Parent, West Midlands
My stories
My School Story
My child began at a new school, knowing there were problems at the last one when a nursery assistant dragged her inside the classroom from outside. Yes manually handled my child and saw no consequence. In fact to cover their backs they complained about us to social services and blamed us which lead to a year of hell proving our case, even though they provided no evidence to begin with, just the voice of the school against ours.
In that time period no one listened to us and even tried to take our child away because I had not taken the 3 black bags out and spilled some gravy granules that were not cleaned up instantly. We never got an actual apology for assuming there were even more bags of rubbish as they claimed, but we did get a new social worker who eventually listened to us, eventually. And the case got closed. But she did help us try to move on to this new school.
My child finished nursery year one and was a quiet child. The teachers even said she was at a lower educational level of a 12 month old which raised to 18 months by the time she left nursery to go into reception. I grew more and more confused since at home she was reading almost entire books independently and answering maths questions with me.
She began reception and the qetting herself at school was still daily and food refusing so she would swallow food in hunger from the moment she left school and fall asleep as soon as she got home. I questioned the school often and it resulted in me being banned from the school grounds for bothering to try and understand why my child is still wetting herself only at school.
My child began to force herself sick because she knew that she would get time off school if she was sick. Then the school threatened me with social services because of her low attendance so I made the decision to deregister her and home educate, even if it was until she was old enough for a local private school. When my daughter settled and realised she really did not have to go back to school she opened up about something to me. She told me that a boy at school would take her to the toilet, take her trousers down and wipe her then pull her trousers back up and when she told the teachers in nursery they told her it was ok and not to worry about it.
A young girl told in nursery it was ok to be sexually assaulted in the 21st century, you wouldnt believe it, but it made total sense. And this still happens today. Teachers tell girls it is ok for boys to sexually assault them.
In that time period no one listened to us and even tried to take our child away because I had not taken the 3 black bags out and spilled some gravy granules that were not cleaned up instantly. We never got an actual apology for assuming there were even more bags of rubbish as they claimed, but we did get a new social worker who eventually listened to us, eventually. And the case got closed. But she did help us try to move on to this new school.
My child finished nursery year one and was a quiet child. The teachers even said she was at a lower educational level of a 12 month old which raised to 18 months by the time she left nursery to go into reception. I grew more and more confused since at home she was reading almost entire books independently and answering maths questions with me.
She began reception and the qetting herself at school was still daily and food refusing so she would swallow food in hunger from the moment she left school and fall asleep as soon as she got home. I questioned the school often and it resulted in me being banned from the school grounds for bothering to try and understand why my child is still wetting herself only at school.
My child began to force herself sick because she knew that she would get time off school if she was sick. Then the school threatened me with social services because of her low attendance so I made the decision to deregister her and home educate, even if it was until she was old enough for a local private school. When my daughter settled and realised she really did not have to go back to school she opened up about something to me. She told me that a boy at school would take her to the toilet, take her trousers down and wipe her then pull her trousers back up and when she told the teachers in nursery they told her it was ok and not to worry about it.
A young girl told in nursery it was ok to be sexually assaulted in the 21st century, you wouldnt believe it, but it made total sense. And this still happens today. Teachers tell girls it is ok for boys to sexually assault them.
What happened next...
As soon as she turned 5 in reception I took her out and have been home educating officially ever since. She is 12 years old and sitting her first gcse next year and received her first work experiences and award equivalent qualifications from 10. Fair to say she flourished in home education and having a parent dedicated to her.
She wants to be an electrical engineer which because this country isn't exactly flourishing in tech aspirations and only fixing ones people already made, well she will have to eventually only do online studies or move to another country to finish her studies. She is correctly about to begin a campaign of change for the national curriculum to bring more subjects to go with the evolution if tech, as well as encourage less barriers between schools and parents. If she cannot benefit she wants a change for others so they can get the help she could not get.
She wants to be an electrical engineer which because this country isn't exactly flourishing in tech aspirations and only fixing ones people already made, well she will have to eventually only do online studies or move to another country to finish her studies. She is correctly about to begin a campaign of change for the national curriculum to bring more subjects to go with the evolution if tech, as well as encourage less barriers between schools and parents. If she cannot benefit she wants a change for others so they can get the help she could not get.
How I think schools could be better.
Once an abuser is named then they must be removed from their victim. Their cases must be assessed by an outside department and schools get fines for not fully complying.
Teachers of offence must be made lawful they report instantly the offence to the school/head teacher so actions can be taken.
Parent involvement in schools mandatory.
After school clubs in schools not run by teachers but social workers.
Mandatory financial advisers to assess every school.
EHE local authorities to have a complete overhaul. A new guideline pack made with parent involvement.
Abuse of power by these to be assessed and treated accordingly - including data protection laws followed. Apply fines for breaching and once have 5 fines then they will be reported to the police for investigation and have a criminal record to match it.
Stop the abuse of power for EHE la!!!
Teachers of offence must be made lawful they report instantly the offence to the school/head teacher so actions can be taken.
Parent involvement in schools mandatory.
After school clubs in schools not run by teachers but social workers.
Mandatory financial advisers to assess every school.
EHE local authorities to have a complete overhaul. A new guideline pack made with parent involvement.
Abuse of power by these to be assessed and treated accordingly - including data protection laws followed. Apply fines for breaching and once have 5 fines then they will be reported to the police for investigation and have a criminal record to match it.
Stop the abuse of power for EHE la!!!