DS got out of school today

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And I find out from dd, not from a teacher. I can't bloody believe it. Honestly, after everything that has gone on in the last 2 weeks you would have thought they could manage to keep the school secure. Thats pretty basic. He's not going to school tomorrow. He's going to the GP to have his sore bottom (from not wiping his bottom at school) looked at and I will be having him signed off sick. What am I going to do about dd though? Send her again to an unsafe school?

Keep your DS at home until they can prove the school is secure?

Is your dd likely to get out? if not then i would keep her at school.

We are having problems with dd2's school, i spent months (before she started) telling them how all gates will have to be shut but they still leave them open , if dd2 managed to get out i think i would have no choice but to remove her from the school .

Speek to the head and tell him/her that your ds will not be back at school until they can prove that it is secure and will stay secure.

I would put it in writing that should anything happen to your child due to their negligence and ignoring of the warnings about security that you will hold them personally responsible should anything happen to your child. Lay it on the line in black and white. I would also be tempted to take some pics of the gates open during a school day, to illustrate your point. I wouldCC to the lea and the governors. But I am quite feisty and it may be someone who has been in this situation may have better advice :-)

I agree with thederkinsdame. I don't have experience of this but I'm a parent Governor and I would want to know what was being done to keep all the pupils safe. This needs a strong letter to the headteacher, chair of governors and the LEA. It is serious.

I don't know if dd would try and get out. I didn't think ds would tbh. I feel so sick over the whole school thing now I am not eating, I'm barely sleeping. There have been too many problems and we're only 2 weeks in.

I have serious questions about their safe guarding of children which clearly need addressing but even if / when those get sorted I have questions about the format of teaching that my ds is learning through. Its all very aural and not visually supported. He will not learn that way. I am having to make and provide any visual support material and that isn't right.