in a coma.

Oh I feel sorry for the head teacher its a tragic accident and its very sad but I dont think the head bears resposibility

Lunch time dinner supervisers at school dont have that Ratio they look after much bigger numbers

MRSA could easily have been passed on by his parents/relatives/friends visiting and not washing their hands

or the poor child could have been an MRSA carrier (like most of us in the community actually)

ie dont blame the nurses, thanks v much

Things always have to be someone's fault these days.

It is your choice as a parent but a person working in a school has an obligation to be extra vigilant. They are being "paid" to care for your child.

If this was your child,

Would you feel it was just an awful unpreventable accident?

i certainly would leati

I am never going to let my dcs have friends round ever again just incase one of them falls down my stairs...or should we all go up the stairs together in a crocodile formation?

Gawd! Poor parents. But I fail to see how suing the head will make this any less dreadful. Clearly the head was guilty of negligence according to the law but maybe the law is just being an ass.

It's fairly amazing that my kids are still alive today TBH. Stairs, trampoline, pond, trees to climb, bicycles..... the whole world is just an accident waiting to happen.