Now that I have calmed down somewhat - I feel like I have failed my son (I know I haven't but I just feel like it a bit)
The Senco/complaints lady I spoke to yesterday on the phone denied what she said and backtracked on other parts.
I honestly believed they were going to listen to me... instead the deputy head decided he needed to talk at and over me and kept telling me that 'no don't say that' whenever I tried to explain how it had affected Robert.
Everytime I tried to refer to my notes - he put his hand over the paper and stopped me from opening it up properly...
all he was interested in was forcing home the 'system' and why they aren't wrong ... because its THE system they choose to implement. He insisted ALL the children had been told of the criteria (Rob insists that he hasn't been).
Mr B explained their own in-house grading system 1-4 (1 outstanding, 2 good 3 satisfactory 4 cause for concern) - when I pointed out that Rob had 6 satisfactory and 4 goods - he explained that the actual school does not accept 'satisfactory' and believes that satisfactory is actually not!!!! He could not see that they were then contradicting themselves and sending mixed messages.
I queried why i had only just received his report - apparently I should have got it back in March!!!
I queried WHY they had not flagged up these 'problems' with me and apparently they like the student to take responsibility and seek help and this serves as a 'lesson' to them..
Basically they were not going to back down. Mr B then threw a last barb at me.... the onus is on me to get back in touch with them in October for a progress update for Robert
He then got up (all this took half an hour) and said - I hope that satisfys you and left.
The only thing they conceeded to was that I should have been contacted when Rob was in pain from his ankle and that they should have had a first aider check it. He barbed another comment 'well some parents just write notes for their children willy nilly'
Actually I cannot write any more I am so fricking angry again....
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