The sausage machine of schooling forbids second chances and assumes homogeneity, says one parent. Plus a letter from Denis McVey
Caro Giles’ experiences of the school system mirror mine in many ways (Inside the school refusal crisis: how a mother and her daughters survived a broken system, 28 August). Our bright, eager, quirky son left school at 16 with no qualifications, despite entering year seven with a reading age of 17.
The sausage machine of education forbids second chances and assumes homogeneity. Epic bullying at school and online was remedied by our son still attending school (box ticked), but being left alone in a room for the final few months leading to his GCSEs. Even prior to that, the system of negative points and petty uniform rules led to an attitude of resigned passivity and despair.
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