proof
today, at last the Ofsted report for the school the county wanted Edward to go to, has become available to view online.
At the time we had the tribunal we already knew that Mark Way School had had an Ofsted, and that the Headteacher had ‘retired’ with immediate effect. At the time we knew that something must have gone wrong, and we felt vindicated by our fight to get him to a different school, a lovely school. Now we have our ‘proof‘!
You can read it if you want, but in a nutshell, the school is now under Special Measures, what I had expected : (
I’m now more angry at the ‘experts’ from the county who sat at our tribunal and stated that it was a wonderful school, and would suit Edward well, how I feel for the parents of children who have just started there : (
We knew 2 years ago, when we first visited, that is was not the place for him, and that a school that had all its doors locked, and seemed to contain ‘cells’, well there was no way that he would suffer that.
This Ofsted report feels like closure now, we know that we have done everything and that we made the right decision, when so many people in the county were trying to talk us down and out!
So there we go, onwards, and upwards! More proof ahead, but now about colours!
The lovely colours just a bit further up include the lovely wool felt I bought from Manda’s Etsy shop, they are lush, and they look great with the corduroy, which has been waiting for such a great combination to work with : )
and that is a little snippet of another all new design, very pleased with it, blues and dark browns go so well together, I have problems putting any other colour now with the chocolate brown linen I use!
Proof if it were needed that some things just work so well together you can’t separate them!
13th September 2010 @ 9:57 pm
I’m so pleased that you’ve been proven right – although I had no doubt that you would be! And I agree, it’s horribly sad for the parents and children that have just started there.
Thank you for the lovely remark about the felt – I’m glad you like it! I’m going to be putting some more in the shop this week 😉
14th September 2010 @ 7:08 am
I’m so happy to hear that you got “proof”! And that you dared to be difficult to get the best for your child! Maybe this will make things better for the kids in the school too in the long run.
I bought some Manda-wool too, can’t wait to sew some woolly animals 🙂
14th September 2010 @ 11:34 am
It’s good to be vindicated, even if you wish it weren’t necessary. It makes me so glad I grew up when I did, though!
21st September 2010 @ 10:12 am
Just had a quick look at the Ofsted report – what utterly depressing reading. And it illustrates the flaws in the sytem so well; the first line in the statement that describes the remit of the school states that it is to provide for children with MLD which is a million miles from Edward, and then goes on to suggest that one of the reasons the school is failing is because it’s taking on children with other complex needs that they clearly can’t cater for. (This is where I stop myself from swearing in print.) Common sense anybody? I completely empathise with your fury and frustration with a system that tries to fob you off and refuses to put the needs of the child first. Well done for fighting, and continuing to challenge such an inept system; you’re a hero Lorna.