Inspection due

JACKIE · Inspection due

The school will be inspected this week on Wednesday and Thursday.
Anybody who feels they would like to make comments should speak to the Lead inspector. Although, if you will be making a complaint, it is likely the school will do its best to make sure you can't speak to them. There is talk of keeping inspectors away from certain areas.
For those who will be making a demonstration, good luck, and also good luck to those who will be at the sharp end.

Giselle Rosseau

Hello there Jackie,
The plot thickens no wonder Mr Turner has rung me direct rather than using the lengthy complaints process.I have every intention of speaking with the inspectors-are these ofstead or another body. Can we trust their account of any findings? Giselle

JACKIE · Inspection

The school will be visited by a team from Ofsted. Good luck with your concerns. I know you have been in school lately. You never know, you may bump into Mr Lund if he sees fit to speak to the team before they start. This could be a good opportunity to put your side of the story forward along with anyone else.
I really hope the Ofsted Team will be thorough and fair this time.

mr.wilson

Maybe a few banners and a peaceful demonstration is the order of the day for the visit, it may be the only way parents past and present are able to get their concerns across. The last inspection allegedly saw a select few parents able to give their opinions on the school and they were allegedly hand picked. This may be the best opportunity so far to get across the terrible state of affairs at the school. What do you think?

HM · Ofsted

I hope that Giselle, and the ´Guest´to the forum who his having so much difficulty gaining proper help for her child with special needs, can make contact with these people. It needs to be publicly acknowledged that problems have never gone away and that new problems are being experienced. Mr Turner is once again being shown at his cynical worst, thinking he can manipulate circumstances once again and not being completely truthful with Giselle, in an attempt to cover things up.
Yes it will be very interesting to see whether Mr Lund appears on the first day - I would be surprised if he didn´t.

Sadly, I don´t see much coming out of this visit other than the usual ´the head teacher has a vision which we support´.

JACKIE · vision

HM,
The Head does have a vision. The same vision as 2 years ago. That vision has brought about the worst results in Marton's history - record low levels of pupils attending the school, record low levels of intake and record numbers of staff leaving/left the school.

HM · Demonstration

Please send details by private message of any planned demonstration and or approaches to the inspectors. We do not want a repetition of the farce where a small, specially selected group, were interviewed by the HMI and then quoted as being representative of the school.

mary

My big worry is that this inspection will be yet another whitewash, especially if Mr Lund gets involved on the first day and presents his case - as he did last time.

It will also be a whitewash if parents are hand-picked to speak to the inspectors - as we know they were last time.

Perhaps the inspectors need to have this website pointed out to them - let them read what parents have to say about this school now.

As Jackie has said, last time the inspectors fell for the Headteacher's vision. Will they fall for it again, despite the fact that, two years on, this vision has yet to be realised?

Guest · School Inspection

What a good idea of Mr Wilson's maybe a visual presence from dissatisfied parents will hopefully convince the inspectors that there is something seriously lacking at Marton school namely a competent headteacher, who has the ability to run the school without resorting to intimidation & bullying of both pupils & staff to get her own way.

IKT

So let me get this right! If they do ok in their OFSTED it's a white wash! If they do badly it'll just confirm what you thought! You bunch of sad losers! Get out more...really do get out more!

Giselle Rosseau

Dear IKT,
Dont you realise how baseline you realey are.You have no substance to your comments. I dont have good writing skills but i have content. You obviously dont like the truth,be it so. As for black and white comments if only it was that straight forward ,this ongoing situation would have been over before now.Your forgetting that children are in the frontline of this travesty.Its interesting the personality types that are supporting the goings on, dont you agree. Giselle

Guest · OFSTED Visit

So IKT thinks we're a bunch of sad losers he/she obviously spends the majority of his/her precious time with his/her head buried in the sand as the only losers in this unfortunate mess are the children of Marton school, anyone with the manipulative skills the head teacher possesses would find it rather easy to pull the wool over the eyes of anyone,IKT is obviously a prime example, the current head is excellent at "Talking the Talk" & ticking all the right boxes when it suits, but sadly lacking when it comes to actually "Walking the Walk". Why is it that there are more than twice as many child places (currently 69) available at Marton than any other school in the area ? Why have so many of the staff who worked under Mrs Lancaster now left ? Why are the majority of the current staff so unhappy and stressed ? I'm sure IKT will no doubt have the answer's to these questions & several others that need answering.

