Hi!
I’d like to put a scenario to all you lovely teachers and see what you think.
School ran a maths competition and the winner was a year 6 boy. The prize was two tickets to a concert in Liverpool. It was a big band at the time but I forget the name now.
Everyone thought the kid would take a parent as they are too young to travel alone all that way (the school is in the midlands) but the headmaster said rang the parent and said he would take the kid himself and phrased it as “treat him all day to stuff he wants ie food etc.”
This was a weekend so not during school time.
He picked him up at the arse crack of Dawn in his own car to drive him there and no one else was with them the whole day.
Nothing happened obviously and this was more the head muscling his way in on a prize for his own benefit but does this not break some kind of safeguarding issue or is this ok?
The parent wanted to go but for reasons unknown, didn’t say so and just let the head take him so the parent did give permission.
I’m not sure in this day and age as a person in a position of responsibility, familiarity and extensive time alone with the child, I’d want to put myself in that position….just in case there was a false claim made.
I’d be interested in your thoughts.