RTS reviews

[Kgala]

Hi there. What do you think about RTS school (The Richmond upon Thames School)? Thank you

I’m so sorry you and your child have also experienced similar at another school. Then you have the likes of people like @cottonrich in this thread that want to talk on things they know nothing about and say I’m wrong for giving my opinion on the school. Not even replying to the small minded person anymore. Maybe they should take a good look and see it is a thing and schools do mistreat SEN kids and I’m not the only parent and certainly won’t be the last to experience it!

Bore off and stop telling me what experiences I’ve had or what staff members have been involved. I’ve listed a couple of incidents. You know NOTHING. Only me and my child, the head teacher and the local MP do.

No, "schools" don't mistreat kids. Sometimes individual teachers mistreat kids, and need to be complained about and dealt with, but that doesn't justify tarnishing a whole school with the same brush.

Also, sometimes children say things to their parents that aren't true, or which they have misinterpreted. You have only heard your son's side of the story. If the other child in your son's fight wasn't suspended then it's because there was no evidence that they did something wrong. Alternatively, if the other child was punished, then it would be against GDPR for the school to tell you what the punishment was.

The local MP will remain neutral. If you have asked for their help then they will write to the school and ask them to comment, that's all. The school will then give their side of the story, which will no doubt appear perfectly reasonable. Job done.

You would be better off following the school's formal complaint procedure and, if necessary, escalating to the Governing Body, then, if still necessary, Ofsted.

However, if you write your complaint in the same terms that you've posted here you won't get very far because you will appear malicious and unreasonable.

There was evidence I was not allowed to review it but after I threatened to get the police involved and the deputy head confirmed he reviewed the cctv and confirmed my son was struck not once but THREE times before retaliating whilst standing near the top of the stairs which may I add could of caused a life changing injury had he fallen down those stairs…now I suggest unless your willing to review your true identity you stop hiding behind a keyboard talking about my autistic child. If you want to carry on then reveal who you are and we can have this discussion in person. My child, as do many other autistic children find it almost impossible to lie. He tells me things very literally…even when he’s done something wrong. When I’ve questioned if he’s said something that has been alleged he will admit it. I don’t need to justify anything to you so I suggest you either stop being a keyboard warrior or tell me who you are and say all this to my face see if your that brave in person

@mummatotwo91 Have you lodged a formal complaint following the school's complaint procedure? If you do, then all the evidence will be reviewed independently. If it turns out that the event was mishandled then you can expect an apology from the members of staff involved. That is the correct way to deal with this.

That’s the whole thing catchment areas are such that we don’t have a choice in Twickenham really so we have the make the best of where our children are
No school is perfect and obviously how happy your child is at school is all we as parents really care about

Exactly. In a state school system you can't really expect 'choice' unless you mean choice about moving house or going private, which many can't afford. You can express a preference, but there aren't enough surplus places for everyone's preferences to be met. So it's in everybody's interests to support their local schools. School staff don't get everything right - far from it - but slagging schools off on social media makes things worse, not better. Teachers read the reviews too and don't want to work at schools with mud-slinging parents. All schools have some teachers that are better than others, but they can't manage out underperforming teachers if they're not confident of being able to replace them.