Tracey

unfortunately IKT only further substantiates my view on the lack of substance shown by those who do not agree with this site. Whether you agree with any comments or not, some parents are concerned and have constantly asked questions. Our children are our main concern and if that means accessing this site, etc so be it.
If IKT is not concerned for their child, who i assume attends Marton, why is he/she 'wasting their time' posting on this site? Please do so but in a constructive manner, post a reply like the adult i am assuming you are and put your point across. Whether we agree with it or not is irrespective, i value input from anyone. But please don't be petty and don't be rude their is no need. All you have done is make yourself come across like a teenager who isn't allowed out after 8 pm. Not a very nice or engaging quality. Certainly not enough for an educated debate.

R. Thornton · OFSTED

I have refrained from responding to IKT until now, until I have calmed down a little - and because I do get out a lot, including meeting with personal friends who were Ofsted inspectors. I know the system and if you had read all the posts properly on this site you would have known that from the outset we never ever claimed that there had been any whitewash. Ofsted do not work in that way. We stated the obvious - the first team made mistakes and did not assess all the evidence - this complaint was sent to the highest authority and is still being dealt with. The problem has been that the team in question was sacked by the government as a provider which is why we now have Nord Anglia.
The last visit was very unprofessional and our complaint was not that a whitewash had been carried out - it obviously hadn't - but statistics quoted were not valid based on the samples taken. Issues which should have been addressed were also ignored - with the excuse that the team had to keep to a very narrow agenda, which is probably true. However a major fault of any Ofsted inspection is that narrow agenda.
Since then results have fallen and much more has happened.
I will not shout 'whitewash', I do not want a terrible Ofsted report. I want the local authority to have ALL the evidence put before them that this school needs serious changes and a proper effort made to get it back to the level it once was. Until we get a proper report, based on ALL the evidence and ALL opinions that will not happen.
Sadly I do not think that the Ofsted system is the system to achieve this. There have been record numbers of complaints about Ofsted around the country which is why the whole system has been undergoing such big changes over the last 2 years. We are in the midst of yet another big change with Marton's current visit being one of the last in the old system. No doubt this current report, because of this, will be rushed and lost in the scheme of things when the new reporting begins in May, and this is my fear.
So IKT, please get your facts correct. Read all the posts from the start and learn about all that has happened before you call me a sad person.
You provide a prime example of what we have been up against for the last two years in attempting to get a quality, stable school for the local community.

Giselle Rosseau

Hello All,
Dont know what to say about IKT!

A reasonable amount of egg on face me thinks.As for disbelieveing my conversation with Martin Bradley on Monday.......... I took my OFSTED feedback form into school this morning. I made it clear to Mrs Nande that I was not happy to trust the school structure to safley pass it on to Mr Bradley. On enquiry Mr Bradley appeared in the foyer. He was welcoming and was surprised that anyone would disbelieve him ringing me. I will Just add that he is aware of and also watching this sight with interest.

As I suspected he had not behaved out of his remit. Nord Anglia had passed on mine and other numbers without delay . I spoke to him within a short time. He listened and also asked about positive experiences of the school which I also spoke of because there are some very good things going on, just out of kilter at this time.

I met with guest last night to allow them to photo copy the OFSTED survey and contact details for Nord Anglia as they hadnt been given them. Does the school have a legal duty to ensure that even parents of excluded children have current news that other parents are privy to? Giselle

PS.....sincere apologies to Mrs Norbury it was Mrs Nande I spoke to this morning -sorry

