Complaining?

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My DS attends the primary school I am employed at. There is child in his class with severe behavioural needs but no diagnosis of anything yet so no support. There is no class TA. One of the children is quite violent and verbally abusive towards the teacher, my DS is seeing this and hearing dreadful language almost daily. He is scared of this child. The head isn't doing anything about it. The teacher is on the verge of a breakdown. I feel I should do something but I hate confrontation and I am worried about raising concerns due to my position in the school. What should I do?

Can your DS’s father raise it? It sounds like a valid concern for a parent to be raising.

Your school is obliged to have a whistleblowing policy so you can raise concerns. The fact that you feel unable to raise concerns is itself a concern.

Also, follow your school's safeguarding policies. Don't focus on what might happen if you do raise a concern: focus on what might happen if you don't.

Also ask your union and Ed Support for help too [[
www.educationsupportpartnership.org.uk]] and get your teacher volleague to do the same.

Be strong. Your colleague, the pupils and this particular child all need someone to take action.

www.educationsupportpartnership.org.uk working link

Thank you so much for that. You're right, I do need to do something. I'm going to take half term to build up the courage!!

Children qualify for 1-1 support based on need not on diagnosis. Don't let them tell you that he can't have 1-1 due to no diagnosis. Yes go and see the head for the sake of your ds and also your colleague.

You should raise it with the head - base it on both your concerns about your child, the other child, and the teacher. What is your position in the school - would it be appropriate for you to talk to the SENCO?You don't need a diagnosis for support although that doesn't mean additional support is easily found!

Sorry but the SEN provision in your school sounds awful. As a pp has already said, a diagnosis is not necessary to provide support. Ask the SENCO what's happening to support this child.

Their argument is that we don't have any money for 1:1 support for this child until he gets an EHC plan. I don't know if that's true.
I'm a TA.
I know I need to do something, it's just hard! I'm not a natural complainer!

I don't fully understand funding other than from experience a 1:1 is like gold dust! But that's not the only kind of support that could be put in place. I wonder what steps they have put in place so far - if they say this is the case, have they started to build evidence with a graduated response?