Advice wanted!?!

[Alicia3]

Hi
Thanks all for reading.
I'm just after abit of advice .
When I picked my daughter up from school last week the teacher came over and said..'there has been an incident during class but I'll let her tell you. The headteacher is now dealing with it.'
That was it...! I then asked my daughter and she said a certain boy had touched her private parts?!? I was absolutely mortified. Mortified at the fact the teacher only said that short speech..and beside myself that this has happened to my precious first born and I wasn't there to protect her.
It's only because I emailed the headteacher asking what's happening and if it's been dealt with that she has confirmed it's being dealt with, she said she can assure me it's been dealt with but how do I know this? Also how do I know that it's not going to happen again..Im just going over and over things in my head, could I have protected her more??

Many thanks guys. X

Have they confirmed that that is what happened? If so I'd be asking for an in-person meeting about how it happened and what they are doing to prevent it happening again.

It is a safeguarding issue and to absolutely make sure it goes on their books as that I would email the headteacher and refer to the event in that email and ask for an in person meeting to confirm what they will be doing to ensure your child is safe going forward.

The fact that the teacher ducked out of telling you is appalling and you should have been told in person by the DSL (designated safeguard lead) or a deputy. I would also be mentioning that in the email as to how it has been dealt with. It is a while since I have done safeguarding training for a primary but no way should a child tell you what happened if the school already knew.

Have a look on the school website to see their safeguarding policy and what steps they should be following. They cannot tell you anything specific about the other child only things in relation to keeping your child safe.