Lisa · Message for Mr Bradley

This is a message for Mr Bradley as I know that you are reading this site.
As you can see, every so often there are supporters of Mrs Coupe who post on this website. IKT (who I believe is closely involved with Marton) tells us that we are 'sad losers'. This has been the attitude of Mrs Coupe, the governors and the LEA all along. My complaints were ignored by the school and the governors. And still things continued despite the Action Group disclosing children viewing pornography, health and safety issues, Data Protection breaches and numerous other matters that the school was involved in.
I am an ex-parent of children at Marton. My remaining 'primary age' child now attends a different primary school as I cannot trust 'Marton' to not only educate my child sufficiently, but more importatnly to take care of their health, safety and well being.
I would love to be able move my gifted and talented child to Marton. It is my dream that I will do this. Mr Bradley - please help me and many other parents like me to allow this to happen.

disillusionedteacher · planning lessons during Ofsted

We don't know the results of the Ofsted inspection yet, but I sincerely hope Literacy has come out well this time, after all the extra work put in by the School Literacy Advisor. Planning literacy lessons for all year groups must take up an awful lot of time.
Naively, I was under the impression that schools should operate as normal during Ofsted. Evidently not when the so-called "normal" is so obviously abnormal. Luckily for Marton, Blackpool CSA is only a phone call away. Help is always at hand.

On the subject of Ofsted, I think the present state of Marton School could be summed up in one spectacular image that has imprinted itself on my brain this week - that of a governor removing, washing and replacing the stones from an ornamental fountain in the entrance - obviously a high priority task, vital for a good Ofsted report.

Somebody needs to tell the person who requested this action, that a fountain, however clean and dazzling, is never going to provide a smoke screen, and is certainly no substitute for effective leadership and a successful school.

Guest · Ofsted Inspection

I had a brief meeting with Mr Bradley,the lead inspector yesterday as I wanted to personally hand to him the Questionairre regarding the running of the school (thanks to Giselle for informing me of this questionairre as
"surprisingly" the 'leader' of Marton had failed to).I also expresed my concerns regarding the incompetent manner in which the school has been run for the past two+ years, he seemed genuinely surprised to hear there are currently 69 places available at Marton, hopefully Mr Bradley will have gathered enough evidence during his two day visit to finally ensure the removal of the person responsible for the sorry state Marton school is now in.

Giselle Rosseau

Hello Guest,
Sometimes I realey hate being right, I think also people think shoot the messenger but it is no easy choice to be that messenger. Once I know about a thing I have to follow it through......anyway Mrs Coupe is obliged to keep you as parents involved ,even though your son is excluded at present. He is still on role at Marton. For someone as ordered as she is I can only think that these little mistakes are intentional.

Does anyone know if there was a public meeting with OFSTED or was it a closed shop again. What beggers belief for me is the down right abuse of power and knowlede of the education system ,by Mrs Coupe and her staff . She couldnt carry it out without some support.

I have never met a more hard faced bunch in my life and believe me I have met some colourful characters in my time! Unlike Mr Veale I am not graced with so much patients.

Have we parted company with IKT? Giselle

R. Thornton · Ofsted

I am sorry that you have come to the same conclusion that we have reached over the past two years, Giselle. I think of all that has happened what we have found out about the education system and the lack of any real parental rights has come as a shock to us all. The government's only solution seems to be - if you don't like it, move schools. But the way Blackpool officials and the headteacher cynically manipulate everything has been saddening.
Ofsted don't need to have public meetings any more - that was another change brought about probably because there were so many complaints about the Ofsted system nationally. They only need to look at feedback forms now - which as you know can easily be manipulated to show anything.
What I do know is that Marton should NEVER have been given so much warning about a forthcoming inspection. Any school, anywhere in the country, given that amount of warning and the amount of adviser support provided by the authority must succeed when lessons are only being observed for one and a half days. Ofsted are not required to look at any wider picture. So I'm afraid yes, in that sense it is a 'closed shop'. People 'in the know' will realise that this report will not paint a true picture of what is happening. For that a team should have gone in with the school receiving only the two days warning that other schools get. And it should have been long before this.
This must have made other headteachers in Blackpool so angry because it is so unfair.

As for IKT, over the past 2 years, the same pattern has been followed. Opponents to the forum post, sometimes using abusive language, merely to attack the forum or the MSAG, but have NEVER engaged in meaningful dialogue, answered questions, or provided any evidence to substantiate their posts.

