Firstly, apologies for the length of this post. However, I think it is very important that people read all of the post to understand the very worrying implications for all staff at school.
Mr Bamborough and David Lund have both commented on the question of Bullying of staff. David Lund has recommended that staff take the issue of bullying up with their respective unions. [Not the most proactive or sympathetic view of a responsible employer].
I wonder if David Lund would care to inform Mr Bamborough and other interested councillors how many staff have shown concern for bullying within the school over the last 2 Years?
The way bullying SHOULD be dealt with in school is that firstly it is a zero tolerance policy and secondly if a member of staff feels that they are the victim of bullying, they can raise a grievance with the the Governing body. The governing body have a number of governors who will sit on a panel and listen to the grievance of the individual in an unbiased manner. They will then decide if the member of staff has been bullied or not.
This panel must be made of members who are neutral and will not show any bias.
Imagine then the horror of reading the following comments made by a governor who is not just a Governor but also sits on the Grievance Committee.
The comments have been copied from the website verbatim. Any spelling punctuation or grammatical errors are entirely that of the Governor who posted them.
Just spent 30 mins doing a post only for my computor to crash.
Any why Hello to you all.
I have asked for you to tell me what it is about school you are not happy with but you don't seem to be telling me.
I am not getting information from anywhere about what is wrong with school so I have to make up my own mind I have done this,
By reading the latest ofsted report it stated that school had improved. Yes it can get alot better.
About the computors if this had happened to my daughter and nothing had been done. I would stop her from doing I.T. even if I had to go to school every day. I would also go to the police. And the child protection officer.
As for having been in a situation where I was to scared to speak out in case it went against me then the answer to that is no. I will speak out when I think something is wrong. And when need be I will leave work if it was not dealt with and have done so. But I would not carry on a ** EDITED BY ADMIN **. Not that I am saying anyone has done so. A simple question would be, does David Lund and the Blackpool councillors believe that there will ever be a chance of a fair hearing for any frightened or bullied member of staff?
I have asked The MSAG to tell me facts on what they think Mrs Coupe is doing wrong at school.
I never said that Mrs Alderson was not a victim I said we could not say this till after the hearing. I did say that Mrs Coupe was a victim and still is as she does not seem to be getting the supoort she should be getting.
As for Mrs connor speaking out about school I thought she spoke out about changes being made at school that she thought would affect her children. As I remember she spoke out quite a lot about these changes. But can any one tell me if these changes have taken place and if they have how have they gone are they working?
The impression I get is that all this started because the head made changes. Some Staff did not like the way she made these changes. I seem to remember something like she did not ask but told what was to change. Is this not her role
I am not taken in by superficial smiles [ I am now going to be childish again SORRY but I have seen Peter Pan] SORRY.
But I am also not being given information by any menber of staff be thy at the bottom or the top of the pile.
This is why I keep asking for the information that you have so I can see if there is anything that will make me change my mind.
My concern now is for the school the damage that is being done to school and I do not mean Staff though they must wonder what is going on and when will it end. I don't even mean the head but has she not been though enough now to end all this.
I mean the school the damage done by all the bad press even this web site for all to read and I am as bad for posting on it but the school will some be damaged beyond repair if this is not settled soon. prospective parents will be wondering what they are sending their children to.
The only one to be affected by all this is SCHOOL. I feel are school is getting to be a laughing stock by all other parents at all other schools.
And here I am going to be very rude because I had a sort of resepct for Mr Veale as he has stood out for what he thinks is right. But he has posted on here that this is better then anything on television and he finds it all funny. I think this is what he said. But sorry because none of it is funny. The silly comments. The near threats. The name calling. But most the damage to school. Perhaps he did not mean that it was funny but comments like that do not do you justice Mr Veale.
And yes I am guilty of the same by posting stupid comments but I do not find it funny
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Done it again.
Mr Veale Please tell me why you have no time for me?
I can tell you all that there is only one of me posting on this site I am not getting anyone else to post for me can do this myself unlike some.
I am not using more then one computor only have the one.
I am not using other peoples computors to post with unlike some.
As for not being helped I don't know what you mean?
Mr Thornton I do not remember you giving me information about anything you told me about a teacher working with a child with special needs being moved onto another school. I asked for conformation on this as I said that if it was who I thought it was she was not a teacher you didnot reply to this.
I replyed to a question I was asked about what I would have done if the porn incident had happened to my daughter I replyed only for you to say I was wasting forum space.
