Can school force my child to stay in during lunchtime

iamana1ias

shellsuit wrote: »

But every school day of their school lives?

I'm not vegan but it's pretty much what I lived on through school

juliescot

All gone a bit quiet now..............

minxtress

Just to keep you all updated, I have now had two meetings with the head mistress and she has allowed my son to stay for packed lunches which is something.
With regards to the other teachers threat of impaling my son on the railings should he try and leave I have written to the Governors and Local Education Authority and am awaiting a reply.

peachyprice

Thanks for the update Minxtress, I think that's a reasonable compromise, and one that will hopefully benefit other pupils who don't want/like or cannot afford school dinners.

vaio

Good news about the packed lunches but please tell me you didn’t seriously complain about the impale him on the fence comment

barbara_anne

vaio wrote: »

Good news about the packed lunches but please tell me you didn’t seriously complain about the impale him on the fence comment

Well, it will likely damage that teachers career, so that's nice of her. Plus it sounds like he was joking to me.

vaio

barbara_anne wrote: »

Well, it will likely damage that teachers career, so that's nice of her. Plus it sounds like he was joking to me.

I’d be surprised if it damaged his career, I would hope the Governors and Local Education Authority would have a good laugh and then file it in the humourless idiots drawer


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pipkin71

minxtress wrote: »

his head of year who was patrolling the school perimiter grabbed him telling him if he tried to leave he would impall him on the school fence for doing so, and the school has taken legal advice and are well within thier rights to keep all children in

So, did your son's head of year physically detain your son? You say he grabbed him, which suggests the man put his hands on your son, and in an aggressive manner, if he also said those words to him.

What are you going to do about that aspect of what happened. You also mention there were witnesses. Will you be making a complaint about what the teacher is alleged to have done?

As far as I recall, teachers cannot physically detain anyone - even if they were trying to leave the building. Instead they have to let them go. As a mother, if your son was physically detained in such an aggressive manner, you need to report this.

However, I can't say that I 100% see the situation happening as you describe and I'm sure others would view it as I have. Would the teacher risk his position to keep your son in school, given that they cannot physically touch pupils in most cases?

I don't know, but as a mother myself, if a teacher had grabbed my child in an aggressive manner, the issue of them having to stay in at lunchtime would come secondary to dealing with what the teacher had done.

pipkin71

ben500 wrote: »

I'm assuming that you had no prior knowledge of this then as surely you would have objected to your child being fingerprinted for a system he wouldn't be using wouldn't you? You are concerned about him being able to leave school during lunchtimes, I'd be more concerned with the infringement of his human rights myself.

I have heard prior to this that some schools have taken fingerprints without informing parents. This, of course, is only secondhand knowledge, so cannot say 100% that it is true.

pipkin71

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle wrote: »

BTW my DD has to take packed lunch into nursery with her. When it gets colder she'll have her fave soup in a flask as well as the other bits. It can be done without resorting to just school dinners. I know i couldn't afford to pay for lunches all in one go - i think it is a bit much to ask of parents on a fairly low income.

When DDs were at school, they wasn't allowed to take hot soup in a flask due to health and safety issues, so perhaps check this with school before your DD takes it in, as they could confiscate it on the day, causing upset [although I can see the school's point on scalds ect with young children ]

Edited to add: I wouldn't have sent boiling hot soup in with DDs either, but can see why a blanket ban is easier than checking every flask to see whether the temperature was ok.