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Hi,
First post, so...
Last year (after a year of trying to get information from the school under the Data Protection Act), I discovered that the safeguarding lead at the school attended by my children had submitted a safeguarding referral to social services, apparently driven by low attendance rate but (I believe) with an element of malice: this submission was thrown out at the first stage and a second, more detailed, submission made (again rejected). Having contacted the professionals quoted in the referral (two GPs and a consultant paediatrician), they have unequivocally stated in writing they did not say the things ascribed to them and - to the contrary - they told the teacher the opposite of what she wrote in the referral (no problems, no concerns)
When the referral didn't lead to action, the teacher immediately submitted a form to the local authority requesting prosecution for low attendance (hardly consistent with her previous concerns).
Despite having black-and-white evidence that the teacher lied, the school (Head of Governors) say she did nothing wrong. A Governor's Panel is trying to put me through grief.
Does lying in such a responsible position have legal consequences, or am I stuck with trying to work my way through the system to Ofsted?
Thanks,
STENDEC
First post, so...
Last year (after a year of trying to get information from the school under the Data Protection Act), I discovered that the safeguarding lead at the school attended by my children had submitted a safeguarding referral to social services, apparently driven by low attendance rate but (I believe) with an element of malice: this submission was thrown out at the first stage and a second, more detailed, submission made (again rejected). Having contacted the professionals quoted in the referral (two GPs and a consultant paediatrician), they have unequivocally stated in writing they did not say the things ascribed to them and - to the contrary - they told the teacher the opposite of what she wrote in the referral (no problems, no concerns)
When the referral didn't lead to action, the teacher immediately submitted a form to the local authority requesting prosecution for low attendance (hardly consistent with her previous concerns).
Despite having black-and-white evidence that the teacher lied, the school (Head of Governors) say she did nothing wrong. A Governor's Panel is trying to put me through grief.
Does lying in such a responsible position have legal consequences, or am I stuck with trying to work my way through the system to Ofsted?
Thanks,
STENDEC
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