I’m really struggling with my 10yo daughters school,
We moved up to Cheshire two years ago and she got into a school that I wasn’t happy with.
I was advised to take the place from the council then try and do a in year admissions to change schools if unhappy.
She’s so unhappy, comes home crying I’d say most days. The teachers are so mean and strict there . To the point I’d say they single her out. She’s been bullied by various children. Each time a incident happens the teacher puts her in the same room as the offender and they all talk it out. Last week a child threatens to punch her in the head and she has told me not to say anything as she’s to scared. The teachers pick on her for anything. They latest issue was her cardigan is to bright. I ordered a darker colour and they sent the wrong shade so she has to wear them until the slightly darker colour are available. The problem was the head shouting at her first thing in the morning when she went in, I could write a book about all the awful things that have occurred at her school.
This year her younger sister started reception . I couldn’t send her to the same school as my older daughter. We are a 35 min walk from my eldest as school and 10 mins from my youngest.
I made a in year application to my youngest daughters school in the hope that she would get a place, online it said there was availability.
Unfortunately the council forgot the application and the place has been filled.
I’m really not sure what to do anymore. I worry so much about my eldest’s mental health and confidence attending her current school. She was doing so well at school before we moved house and she started her current one.
I’ve made application to 4 other schools in the past two years. None had places.
I’d love them to be at the same school , also because I can’t physically get them to the schools in time and collect because of the distance. I’m appealing the decision the school made to not offer a place. Is there anything else I can do in the meantime. I don’t want to send my daughter to school where she’s unhappy and being bullied, but I’m also not in a position to homeschool and no places at any schools we can get to.
Every time I complain to current school about a incident, it’s dealt with by teachers (as above)
Next week something else happens. They’ve said it’s not bullying because Bullying happens when It’s one person repeating the bullying. It’s physical like hair pulling, pushing and also saying nasty things.