General Chat

I got as far as reading the replies to page 2 and gave up. Have you looked at the school's policies for inclusion, administering medication. complaints procedure and bullying? Ask for copies and read them first. They can't refuse this request. Make a complaint to the school quoting bits of the policies and give a date a reply will be expected by. If this doesn't bring about a satisfactory response I would then send a letter to the Chair of Governors, the Education Department and Ofsted. CC the letter so they all know who is seeing it. Save the MP for afterwards.

Good luck x

Pmsl Im not saying anymore...its all been said and proven now Lmao....

I agree with Errol totally on his last post.....getting things into perspective and I really do hope Liz gets the answers she needs in this case

I totally agree Sylvia and I am sick of people reporting every time I mention the NanaSue/CupCakes comment

Errol ...........


I agree ...........

........ the original point of this thread is being forgotten, and we should not allow that to happen


Perhaps the RR'er would take heed of the dislike being engendered by the constant RR'ing.

Mersey ..............

I saw your post


I thought it would not have a long shelf life :-D


It went even faster than I thought it would

Thank you Sylvia.............I will have to ask at school tomorrow.

Let us not forget the original point of this thread despite some wanting to make it a battlefield

Kitty


I have no idea what the situation is in the UK ...........

......... but I can tell you that schools and school districts/boards over here do differ in the way they carry out what should be the same procedure


............ so I would not be surprised to hear that it happens in the UK.


I fear that parents of children with "special needs", such as diabetes or other medications, can encounter the same problems over here that Liz has recounted.

It is quite amazing to me that there should be these differences between schools in the same district or between different school districts in the same province!

I assumed...............maybe wrongly that all schools and LEA followed the same procedure in cases like this.

Am I mistaken?

We all know why Errol has been RR'd .................

Some members do not like their previous identity (or identities) being revealed

Some members do not like posts that disagree with what they have said.

As such, some members try to control the Boards and deny others their rights to free speech.


It is such a shame when this happens.

NannaSue/Cupcakes...aggresive ??? :-S :-S :-S :-S

My comment earlier was only a generalisation not knowing which council or LEA is involved.

I can see that those in London seem to take a more aggressive approach when dealing with complaints.

:-)

I hope the little boy is happy and gets all the support he needs at his new school .

xx

Glad it is solved

Sounds like the problem is solved if he's going to change schools, Liz. I think that's for the best because it does seem as though the head doesn't want him in school and forcing the issue could make it uncomfortable for the poor little chap.

Nothing wrong with contacting the Chair of Governors about the attitude displayed by the head, though, I'd say. The Chair of Governors should always be the first port of call if the relationship with the head has broken down.

I've been a parent, a teacher and a governor so can see the situation from all sides and I'm somewhat ashamed of the school's attitude. It's true that some governors can be very friendly with head teachers and it can oil the wheels when a good relationships exists, but that doesn't stop them doing the job they are meant to do, I've found.

I hope he's happy and comfortable in his new school.

What on earth has been going on here today? Why have so many of Errol's posts been RR'd?

I too, made a comment very similar to Errol's and felt that he had made a valid point.

Whomever has sent the posts for review, possibly has a limited knowledge of how the system works, as things aren't always as straightforward as they may seem.

There are several of us on these boards who have a wide experience of such matters - and much more besides.


Cx

Totally agree Choccy :-D :-D

absolutely

:-S :-S :-S

Errol, have I got this right?


Having been a school governor for many years, you disagreed with CupCakes. You queried the sending of letters to all and sundry at this stage.

You continued that if Liz still wished to pursue the matter then the correct action at this stage would be to write to the Chair asking that the matter either be discussed between the various parties with the chair present or brought up at a meeting. There was no need to involve MPs, councillors etc etc.

You were also puzzled by the comment about it being quite normal for the Chair of governors to be "chummy with the school head" , it being somewhat baseless and rather a generalisation.

You didn't mean to suggest for one second that this matter is not important to Liz and her family - it certainly is and has obviously caused upset and suggested it was not necessary to blow it up out of proportion unnecessarily.

You also referred to CupCakes' saying "unfortunately the complaints procedure are set down as rules" (sic) and queried whether the poster did not agree with rules.

You really hoped Liz's son and everyone else concerned reach a successful outcome.

:-)