If a child discloses they feel unsafe when dad collects them from school, what should teachers do?

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Currently having major issues with DD going to overnight contact. She is scared and doesn't want to go. Clearly has articulated the reasons as to why to her father also but he refuses to listen to her.
Current contact is EOW Saturday to Sunday, one night. Handovers have been utterly awful.
I have submitted an application back to court to get the matter varied back to day contact, however still need to make her available for the current contact as awful as it is :( I am completely stuck.
I suggested a school pick up to DD instead as the problem is she becomes inconsolable at handovers when I am there.. it is also not a handover issue, it is a contact issue. Nevertheless, DD has told me that she will cry and scream and tell her teachers she doesn't feel safe going. Before I suggest this to her father, I was just wondering what the school would do if DD disclosed this upon pick up? would they make her go? keep her in the classroom and call me? The school are aware of the domestic history and do not think much of dad as he has called them ranting and raving about me etc. First day back of term today so not likely to get a call from school today so just wanted to know if anyone had experience of this.

I missed that the judge (despite all the evidence) said contact was in the child's best interest. So, safeguarding at school, social services, the GP and the police have been ineffective against a single Judge.

I did. I mean urgent TODAY.

@CharlotteBog As bad as this may sound, this wouldn't be urgent in the courts opinion. Not in the sense of being seen the same day.

What is private law? ( sorry, lived out of UK a long time and only understand what I see on 24 hours in police custody etc)

Private law means that the applicant is a parent or carer or other relative. Social services might be involved but not usually as a result of the court proceedings. Public law is also known as care proceedings where the applicant is the local authority. A local authority can't apply for a hearing in private proceedings.

It wouldn’t be seen as urgent. 🤷‍♀️

If I were you I would try to make the handover happen in a public place with witnesses eg at a children's centre or library
You take daughter there and read to her and then dad comes to collect. If he can't persuade her to leave with him it's on her. If he has to pick her up and drag her off crying you have witnesses to this.

Lots of opinions on this thread which I'm grateful for but ultimately I have been in court proceedings with her father for almost all of her life. I've read and heard what's been said about me. The accusations of parental alienation. I've breached a court order in the very early days and was fortunately supported by cafcass at that time as we had a brilliant cafcass officer. This time around we have a biased Guardian who went against a professional recommendation of no overnight contact and recommended overnight contact based on the fact she believed I would look for any excuse to stop contact...

This time around, I've taken DD to every contact. Tried to encourage her to go, promoted him and contact to her, arranged third parties to do handovers because DD doesn't let go of me if I do.. I've explored a school handover. I've tried to get him to agree to day contact before attempting overnights again. I've returned the matter back to Court without any breach of the order. This I feel or I at least hope puts me in a far stronger and credible position to getting the overnights stopped.

Well done OP, wish there was something that could be done to help. I have seen reports of mothers successfully requesting a change of guardian, it might be something to think about if this goes on.

I’m so sorry love

Yes. This is how it works. And protective mothers accused of parental alienation have to make every move with the potential future prospect of this type of judge concluding that THEY are the problem, not the father who has committed proven abuse.

This doesn't surprise me.

Why do cafcass often blindly believe a Mother.