My child was hit by a pen, thrown by a teacher

[Tiredallthetimelaura]

So my daughter who is in year 8 was in a lesson when her teacher 'cold called' her a question. My daughter responded she didn't know the answer and the teacher then threw a highlighter pen at her, hitting her on the arm. The teacher then did it again to another student, also hitting them on the arm. We have reached level 2 of a complaint, but it's always investigated by management within the academy. The school keep down playing what happened and not investigating what we ask. This teacher is still teaching, although my daughter isn't going in on the day of that lesson, which is greatly affecting her attendance. The school said they would move my daughter so she could do a different lesson (double Maths or double English), but we said no! This feels like a punishment to our daughter. She wants to do that lesson, just not with that teacher... and we agree.
Any advice on what/how the school legally should be handling this? Happy to answer any further questions Xx

Very few people have addressed the most shocking aspect of this whole thing - that the OP cavassed statements from 20 of the kids (only 20? Did she disregard those that did not please her?). Without the knowledge or blessing of the school. Making the teacher some sort of bogey woman. Encouraging gossip. Purely verbal evidence of young kids who are easily swayed by the opinion of their peers. Checks and balances in the "statements'" canvassing? Surely the teacher may have grounds to sue for defamation if what has been alleged is untrue.
The teacher should be very sure of her allegations and prepared to defend her actions. If I were her, I'd pull my head in and desist from poking the bear. Behave like a reasonable human being, talk it through with the school, shake hands and get it over with.

Yeah it's always women torturing small animals for pleasure isn't it? Definitely not boys and men, who may well be on a pathway to worse things. Definitely women doing all the raping and the murdering, we're just such sadists!

In the 70’s we had a teacher who would throw books at the boy’s heads.

So let the teacher apologise, let your child do her music lesson and move on..

My children wouldn't even have told me about this and they would certainly have been utterly mortified had I behaved like the OP.

Somehow I don't think that would be enough for the op.

Maybe I’m a terrible mother but I would have asked why they didn’t catch it.

Oh not a PEN
Leave it op you've made your point what you expecting to happen?

Op please consider that just maybe your daughter is being a touch dramatic and possibly her friends are as well. Teens love a drama. I also seriously doubt everyone was talking about it. It’s the sort of “drama” that teens love.

The teacher should not have thrown the pen, but there is every chance it was a daft misjudged game.

If the teacher has apologised then that should be enough otherwise change schools. You aren’t going to get the school to back down on this.

I know, she is making life harder for herself, the school and her daughter.

Really a fuss over nothing. We're becoming a country of wimps.

Not always , read my post at 8.34 this morning .

This happened to us in the 60`s as well as being given the strap. This is violent behaviour and child bullying and should never be tolerated. Good teachers earn the respect of their pupils, poor teachers resort to this type of behaviour.

If you threw a pen at a colleague in anger at work, I can't see it going down very well; at the very least, the pen-thrower would get a warning. Let's not forget, this teacher was 'at work' when she threw the pen.

pollyglot · Today 08:36

ERRATUM...

Very few people have addressed the most shocking aspect of this whole thing - that the OP cavassed statements from 20 of the kids (only 20? Did she disregard those that did not please her?). Without the knowledge or blessing of the school. Making the teacher some sort of bogey woman. Encouraging gossip. Purely verbal evidence of young kids who are easily swayed by the opinion of their peers. Checks and balances in the "statements'" canvassing? Surely the teacher may have grounds to sue for defamation if what has been alleged is untrue.

The O.P. (of course) should be very sure of her allegations and prepared to defend her actions. If I were her, I'd pull my head in and desist from poking the bear. Behave like a reasonable human being, talk it through with the school, shake hands and get it over with.
Edited

It was a game.

Ffs it's stuff like this that means I'm hand holding my 16 year old niece through the most simple things in life.

Thank God my kids are more resilient.

Complain culture to the max.

Accept the apology and move on. It was a pen and poor judgement from the teacher. I think you have caused enough agro that she won't be doing it again. Get your kid back in class. If anyone is punishing her it's you by keeping her away and not teaching her how to deal with things correctly.

Me too!

Can’t believe the drama of this. Actually, some of the parents I deal with in my job, I can.

“The whole school ended up talking about it”… I had a bit of sympathy until I read that, this sounds really exaggerated. Think you need to just move on.

I used to play a similar game when I was a teacher about 10 years ago. I was also head of year.
I used to pretend I really needed a pen whilst seated at my desk. I'd ask a student to throw one to me. When the student did so I would move suddenly so it hit me on the arm or torso and shout "omg you assaulted me with a weapon I'm going to have you excluded."
Then we all laughed. I only did it with older students who had a sense of humour, often kids who had been naughty -the on report types.
It was particularly funny because the students believed wrongly, that as a HOY I could exclude them.
I do think having a laugh helps in school.

Has no one mentioned PTSD yet ? I need that for my bingo card

They also you’d to belt dc with no impunity.

your experience is one of assault.

Cannot believe the number of people taking this seriously. Think yourself lucky you weren't the target of a heavy wooden blackboard eraser lobbed with deadly accuracy by our geography teacher!! None of us were scarred for life emotionally, and if we'd whinged to our parents, we'd have been told we probably deserved it for being cheeky or not paying attention.

I've worked in a professional office environment for 40 years and have never known anyone get a warning for throwing a pen. 😂

It happens occasionally and barely raises a comment.

Would they?

How long have you worked in HR?