I'm having a great number of issues at the moment and at my wit's end with what to do.
First point:
DD is just about to finish Y7 in an all girl's school. Having had a bad experience with a boy from primary at the start of the year, it has scared her off boys for what seems to be the rest of her life apparently. However we now have the issue where kids are bored and with hormones ruling their fragile little minds the girls seem to be taking an - in my opinion - unhealthy interest in each other. Whilst I have no prejudice against this kind of relationship I don't feel comfortable with it at this age when they don't necessarily know their own bodies yet nevermind for whatever they seem to be doing. So far, I've caught DD holding hands, kissing other students, seem to be getting caught up in love triangles (somehow) and after a sleepover this weekend I've discovered a hickey.... I'm really disturbed by all this. Aside from that school seems to be supporting it, the library has similar material, teachers seem to deliver lessons around it and seemingly trying to normalise same sex relationships from a young age.
Second point:
The school is rubbish at communicating anything to parents, from events, to general progress, they've just sat a whole set of assessments and didn't even tell the children the dates, some subjects even had no revision materials so preparation was difficult to say the least. Overall we've found there is no way to find out about anything happening in the school, there's no central hub or news page, the calendar is out of date, and teachers seem preoccupied dealing with issues they don't seem to respond to you. DD has asked a few times to move schools now, some days are better than others but she is really depressed here and clearly confused about what's going on having spent 7 years in a small, mixed school where teachers had their finger on the ball.
Third and finally:
As a result I'm wondering whether moving schools would be the option. DD has always enjoyed the company of boys, she has that sense of humour and here I feel she's trying to replace it by pretending to like other girls as you're bullied if you haven't adopted a boy name or attempted to chop your hair off nowadays.
In order to do so I'm going to have to start looking into it but what do you need - a written account of the kinds of problems you've experienced here, would I need something from her with her thoughts and feelings about why she wants to leave?
Do I go through the council to apply or approach the new school directly?
Any advice anyone can offer on this very difficult situation would be freely welcomed, I feel very out of touch with all of this so advice, thoughts, criticism is appreciated.