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School safeguarding issue

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Raa232507 · 23/04/2026 10:05

Hi everyone
I need some advice please.
I have a daughter in primary school, she’s in year one. She’s speech delayed and has EHCP in place. Her 1-1 support teaching assistant that she’s had since September in the 3 hour mornings has been off sick for over 2 months.

When I asked my daughter just having a normal conversation with her, “Did you see Miss A today”, my daughter said “yes”, I asked her where she replied saying “spoke on the phone”. I brushed it off at first, this was 3 months ago.

Last week I bumped into this teaching assistant in a shop, and she stopped me and asked to go to her house for a coffee and catch up, which I tried to refuse nicest way possible twice. We’re not friends we just have a professional relationship inside of school. Anyways, I went to her house and stayed there just 10 mins.

At the end before I left, she turned around and said to me “I saw your daughter yesterday”, I ask her how as she’s been off school for over 2 months, she said “on a video call, it’s happened a few times where I see her on a video call”.

I decided to leave her house, and the next day I went to the school and spoke to sendco to report everything. What I’m asking is, as a parent please I need advice what more would you do where your child has been put on video calls without my consent to people outside of school premises, by another teacher inside school.

Any advice is much appreciated as this has been very traumatising to me, and it’s a very safeguarding issue for my daughter.

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Cairneyes · 23/04/2026 18:56

Lunde · 23/04/2026 15:37

How is your DD making these video calls in school time to the TA without the staff being aware?

Agree, it’s impossible! The most reasonable answer is that the calls have been arranged between the class teacher and TA so that the TA and pupil can keep in touch during an extended period of absence. Some children with additional needs do become attached to their TA and the contact might provide some reassurance.

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