Sorry but I thought that was what it was for to answer what has been asked.
You have never told me where I can go for information on this or any matter.
So come on lets play the game.. Please do not pull me to bits and lie about the facts you are telling me because you are not giving me information.
They state Mrs coupe has changed them from 3 to 2 sets. Then says she has now added a fourth set in year 6. Did year 6 have 3 sets and the rest of the school only 2. They also state that she has done this because she is in a panic. Can this women do nothing that will please you. She has done what you want but is still wrong.
As for your comment on my attacks of the MSAG it seems to me that it is you that attack. You all and I mean all have pulled me to bits since I first wrote to the gazette.
You have stated that you think I am wasting forum space.
I have recieved information but will not listen.
I read the web site and reply to what I read. But you are not saying anything that gives me cause for concern over Mrs Coupe being Head of school.
I am not a reasonable person when all you tell me is hear say coming from I don't know where.
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS MR.THORNTON.
Can the rest of you tell me how many of you have children in school?
Besides Mr Veale I don't know who else has.
I can not help the fact that my posts differ in style You can write to any you like and does this apply to you Mr Thornton. WHO ARE YOU?
AS for the spelling sorry about that but you see I am not very good at spelling and use a dictionary. But you probably know this as you seem to think you know a lot about me.
what i thought of the school under mrs lancaster. ask my friends and they will tell you. i have told them many times that i thought i had chosen the wrong school for my daughter.
mr thornton, mrs coupe knew nothing about me handing out leaflets at school. she was not there at the time and when she came out i hid behind a parent to hand them out,bad aren't i.
Once again, apologies for having to wade through all those unbiased comments from a school Governor. I can’t help but feel very scared that this is the sort of person sitting on the schools governing body. How on earth can anyone feel confidence in this School? How on earth can Mr Turner criticise people who post on the website, when it is one of his own Governors who has put such one sided comments? How can David Lund say that “Parents should use the proper channels of communication,” when one of his own governors blatantly ignores his instructions? Should they not, themselves, be the subject of an enquiry into their comments?
A simple question would be, do David Lund and the Blackpool councillors believe that there will ever be a chance of a fair hearing for any frightened or bullied member of staff?
AR
Fair hearing ?
Just as worrying - if not more - is how biased the Chair of Governors has been over this past year. There are many incidents highlighted on this forum where he has attacked anyone who dared to ask questions such as the infamous incident one Friday morning in the staff room, and when he verbally attacked two teachers who came to collect their belongings after reaching an agreement through ACAS. There are many more.
Then there was Father Graham who was solely responsible for the abandonment of a hearing in the spring because the union realised there was no chance of a fair hearing because of his behaviour.
The terrifying thing is that there is no comeback on these people. No-one to go to to get justice and yet these dangerous amateurs are responsible for teachers' careers, the well being of the children in the school, the school budget. Of course knowing this, Mr Lund can shirk his rsponsibilities and pass on the blame.
Tracey
thankyou for apologising for length, it was quite difficult to read! It still amazes me how someone can constantly request for information to judge for themselves the facts. I appreciate that if it hasn't happened to them and they have no problem with the people involved, that they can possibly question information given by others who are affected.
As we are all aware certain information can not be shown on this site/spoken about due to grievances, etc.
I think i am intelligent enough to view what is on this site and make up my own mind. Certain instances that have occured are public knowledge, a lot of us have children at Marton and thanks to newsletters/ conversations in school/ knowing parents of children involved in some of the problems(?), we have information to hand. (This is just an overview, not an entire history of events).
I didn't know Anne Frank personally, nor did anyone i know, yet i did read her book in school. What was written down was a terrible experience that they suffered. I do not doubt that it happened, yet i do not have any first hand evidence. This is an example, granted extreme but i think you get my point.
Whilst the recent events have not directly happened to us all, how can anyone just sit there and say it can't be true/ staff are exaggerating/ those involved are lying/it is a far happier place since the current head took over. Lets face it you would have to be quite dim not to see the effect it has had on staff/school moral, surely there would be no problem with the moral if everyone was happy. It would be interesting to see how many staff that were employed up until Mrs.Lancaster retired are still there now. Don't be so naive to think they have all left due to career development/ choice/ personal commitments.
It is interesting to note how many of those who currently hold positions on the governing body would of been there prior to Mrs.Coupe and Mr.Turner. I will not enter into personal character assassination, i will leave it to those who clearly have nothing constructive to say.
