Tuesday 9th April

Tuesday 9 April

8.30am - I'm on duty in the freezing cold getting pushed and shoved by swearing youths, X gets to attend the nice warm house meeting to get important information to to pass onto tutor group.

8.40am - House Leader collars me to ask why X was not at house meeting; looks at me strangely when I say "Ask her. As you can see I'm freezing my nads off here trying to stop kids being run over by the bus drivers they've just abused". 

8.45am - My line manager stops to speak to Q who I'm on duty with and having a conversation with; line manager doesn't even say hello to me. 

8.50am - After arguing with a few random slackers hanging around the corridors I arrive at the tutor classroom to find 5 students with X watching the News. I ask where the other 13 tutees are; "They refused to come in the room" X tells me, "I've told them to go to reception. Can you take over while I go and sort the problem out?". "Of course" I say and off she trots. Minutes later Z comes into the classroom to tell me she has found the students milling around the corridor. I shout A LOT at the kids about their stupidity and unpleasantness and tell them to wait in the corridor as there will be a member of the leadership team coming up to sort them out. I track X down to the admin office where she is having a chat with her chum; I ask her what she has done to sort the problem; she initially just doesn't answer me! When I ask the question again, she says "Nothing. I didn't know what to do so I didn't do anything". I tell her "that's bloody useful" and slam the phone down. I ring student support and leave a message requesting some help before I explode and soon an Assistant Principle is over to whisper to the students in the corridor that they shouldn't have done what they did. End off.

9.15am - I've been tasked with supporting Zs lesson to improve behaviour and improve their grades. I reflect on the situation of little old me helping someone 3 salary points above me (after me having been refused my salary point increase this year) and decide that it would be rude for me to come up with ideas and strategies for someone so much better than me, so I sit and stare out of the window trying my best to not react to the kids in the room eating, swearing and throwing things at Z. When I do try and support her when a kid is in her face shouting at her, he tells me "You are talking BOLLOCKS" to which Z laughs, shakes her head and says "what's he like?". I decide to leave the room, have a cup of coffee and start my Tesco internet shop.

10.15am - The supply teacher who I met briefly yesterday comes into the office and shows me what she's been up to in my absence. The member of admin team who arranges cover  (CB) comes into to see supply teacher and doesn't even say hello to me. During a bit chit chat with supply teacher she informs me she has been employed for the whole of my phased return for continuity; I explain the nobody has told me this and apologise on behalf of my pig ignorant colleagues, line manager and admin support.

11.05pm - Decide to do my break duty at the front gate as a) my car was parked there and b) to see SF so I can catch up on some gossip from while I've been off. Get to bollock a few kids for smoking and then head off home to catch up on daytime telly.

Days back at work without a return to work interview with HR and/or meeting with Line Manager  = 2