Removing my child from school? Help!

[MeowMiaou]

Re-posting from Chat with different name, sorry for confusion:

Long story, but the long and short of it is that I want to remove my child from school with immediate effect, as I fear for her safety (bullying) and have completely lost faith in the school to take care of her.

I don't want to wait for another school place to come up, I'd rather she didn't go in at all until a new school is found for her. What do I have to do? Do I just put it in writing to the Head? Any advice on how word it? What are the implications?

Thanks.

Legally, if your dd is beyond her 5th birthday but younger than 17, she has to be in full-time education. Which is not to say you can't/shouldn't do what you are proposing (I would do the same in your shoes) but it does mean that you need to state when you withdraw her that you will be home educating her.

Their is a HE board here on mumsnet and I suggest you seek advise on there on what you need to put in place. It doesn't need to be 'formal' education, or that onerous but you may need some sort of plan on paper in case the education service come knocking.

Meow.
I had problems finding the HE thread its under more in the education part of all topics.

I did the same for my son several years ago now.
I informed the school I was withdrawing him to home educate him (and generously, as it isn't actually necessary) reminded them that they would need to inform the relevant bodies in the LA.
I then home-edded DS for about 6months or so before I managed to restore his confidence and found him a new school.
During this time the LA did check up I was actually home-edding him - I showed them work plans, and examples of his work etc and they were quite happy (and very helpful after initital frostiness).
DS is a new child at his new school, he still sometimes talks about when he was bullied at his old school, but his confidence has returned.

I did the same for my sons two weeks before half term. DS2 got knocked down and kicked in the head causing a severe bleed, a black eye and a tooth knocked out in the space of 9 days. I emailed both of them in sick after the tooth, phoned the LEA who advised me of my rights to keep them of for five days without a doctors note and also told me how to apply and visit other schools. You can at anytime write to the school and ask for your child to be withdrawn from the register to homed, you also need to advise county of same.

It has been a big upheaval for us all and as we're a tiny community it has had some repercussions but I have no regrets the DC are settling in really well in a new School

If you're kind you should also write the list of your concerns to the school's board of governors and the LEA. Presumably if your child is at significant risk then potentially other children are too. And that's unacceptable. (That shouldn't have any bearing on your decision to withdraw and home educate your child, which you have every right to do.)

Looking ahead, you may have to appeal to get in to another school, especially if the school you want your daughter to join is a popular one. You should make sure you have as much written evidence as possible to show that your daughter has been bullied and that the school has failed to address the problem. Letters/emails you have sent to the school or they have sent you would be useful.