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Teachers picking on daughter

Seawolf2u

I don't know what to do!

My 10 year old (Year 6) daughter is regularly being singled out/picked on by teachers at her small village school. (Less than 40 in whole primary school)

The latest was that the teacher had told everyone to be quiet and one of the children made a loud noise. The teacher went straight to my daughter, asked her why she had made the noise, which she had not, and my daughter told the teacher that she had not made the noise and did not know who had. The teacher then asked my daughter why she had done it, why was she lying to the teacher etc. The teacher then demanded my daughter apologised, which she did, and sent her out of the classroom.

The teacher then kept my daughter behind at the end of the lesson for about 15 minutes, talking to her but still did not believe my daughter.

Other things that have happened are telling my daughter that she is not allowed to wear boots to school - winter term -(making me purchase a pair of shoes by constantly harassing me about the boots) then I now find other children at the school are being allowed to wear boots now!

My daughter is always being made a scapegoat, and is consistently being kept in at break and lunchtimes for so called bad behaviour. (She will have a week of being kept in, where another child will only be kept in for one break time session).

Yes, I know that she will be leaving this school at the end of this school year, but I feel that this is bringing her, and me, down.

Can I remove my daughter from this school for the rest of this term? What are my options?

 Thank you for 'listening'.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    I agree with pretty much everything that Abbi has said. I think you need to discuss the problem with the head teacher (don't make it a complaint in the first instance but try and make it a discussion). If the head teacher won't help then escalate to the governors - they do have real power over the head in spite of what they actually do. If that fails then the local authority.

    I think home schooling is not ideal for most children - children do benefit from the variety and social training that a school can provide. Switching schools is generally a much better option. The culture and environment does vary massively between schools and some are basically toxic for children with autism, others can manage and understand them very well.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    I agree with pretty much everything that Abbi has said. I think you need to discuss the problem with the head teacher (don't make it a complaint in the first instance but try and make it a discussion). If the head teacher won't help then escalate to the governors - they do have real power over the head in spite of what they actually do. If that fails then the local authority.

    I think home schooling is not ideal for most children - children do benefit from the variety and social training that a school can provide. Switching schools is generally a much better option. The culture and environment does vary massively between schools and some are basically toxic for children with autism, others can manage and understand them very well.

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