Council not intrested who do you contact

usefulmale

samsung_laptop wrote: »

What would happen if the child got home and her mother wasn't their.


This is what the council said.


All operators know that children in the primary age have to be handed over to parents at all times. If there is no parent at the collection point, operators are told to contact us so we can get hold of the parents.

Sit next to the child when you are both in 7-year-old English class together and ask them.

And who is this 'us' and 'we'? You are clearly something to do with the school. With spelling like that, I do hope you are not a teacher. Keep your nose out of it, unless you want it punched.

JReacher1

Is the OP a busybody? Obviously yes.

That doesn't however mean they don't have an adequate concern about this. You can't compare the world 40 years ago to the world today and it's not acceptable for a 7 year old to spend several hours on their own at home, making a sandwich etc like has been suggested on this thread.

If the council have rules that primary school children should be handed over to a parent then they are flouting these rules in this case. In addition the headmaster must be concerned as they have also emailed the council.

The Op can do nothing else than what they have done. Now the concerns have been raised its to the system to resolve it.

What I would say is if something did happen to this child (which is unlikely) with the OP's complaint being on file and no action taken on it. Then it would leave in lots of job losses for the responsible departments.

usefulmale

JReacher1 wrote: »

What I would say is if something did happen to this child (which is unlikely) with the OP's complaint being on file and no action taken on it. Then it would leave in lots of job losses for the responsible departments.

Like that will happen. Shoesmiths a millionaire on the back of that dead kid. These people just get a handsome payoff and moved on to the next lucrative position.

SpammyTheSpammer

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usefulmale wrote: »

Sit next to the child when you are both in 7-year-old English class together and ask them.

And who is this 'us' and 'we'? You are clearly something to do with the school. With spelling like that, I do hope you are not a teacher. Keep your nose out of it, unless you want it punched.

If you're going to criticise other people on the general quality of their posts, it might be a good idea to make sure you first understand what's written.

They said "This is what the council said." then quoted their response - hence the 'we' and 'us'.

barryboris

Suggest you either raise your concerns with the child's mother, or leave it.

powerful_Rogue

samsung_laptop wrote: »

Their is a girl by me who lets her 7 year old daughter walk on her own to and fro from the school bus and nothing is said by the driver or escort. I've contacted the council and they haven't done anything about it so I contacted my local councillor and he just said phone the council.


So who would you contact next as anything could happen to the girl.

How do you know the girl is 7 years old?

You sound like a disgruntled ex trying to cause trouble in my opinion.

samsung_laptop

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

How do you know the girl is 7 years old?

You sound like a disgruntled ex trying to cause trouble in my opinion.

She is in the same class as my daughter.

powerful_Rogue

The national Walk to School campaign also takes the view that it is down to parents to judge when their children are ready to step out alone.



"Provided they are satisfied that the children are mature enough to do it, we would encourage it because it develops independence," said campaign co-ordinator Andrew Fielding.



"But the parent and the child have to be ready," he said - and crucially the child had to want to do it.



The government says children under the age of eight should walk up to two miles before qualifying for school transport.



But its guidance is silent on whether they should do so on their own.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6731743.stm

Obviously mum and daughter are happy to walk from the bus to home. Can't see what the concern is myself.

Unless you have other concerns, you're going to end up getting social services involved for no reason.

Unless i've missed it, you still haven't stated what distance you are talking from the bus to the house.

JReacher1

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Obviously mum and daughter are happy to walk from the bus to home. Can't see what the concern is myself.

Unless you have other concerns, you're going to end up getting social services involved for no reason.

Unless i've missed it, you still haven't stated what distance you are talking from the bus to the house.

That news article is almost 8 years old. Not really relevant anymore.