Greybeard   10 #1 Posted September 24, 2009 (edited) A school has sacked a dinner lady who exposed their cover up of a serious bullying incident. A girl was tied to a fence and whipped with skippimg ropes by four boys, yet the school advised the parents by letter that their daughter had suffered 'an accident' with a skipping rope.  The dinner lady has now been banned from her involvement in the local beaver scout group and local youth support group. It also turns out that one of the boys involved is the son of a school governor. The dinner lady has not revealed the names of the boys involved but in any case they seem to be well known in the local community.  School bullying is an intractible problem that the authorities seem unable and unwilling to tackle effectively. Vindictively sacking employees who expose it is simply stupid and raises obvious questions about the competence of the head teacher involved.  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article6846672.ece  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1215095/Sacked-Dinner-lady-told-parents-bullying-seven-year-old-daughter.html Edited September 24, 2009 by Greybeard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GordonBennet   10 #2 Posted September 24, 2009 A school has sacked a dinner lady who exposed their cover up of a serious bullying incident. A girl was tied to a fence and whipped with skippimg ropes by four boys, yet the school advised the parents by letter that their daughter had suffered 'an accident' with a skipping rope.   Quite right too. A dinner lady's job is to serve food in the canteen, not snoop around the playground looking for things to report. It's got nothing to do with her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Alien   10 #3 Posted September 24, 2009 Quite right too. A dinner lady's job is to serve food in the canteen, not snoop around the playground looking for things to report. It's got nothing to do with her.   Was that a troll reply GB? Seriously? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Br8inend   10 #4 Posted September 24, 2009 Quite right too. A dinner lady's job is to serve food in the canteen, not snoop around the playground looking for things to report. It's got nothing to do with her.  You are seriously worrying me now!!!!! Do you work with children ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Br8inend   10 #5 Posted September 24, 2009 A school has sacked a dinner lady who exposed their cover up of a serious bullying incident. A girl was tied to a fence and whipped with skippimg ropes by four boys, yet the school advised the parents by letter that their daughter had suffered 'an accident' with a skipping rope. The dinner lady has now been banned from her involvement in the local beaver scout group and local youth support group. It also turns out that one of the boys involved is the son of a school governor. The dinner lady has not revealed the names of the boys involved but in any case they seem to be well known in the local community.  School bullying is an intractible problem that the authorities seem unable and unwilling to tackle effectively. Vindictively sacking employees who expose it is simply stupid and raises obvious questions about the competence of the head teacher involved.  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article6846672.ece  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1215095/Sacked-Dinner-lady-told-parents-bullying-seven-year-old-daughter.html  It is despicable greybeard, just shows how corrupt our society is, morality is becoming non - existant. whistle blowers should be protected by law but unfortunately this is not the case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GordonBennet   10 #6 Posted September 24, 2009 You are seriously worrying me now!!!!! Do you work with children ?  Why's it worry you? Do you think that anyone who doesn't parrot the Sun leader column must automatically be a peado?  Since when was it a dinner lady's job to snoop around and try to do the job of a teacher? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   214 #7 Posted September 24, 2009 Quite right too. A dinner lady's job is to serve food in the canteen, not snoop around the playground looking for things to report. It's got nothing to do with her.  A shame you don't know about the "Every Child Matters" strategy that everyone who works with, near or around children must adhere to.  That's the problem with forums: ignorant armchair commentators get to have their say without any knowledge of a subject. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
JFKvsNixon   11 #8 Posted September 24, 2009 (edited) This case in point has nothing to do with child protection, it has everything to do with governor image protection because as you said one of the kids who was involved was the son of one of the governors. Disgraceful. Edited September 24, 2009 by JFKvsNixon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Br8inend   10 #9 Posted September 24, 2009 Why's it worry you? Do you think that anyone who doesn't parrot the Sun leader column must automatically be a peado? Since when was it a dinner lady's job to snoop around and try to do the job of a teacher?  Do you have access to children ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sccsux   10 #10 Posted September 24, 2009 (edited) A school has sacked a dinner lady who exposed their cover up of a serious bullying incident. A girl was tied to a fence and whipped with skippimg ropes by four boys, yet the school advised the parents by letter that their daughter had suffered 'an accident' with a skipping rope. The dinner lady has now been banned from her involvement in the local beaver scout group and local youth support group. It also turns out that one of the boys involved is the son of a school governor. The dinner lady has not revealed the names of the boys involved but in any case they seem to be well known in the local community.  School bullying is an intractible problem that the authorities seem unable and unwilling to tackle effectively. Vindictively sacking employees who expose it is simply stupid and raises obvious questions about the competence of the head teacher involved.  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article6846672.ece  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1215095/Sacked-Dinner-lady-told-parents-bullying-seven-year-old-daughter.html  There's also the issue of LAs over protecting head teachers (to the point of making large payouts when parents try to obtain recourse to the failings through the courts - ie making offers of payment before the court date).  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8264194.stm Edited September 24, 2009 by sccsux Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GordonBennet   10 #11 Posted September 24, 2009 Do you have access to children ?  Yes, I can walk down any street I choose and see them with my own eyes. I can get on a bus that may have children on it, I can even go into a shop or cinema that may have children inside. Disgusting, isn't it?  Why does that concern you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Greybeard   10 #12 Posted September 24, 2009 This case in point has nothing to do with child protection, it has everything to do with governor image protection because as you said one of the kids who was involved was the son of one of the governors. Discgraceful.  Possibly...but the excuse for the disciplinary action was that she had breached child 'confidentiality'. The more obvious reason is that she had, and then only to a parent of the victim - surely an interested party and entitled to know the full facts, exposed the blatant lie told by the head teacher (assuming it was she who wrote the letter to the parent).  It's also noteworthy that at the disciplinary hearing the school authorities had legal representation, a facility that was denied to the dinner lady. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...