Stolen jacket at school

amistupid

meritaten wrote: »

Why do people think that schools can do whatever they like? they have the same duty of care as other public places. they may SAY they aren't liable - but read the law and its apparent that they are!
the kids were told to leave their belongings and those belongings were not safeguarded - that makes the school liable.

What law's that. The Misappropriation of Blazers and Bags Act 2015?

I'm only joking. :kisses3:

I'd be furious if I were the OP. In my opinion if pupils were instructed by a member of staff to leave their possessions in an insecure area, the school should be liable if any of the property goes missing.

Jagraf

GwylimT wrote: »

They could have taken their coat into the exam hall and be swiftly disqualified by the invigilators employed by the exam board. Exam boards rules are incredibly clear and one of those rules is that coats must not be taken into the exam room.

Yeay! Someone who knows the score!

bylromarha

VfM4meplse wrote: »

And how exactly would you do that? It's not as if your child would have any warning!.

But knowing it had happened once, I'd ring the school prior to similar occurences and ask the question and would bug them until I got an answer. And I imagine as this is standard exam procedure, there would have been warning of some sort.

Whilst we didn't choose DSs secondary school based on locker availability, I was not keen on him going to a school which didn't have lockers for the kids to use.

goggle

the students would have received the exam regulations, probably before "exam season" started. The exam regulations are very clear about coats, bags etc not being allowed in the exam room so the child would have known their coat would need to be put in a locker or left in a designated area outside the exam room

carmina_piranha

I escorted somebody to an exam today and they could leave bags and coats at the front of the room.

Pupils were allowed to leave when they wanted to, so I suppose there's still a risk of bags and coats going missing, but perhaps less chance if it's possible that the owner of the item is watching you.

GwylimT

carmina_piranha wrote: »

I escorted somebody to an exam today and they could leave bags and coats at the front of the room.

Pupils were allowed to leave when they wanted to, so I suppose there's still a risk of bags and coats going missing, but perhaps less chance if it's possible that the owner of the item is watching you.

What exam board was this? It would certainly be breaking the regulations of OCR, AQA, Edexcel and WJEC, both where leaving is concerned and personal belongings.

carmina_piranha

I think it was Edexcel, not 100% sure though. It was GCSE maths, today. Are the rules different in a college?

The students had other lessons as normal, so they couldn't leave their bags at home.

GwylimT

carmina_piranha wrote: »

I think it was Edexcel, not 100% sure though. It was GCSE maths, today. Are the rules different in a college?

The students had other lessons as normal, so they couldn't leave their bags at home.

No, malpractice is malpractice.

Jagraf

GwylimT wrote: »

No, malpractice is malpractice.

My DD couldn't even have a water bottle with a label on it. Fair enough.

carmina_piranha

GwylimT wrote: »

No, malpractice is malpractice.

Yikes! They were dumped at the front, nobody could have used anything to their advantage. The invigilator was very strict about no pencil cases allowed if they weren't clear, and labels had to be removed from bottles of water, and mobiles that went off would mean the pupil was disqualified, etc.