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Furious with teacher for saying this

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Migsy1 · 05/05/2014 12:33

My eldest DS has a teacher who clearly hates teaching the class (yr 6). The teacher says inappropriate things and the worst one he has said to my DS in front of all the other children is "All the teachers say that your DB (yr 3) is lazy and you are too so it must be a family trait."
I am absolutely furious. Both my DSs struggle at school because they are dyslexic and the youngest became very disengaged at one point because the school failed to understand, and properly address, his problems. I am just incredulous that a teacher would say something like this and in this way about a pupil's younger sibling.

Numerous parents have complained about this teacher and yet his behaviour remains unchanged. I'm also annoyed that my youngest DS has been discussed in the staff room in this way although I can live with that element of it.
What do I do?

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purplelilac · 05/05/2014 17:44

It was Migsy but I really didn't want them to get away with it. Other parents also had concerns but were too scared to raise complaints because of the way the staff treated you if you did complain. I hope the school think twice now and actually listen to those with concerns rather than just ignoring or denying the issues.

It was hard to complain and to stick with it after being threatened but I feel strongly about unfairness and injustice and if my actions improve things for another child then it will have been worth it.

Itsfab · 05/05/2014 17:50

He is a bully.

Head teacher.
LEA
As high as you can.
Police for advice. He is assaulting the children by stamping on their feet.

There is a teacher at a particular school we used to send out children too and no way would we go back there due to her. She was a complete bitch.

Bad teachers can ruin children's futures. It isn't just a few weeks. It could be his whole life if he is emotionally damaged and it will affect his younger brother too. He will be worrying he is going to get this bully.

RedRoom · 05/05/2014 18:49

I'm still shocked that he said 'all the teachers say...' because to tell a child that his teachers have all been talking negatively about his family is just awful. And in front of the rest of the class, too! I wouldn't hesitate in reporting it. People who belittle children have no place in classrooms.

nonicknameseemsavailable · 05/05/2014 21:23

is there not something that if a certain number of people complain about one particular member of staff to Ofsted or the LEA or something (I can't remember) then they have to be investigated? I am sure that is what a teacher told me last year sometime.

starlight1234 · 05/05/2014 21:29

I wrote in my English book about a teacher comparing me to my goody two shoes sister ..It was taken very seriously...and that was a very long time ago.

EustaciaVye · 05/05/2014 21:36

Teach your children that the only way to stand up to bullies it to stand up to them.

Report to the Head. He may well be going through disciplinary process if he is that bad and your report could help the Head with that process. At the very least, it will be on record and you could raise it nearer the time when your younger son moves up.

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