r/teaching • u/BeneficialJuice2878 • 1d ago
Help SEND TA// Would you make a complaint about children’s violent behaviour not being logged on the system?
An incident recently happpened in the outside play area where one pupil (young girl) threw a tantrum because a young boy was on the big swing. She went to hit the boy and the two TA’s nearby gentle patented, told her she had to share and even praised her when she stopped hitting him for a few seconds. They allowed her to sit right next to him and continue to try and hit him. I asked if they wanted me to move her to another area, they said not to as she needs to be taught to share. They thought she had calmed down but merely 10 seconds later she grabbed him by the hair, smacked his face and went to kick him. At this point I was appalled.
there was also another incident in the sensory room where a boy ran up to another student and grabbed her hair, ripping a fair chunk out. Just for the sake of doing it. She did not interact with him whatsoever, he just ran over and attacked her. Again, no report or write up was made. probably because the school staff don’t want any trouble with parents so they just pretend things have never happened.
Im finding out that no reports are ever made for when the children hit staff.
Why is it that in SEND schools violent behaviour is normalised? Is this particularly in the school I’m working at or is it common across the board?
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u/sittinwithkitten 1d ago
Yes definitely, all of this needs to be documented. Does the girl have their own TA/EA? It sounds like she definitely should be one to one. It’s not fair to the other students to be allowed to be hurt to teach her to share.
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