IKT

2 working days? Is that more than the usual warning? I think not!

mary

You need to do your homework a bit more thoroughly IKT. Check out this link below, and you will find the information detailed:

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/s...35faac010VgnVCM1000003507640aRCRD

"We inspect schools, including those for service children overseas, at least once every three years, usually giving about two days' notice. However, if Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector (HMCI) is concerned about the safety or well-being of pupils in a school, HMCI will exercise the right to inspect a school without notice."

AR · Notice

It has been common knowledge at the school, in the authority and to the posters on this forum that an inspection would take place before May becasue of a 'leak' from somwhere. Other schools do not get this privilege - only that they will be inspected soemtime within a 3 year period. On this basis the heads couldn't ask for the advisers' time like Marton have done.

I agree with Mary, IKT, if you don't understand what is happening and can't be bothered to find out, you just make yourself look stupid.

IKT

I'm probably going to be accused of being lacking in intelligence for this but Jackie told the Forum last Friday that the inspectors were going to visit the school on Weds/Thurs of this week! That gave Mon/Tues for preparation - 2 working days! How is that more than the usual warning? I would have thought that if a school was in such a dire state, 2 days, 2 weeks, or even 2 months would not be enough time to sort things out in order to put on 'a show' for OFSTED.

All schools have a pretty good idea of when an inspection will take place due to the timescales involved and obviously this can be almost narrowed down to the week it's going to happen as it gets closer to the deadline.

As for the comment made about people like me not backing anything up with evidence - I'm merely expressing an opinion - I can quote from posts to illustrate why I've drawn a particular conclusion but to be honest I can't be bothered . Neither am I going to invent evidence to back up my views, when I've not been privy to particular conversations/events that have happened in school or in the CSA! A lot of the posts I've read on here appear to be extremely speculative to say the least!

For those who have commented that I have close links with Marton - you are wrong, although that may change in the future. I'm a prospective parent, living in the area, who has friends and relatives with children attending the school. Some have experienced the school under both leaders. I've heard many positive things about the school since Mrs Coupe was appointed and the children I know are extremely happy. In time, I will make my decision based on the evidence as I see it but in the meantime I will continue to read this forum with interest!

R. Thornton · Ofsted

Thanks for that IKT - but you should be bothered - if you are going to make sensible arguments. I am sure that if you make adult points such as this one we will all welcome the debate. Your use of profanities in another post let you down and I thank you again for editing that post.

The point people have been trying to make is that the school and staff have known that an inspection would take place during March or April. No this is not the norm for other schools - inspections are organised such that schools are unable to 'narrow down to the week' as you say. My own sister in law's school had an inspection which was good - it was then followed up only 2 years later - again being good. Ofsted vary the length of time between inspections - until recent years that has been up 5 years. Otherwise, as you say, they would be pretty pointless. In the original system 10 years ago schools could get a term's notice. This was changed because of the preparation which went on by many schools such as that recently by Marton.

The point I made earlier was that a true inspection should have been made without the two months notice which the school received. I do not know where this notice came from - only that the school and authority knew. My friends who were Ofsted inspectors did not believe it at the time and had not come across a case where so much time had been given to a school. The only scenario they could envisage where this might happen would be if the authority requested the inspection. I do not know the facts - only that notice was given.

Yes the school has been in a dire state - but it is not merely down to the results. I'm afraid that perhaps I am old fashioned, but I don't think anyone can judge a school merely on results - although that, as you say, is only my opinion and I have criticised Marton's results in the past. Ofsted's inspection is very narrow - e.g. how have particular areas of learning moved on since the last visit - this is fact not my opinion. In this case the school should have improved because any school can prepare and practice lessons over a two month period especially with help from advisers. A school should be able to make progress. This has happened in other parts of the country - if you look at Oftsed's list of underachieving schools a determined effort has been made to raise them from that, so that by the time the new system is finally in place there won't be any in that category in the UK. It has been policy also to close failing schools and reopen them under new management so that category too will alter. These have been political decisions at a national level.

