| Topic: | Re:Acton High School-one parent's perspective on what a better school it may be! | |
| Posted by: | Ireen Esmann | |
| Date/Time: | 10/05/18 22:54:00 |
| Whatever the goings on, our daughter is starting her GCSE exams next week. Today only two of her teachers were in class, the other ones were (being paid by the union apparently to) strike. A.H.S. Interim Management is doing its very best to support the year 11 pupils and has supplied alternative teachers, extra study materials etc. The reality is that my child is well and truly fed up with the strikes and the effect it is having on her studies. We strongly feel the Union Strikes are harming her GCSE prospects and the strikes are demoralising and harming the students. All children have the right to a good education and should not be used as political pawns by any Union. From the Union leaflets, containing incorrect facts, nor from the spouting Union Reps, we still have not been able to figure out exactly what the Union wants, as their goal posts seem to shift over time. Rather than discuss matters like grown ups, the Union Reps seem to just call out for more strike days(up to three a week apparently. There is no consideration for the students, nor for the childcare problems this causes for the parents. Acton High has long suffered from a terribly bad reputation and it needs a seismic shift to change it to an outstanding school. It has good facilities and raw student material. There are some amazing, hard working and inspirational teachers, but not enough. If that desperately needed seismic change has to happen through academisation, then so be it and let it happen sooner rather than later, so we can confidently let our daughter do her A-levels at our local community school! |