Lakeside College

Our grade 1 child said he had a book smacked out of his hand and across the room by a teacher who was simultaneously screaming at him because he came to her and said that he didn't know how to do the German work he had been assigned because he had missed school due to being unwell. This event led to school refusal and anxiety. We withdrew our son as soon as we learned about the abuse and tried to work it out with the principal, which unfortunately ended in disappointment. We felt our concerns were not taken seriously and we were upset that the principal denied the event took place and described the abusive teacher as "gentle" when our son's experience was the very opposite. We were also upset that we were still expected to pay the school fees even though we were forced to leave the school due to our son sharing his experience of abuse by a teacher, which we felt voided the contract. We even asked for them to be voided in good faith, which can be done at discretion, but were denied. We were then threatened with legal action by the principal for writing this review, even though it is a summary of our own personal experiences with Lakeside College.

We recently enrolled our child at John Henry Primary School where he is happy, healthy and most importantly SAFE from emotional and physical harm. We experienced a lack of accountability, moral integrity, and disregard for students' safety at Lakeside College and do not consider Lakeside College as being at a standard high enough for our children. We believe there are safeguarding concerns that we have seen no evidence of being suitably addressed. As of July we still haven't received an apology from anyone at the school for what our child was subjected to. They are currently under investigation by the Department of Education.

Our grade 1 child had a book smacked out of his hand and across the room by a teacher who was simultaneously screaming at him because he came to her and said that he didn't know how to do the German work he had been assigned because he had missed school due to being unwell. This event led to school refusal and anxiety. We withdrew our son as soon as we learned about the abuse and tried to work it out with the principal, which unfortunately ended in disappointment. We felt our concerns were not taken seriously and we were upset that Tom Brennan denied the event took place and described the abusive teacher as "gentle" when our son's experience was the very opposite. We were also upset that we were still expected to pay the school fees even though we were forced to leave the school due to abuse by a teacher, which we felt voided the contract. We even asked for them to be voided in good faith, which can be done at discretion, but were denied. We were then threatened with legal action by the principal Tom Brennan for writing this review, even though it is a summary of our own personal experiences with Lakeside College.
We recently enrolled our child at John Henry Primary School where he is happy, healthy and most importantly SAFE from emotional and physical harm. We experienced a lack of accountability, moral integrity, and disregard for students' safety at Lakeside College and do not consider Lakeside College as being at a standard high enough for our children. We believe there are safeguarding concerns that we have seen no evidence of being suitably addressed. As of July we still haven't received an apology from anyone at the school for what our child was subjected to. They are currently under investigation by the Department of Education.

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