We've had a letter come home this week telling us that DS's class will be getting a new teacher after Easter. It's the first time I've ever been truly furious with the school. This will be their 5th teacher since September and that's if you don't count all of the random supplies they had for a couple of days.
Since the previous head teacher left it feels like they've been losing staff in droves. At the end of last year DS's teacher became stand in head so he had an string of different supply teachers for the summer term. We were told this year would be better and started the year with 2 job sharing. They both left after the first half term, on a Wednesday midweek! They then had different supplies until parents complained and one was employed until Christmas. After Christmas a new teacher that parents thought was permanent, shes been fantastic. This week we found out she was another supply and they've found a NQT to start after Easter.
DS is struggling, he hates it. He loved school last year, this year up until Christmas we had daily tears about going in, he told me he hated school and hated going, wouldn't tell me anything they were doing in class. Since the new teacher at Christmas he's a different child, doesn't stop talking about his day and what they'll be doing on the next one. His work has come on fantastically since they've had some stability, I've been through his books and you can see the change.
The current teacher interviewed for the permanent post but didn't get it. She's a great teacher, knows and understands the children and they love her. I can't understand why they've made this decision unless it's because the NQT will be cheaper.
I feel like the school aren't considering the children in this at all and they're being let down again and again. The head (who is leaving at the end of the year anyway) just told me over and over that this is better for the children, but frankly that's bollocks isn't it?
I've made it very clear how I feel about this but ultimately there's nothing I can do is there?