I still believe that this is unfair on all those other schools who do not have access to the support and funding which has gone into Marton to shore it up. It was not 'putting on a show' but showing the inspectors that they were making moves to improve. This must have been done because advisers were put in to make sure that this happened and I have no doubt that the report will show this to have happened - because their remit is so narrow. Fair enough so far. We all want Marton to improve.
However, the 'dire state' we have been bringing to light for nearly two years has not been solely based on this underachieving. We have criticised it because we KNOW that the extra budget incurred by events at Marton has mounted up to hundreds of thousands. We KNOW that children have had 8 - 9 hours intensive single subject training at the expense of the wider curriculum. We KNOW that there has been a massive turnover in staff. We KNOW taht families are still regularly moving their children out of Marton and for the first time numbers of children are less than 400. We KNOW that some teachers' careers have moved backwards. We KNOW that children have had access to hardcore pornography at school. We KNOW much much more, all of which has been documented and is still being examined by higher authorities.

Yes Marton will have improved in particular areas, as defined by Ofsted, but I ask myself at what expense to children ,to teachers, to other schools in Blackpool who are just as needy and to those who lost jobs in the authority's recent cutbacks.
IN MY OPINION the end has not justified the means. And we are still nowhere near the end as you will soon see.

By all means express your opinions, that is why this forum has kept on going so strongly. But if you do make statements about occurrences at Marton then it is only fair you provide evidence - even if to show us that our opinions might be wrong. I always attempt to check my facts first, through people I know in the community, through DfES and Ofsted websites, through letters to the above agencies and through personal contacts who still work within the education system.

I wish you luck in choosing a school for your children. Hopefully, as you say, Marton will return to being a school where you can be confident of sending them. Yes many children at Marton will have been happy - there have been dedicated teachers who have remained there who will ensure that has happened. Children should be happy at school because it is the most important time of their lives. But can you put yourself in the place of the children who had 7 different teachers in Y6 last year in only one term. Of the children who's teacher 'disappeared' one week before they left Marton ?
But please choose with your eyes open and collect as much information as you can.

billandben

IKT - I would think very very hard before you send your child/ren to Marton. I would most definitely NOT trust the school to educate my children, even if the next school was an hours drive away. I'm sure you are right that there are children who are happy there and who are doing well. But I would not take the risk that my child might be one of them. I would choose a school that has had as few problems as possible, who you could go to and express your opinion, disagree with things and know you would not be persecuted for it, trust that you would be given true facts. There is never smoke without fire. So even if you feel that things are exagerrated...
We are not talking about choosing a company to buy your TV from based on their Customer Service's reputation. You might take a risk with this and buy your TV from the cheapest place, or the nearest shop etc. We are talking about children's lives. Age 4 is a very vulnerable age, And to spend 7 years, from age 4 to age 11, at a school that wasn't up to scratch is an immense amount of time to make an impression on a child's life.

R. Thornton · Ofsted limitations

Well, like Giselle, I hold my hands up to the fact that I cannot always be right. Even I did not realise whilst writing my last post quite the seriousness of the current responses around the country to the Ofsted system, and the questions being raised about it . Far more than I raised.
I hope that some readers of this forum have read today's Guardian and it's current analysis. If not visit http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,2043088,00.html
to find out more.
We all look forward to the spin Mr Turner and his governor minions will put on Marton's latest efforts and I had wondered about sending them copies of today's article. Sadly, from past experience I expect it would be lost on them.

Giselle Rosseau

Mr Thornton,
You wrote of spin......well todays news letter is just that.

"I am delighted to inform you that our recent inspection went very well and that the category of underachievement has been lifted by OFSTED.Although I am not able to give any further details until the report is officially published by OFSTED after the Easter holidays, the staff,Govenors and local Authority are very pleased with the findings

I would like to take this opportunity to 'Thankyou' all for your continued positive support for our school.It is very much appreciated. We look forward to working in partnership with you over the next term to further build on the successes recognised in the inspection."

I have already left a message withMr Bradley, lets hope hereads this post!

I would love to hear feedback on this SSSSSPPPPPPIIIIIIINNNNNN!!!!!!!!

