Head refuses to reward Year 11’s with a July Prom? Any ideas?

[Mom69]

My DC is in Year 11 and is nearly finished 4 weeks of GCSE exam papers - sometimes with 4 papers/day! The Head has decided not to reward them with with their Prom at the end of July! Parents have offered to organise it, and despite numerous emails the Head has said ‘she has nothing further to say on the matter’. She’s even done a u-turn and will no longer give them a last exam-free day of school together and is escorting them off the premises by 11.45am. I am SO upset for her year group, even last year’s cohort had a final day together! I’m not sure where to turn to escalate it? Any ideas? 😡☹️

Why has she made this decision?

Blimey, what have they done?

Or is it Covid?

Just organise one yourself in a location that is anywhere but the school.
How can they stop you?

Surely if the parents are willing to organise it they can do it as an informal thing, if it doesn’t have official endorsement?

Do schools arrange Proms in the UK? We organised our own independent of the school, but that was a few years ago.

If enough of you want a prom, then do it yourselves. Plenty of places for hire. Personally, I hate the whole US import thing, but if you want it, organise it somewhere else.

One of the schools in a local town has said similar, not organising a prom or celebration party thing. A group of parents have got together and are organising one through the local mums group, school WhatsApp etc etc

The parents at my year 11
DD’s school just arranged it themselves. Why do you have to ask the school? Just arrange it and forget the school.

Our year 11’s have their last exam on the 28th in the afternoon, they leave that day and that is it. It is really shit for year 11’s this year.

She says she doesn’t want to do it where everyone isn’t vaccinated and a bunch of other excuses!

Those aren't excuses. They are sensible.

She won’t give us access to the year group contact details and they leave this Friday ☹️

The children are equally upset at not having a final day together. It just doesn’t make sense when all of this term the Teachers have said they will have it.

What do you do when a Head doesn’t listen to her staff or the students?!

@Mom69

She says she doesn’t want to do it where everyone isn’t vaccinated and a bunch of other excuses!

You know theres still a global pandemic on right?

You know its schools job to educate not plan and provide parties?

@Mom69

She won’t give us access to the year group contact details and they leave this Friday ☹️

The children are equally upset at not having a final day together. It just doesn’t make sense when all of this term the Teachers have said they will have it.

What do you do when a Head doesn’t listen to her staff or the students?!

Of course she cant give out contact details - GDPR for a start.

I don't know of any proms at our local secondary schools this year.

Think my eldest is secretly relieved at no dressing up, not being cool, possible dancing.

All the Secondary schools around here are having proms

Really? When vaccination remains a choice there will never be a scenario when everyone is vaccinated? All the other schools are having a Prom and are able to do it post July when all restrictions are lifted? Sporting venues and festivals are going ahead. So, a year group that has been in the same bubble, performing regular LFT tests in a school with no cases, surely if she wanted to find a way, she could?! What’s wrong with organising it on the understanding that everyone does a test as a pre-requisite to attending?

Absolute madness. I am literally staggered that you think the Head is in the wrong here. And you genuinely think she should hand over the whole year group's confidential contact details?
I support the poor bloody woman wholly - you need to get your priorities straight.

Yes, I totally get that and maybe I was unclear. I meant that we would organise it and she could work with us by handlIng that side of things? I guess what I’m saying is that everything could be possible with a collaboration.

You know that all restrictions will be lifted throughout the country on July 21st yeah?!

I would say it was a bonus, they are over priced and over rated.

Have you not got a parents page on Facebook for the school year group run by parents?
You could set one up and get everyone to invite everyone else to join the page and see if many people are interested?

A prom would be a massive risk. Who would get the blame if several students came down with Covid? I suspect it would be the head, for allowing the prom to go ahead.

I don't think anyone knows when restrictions will be lifted such that a prom is allowed.

So sounds like the head doesn't want to spend time and raise hopes for something that might not happen. Can't blame them really.

Dc’s school isn’t having a prom either.

What if you spend shit loads of money on a venue, food, drink, entertainment, kids get dresses and suits only for restrictions to be tightened again an no groups indoors?

Are you even allowed an event as big as a prom under current restrictions? Bearing in mind you aren’t the only ones, we’re talking every school in the country having big parties for year 6, year 11 and year 12. Not comparable to test events or sporting event.

She's probably prioritising spending time and money on catching children up after lock down. I'm sure she hasn't got time to be party planning as well, or worse, end up somehow responsible if others take over and something goes wrong. Agree you should just organise a party yourselves.