Giselle

R. Thornton · Report

I am pleased that has happened. We have all been shocked over the past 3 years at the downward spiral of the school, and hope that the recent input by the authority in terms of staffing, money and time to achieve this, as Mr Turner says, can bring further improvement. I also hope that the authority is now putting education infront of the casino on its agenda and other schools will get the same level of support.
However, I can't help feeling saddened by all that has been done (as I said in my earlier posts) to try to turn the school around at the expense of so many innocent parties, and the underhand way in which school, governors and the authority have dealt with so many issues.
I am not surprised the staff, governors and authority are very pleased. They were on a hiding to nothing.
Finally I do feel very cynical about the whole inspection issue - especially after reading yesterday's full page coverage in the Guardian newspaper. I am not saying that Marton didn't deserve to be lifted - I am no longer privy to what goes on in there, but the bottom line is - what really is the value of any Ofsted report at this current time ? But that won't bother Turner, and of course the parents won't get that side of the story unless they are Guardian readers, or readers of this forum.

KATIE · Last to know?

I too was shocked at this letter. Not so much about the moving out of Unsatisfactory because if it had remained in that category then the school would have had to close, but because the School have pre-empted the OFSTED findings. I would have expected OFSTED to provide a full report to the School and then the school would inform parents.
I am very shocked that the "Staff, Governors and Councillors" have already been told what the findings are, and as usual, the parents are last to know. Why have OFSTED told Councillors and Governors and staff, but not parents?????????
The true OFSTED report will tell us all the details, not just what the Head wants us to hear. After all the issues we have been complaining about are still there after 2 years.

R. Thornton · Ofsted report

On the last day of any inspection the lead Inspector always gives verbal feedback to the head, senior staff and governors, Katie. That is all that has happened here - and Mr Turner has in fact informed parents with a letter, albeit with his own spin, so there can be no complaints on that score.
Like you I will wait for the full report, but Mr Turner etc will be highly relieved.

It is very, very doubtful that the school would ever have been closed. It would first have had to be classified as 'failing' with a certain amount of time given to the head and governors to bring about changes. Sometimes as much as a year. This is obviously why the authority has put so much time, money and staffing into the school to prevent it from dropping into that category.

Much of what happens with Ofsted is political or provides evidence to fulfil other agendas. In failing Primary schools round the country this might be supporting closure because of falling rolls in an area, or a desire to amalgamate schools. Many school closures in the secondary sector recently have seen schools closed and reopened with new management as 'academies'. Surprise, surprise - this is what the current government want to see more of.

An Ofsted inspection - as I keep repeating - is not always what it seems.

savemarton

It is no wonder that the school is no longer classed as underachieving. The reason that it went into this category in the first place was because it was set up for this to happen. When OFSTED inspectors visited lessons were changed and particular teachers were targetted. And submitted paperwork by the school was 'dodgy' to say the least.

E. Maltby · 2005 Ofsted

Well put !!!
This was the basis of my complaint to Ofsted about the first team as soon as the findings were made public. There was a whole load of questionable items which that team swallowed whole - fed by the head with the support (in school !!) of Mr Lund which was geared to a separate agenda and which has been well documented on this forum since. (see my earlier posts).
Because RM was removed from Ofsted's list as one of their providers I have never received answers to questions put.
As Mr Thornton said, there is much much, more about the politics of an Ofsted inspection than what ordinary people think.

Giselle Rosseau · CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello all,

I find it encouraging that we get people like A.RUNTER, from emmerdale! Any resistence or stab at humour is just that,a stab at humour!.

I had an interesting occurance yesturday when picking up my boys from afterschool club. Dan the ptfa treasurer(also a govenor!) saw fit to behave like a bouncer,admitably I was not exactly complying with all the rules and regs. Thee thornley person attempted to further undermine my authority with my own child. As I am quite a forth right person I found this an interesting little example of school ethos-CONTROL!!!!!!!

Some weeks ago I had a meeting with the coupe person and the thornley person,reguarding the lack of support we as a family were recieving on the days I attend college. I arrive at school on the last minute and do not feel it helpful that PE bags ,reading books hats scarfs ect are missing. Is it too much to ask someone in this excessivly controling enviroment to give a monkeys about this.Quite frankly the meeting was a farce the very next night thornley blantantly made my year 4 son leave his reading book even though when she asked him was that everything ,he spoke up about not having his reading book. May I also point out that she is also the teaching assistant in his class. Does this strike you as a friendly enviroment? How does my son feelabout experiencing such a blatant snub?

To me its likehaving an hygenic enviroment then the cleaner picks her nose. There are good things happening but why oh why would anyone who has the children and schools best interests at heart do somthing on purpose like this.On speaking to coupe she also back tracked from the meeting and said that prompting would only be given for a few weeks,not at all mentioned in the meeting.

So, when I meet with the coupe person I will have a witness of my own choice and possibly recording equipment as this lady cannot be trusted. I have a theory if I cant trust a person with a penny then I am not going to feel assured about them with ,say apound!

There is no mental or emotional breathing space in Marton the disiplin exeeds all other requirments for a balanced child,in my opinion!
Giselle

martonaunt

Giselle you really should spend less time ranting on about Marton School and spend more time checking your spellings!

Giselle Rosseau

Hello Aunty,

I wondered who would be the first jobsworth to comment about my terrible spelling.I wholeheartedly admit to it. The point is that you understood what I was saying. Another point I am making by not spell checking my words is that I dont seek perfection. My lack of English is not stopping me having my say here or in school. This perhaps would bother you? My ranting about Marton is more affective than my spelling mistakes. Your suggestion is heard and equaly ignored but thankyou for the attention. Giselle

mary

Martonaunt, I'm sure if you look back through this forum you will find numerous posts from members with spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors. We all have different strengths and weaknesses, and the ability to spell correctly does not make you superior to somebody who has to work at it. Giselle has made some valid points and expressed her views about Marton School with passion. To criticise her spelling is unfair and unnecessary, and in doing so you have shown yourself up, rather than Giselle.

Martonaunt, you should spend less time criticising someone else and more time checking the evidence, abundant on this forum, about what is going on at Marton School. Then perhaps you could make some pertinent and valid points.

Giselle Rosseau

Mary,

Thankyou for your comments. My whole issue with the school is that they are seeking perfection. Both in the staff and children. There is an undercurrent of pressure all the time,masked by polite comments and chesire cat smiles.

My 4yr old is battered with the undercurrent. He is spirited inteligent and very sensitive. I personaly do not encourage him to push himself to achieve against all odds.If he chooses to then thats a different thing.

My child sat in his own pooh for a long time on a daily basis the first 6 weeks. I had to soak the dried on pooh off him ,wash his whole uniform each night because the smell was on the lot.....YET!!!!!! no-one in the reception enviroment could smell it!!!!!He is singled out as a nusience and was ignored. I could smell it instantly as he came out from school.It was hell, I knew then he wasnt in a goodspace.

You might ask why he is still there? If anything further happens I will personaly take legal action. The high level of bootlicking going on recently would indicate they know I am no pussy cat. I have nicknamed the school "Brigadoon". A fantasy place far away from reality.Whenever any child behaves in a reality space they are quickly encouraged to do it the Marton way or no way. Its like a boot camp,high critisism low warmth.

Hitler tried to create a super race and look what happened to him....food for thought! Giselle

ps Does any one know how to spell NETHATISM!!!!!!!!!!

JACKIE · Don't rise to them

Gisselle, I think you may find that certain posters on this site are trying to make you react to them by criticising you.
This is all part of their plan to try and make you look like a trouble maker. Staff at the school have been told by the head to record anything you say or do for evidence at a later time. This has been done before to other parents and staff.
Don't be surprised if the Headteacher takes action soon. Anyone who questions is removed and threatened with the police or legal action.
I do hope you continue to contribute to the forum and do not feel threatened by some people's tactics.
By the way anybody who is critical of your spelling, needs only to read last Friday's newsletter from the Headteacher. It was littered with punctuation and gramatical errors. Many of our Governors also face difficulties with Literacy skills.
Take no notice of them, they are only trying to make you react for their own gain.

Giselle Rosseau

Jackie,

Thankyou for your input.It would take more than a couple of silly muppets to stop me speaking up at school and this forum. The lead inspector was interested in many points I raised as they had been highlighted by others.This is a classic shoot the messenger situation.

Giselle

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Don't rise to them