If she had finger marks still there I am shocked to say the least.

Please take a photo of it and I agree if your child had done this to a teacher all hell would break loose.

Please keep us imformed.

GOOD LUCK.

Yes take photos and please keep us informed, if the head doesnt say anything, send your story and a photo to your local newspaper, you may find that these stories are more common than hoped for.

I must say your daughter is amazing to know that this isnt what teachers should do and that she can trust you so much to tell you, you just dont get that these days

oh and get your daughter to write down exactly what happened.
Do it soon so her mind dont get muddled.

Always better to have something you may not need rather than not having it at all.

You should be talking to the school. No school wants this to happen. And not parents evening either. Make an appointment to see the head teacher.

If someone had hurt my child (and left marks!) I'd report them to the police and insist that something is done. Reprimanding is one thing, but bruising a child???!!! And purely because a book wasn't straight? Unbelievable!

Were there witnesses? I appreciate that they are children and might not be up to saying anything, especially about a teacher. Still, I would report her.

My daughter can speak to me about anything, we are very close

I may just do that as she may get nervous talking to the head in the morning

I have, I've got to take her in five minutes early in the morning before all her classes start so she can speak to him along with myself about what has happened, I've then got to turn up 10 minutes before she finishes for the day to chat about what action has been taken, if any at all - I may even take the complaint further when I get home in the morning, depending how I feel the initial meeting in the morning went.

I'm still pondering whether to report this to the police as a common assault, waiting for the hubby to arrive in tow with her as he picked her up at 6.00pm to take her to her street dance class. I know she's not herself regarding all this as she didn't want to go to her dance class (which she usually loves) I've reassured her everything will be fine by in the morning, but I think I may have problems convincing her she must go to school in the morning, she's terrified of facing this teacher again
The only other witnesses we're children in the class at the time, which is something I will raise with the head in the morning

If my daughter was unmanageable and cheeky, then all this I could understand, but she isn't, she's a well behaved, polite young lady and as I said, all this is reflected in her school reports

Poor little girl. The teacher sounds like a bully and in a trusted position, that is not acceptable. I hope her dance class went well and best of luck for the morning.

That's disgusting, Take photo's of the bruises on your daughter's wrist, and also whilst it's still fresh in her mind write down everything that happened.

Go in and see the head tomorrow, and see what he says.. personally I would then take my daughter back out of school untill the situation is sorted ( you dont want that teacher to be anywhere near your daughter whilst the school investigates)
I'd also let the school know that it is common assult and you are within your rights to get the police involved.
Also i'd be writing a letter to the LEA and letting them know exactly what happened.

I hope your daughter is feeling better soon xx

Just got back from the meeting with the head

The teacher has admitted doing so, but gave the reason that my daughter is having trouble with her hand writing because her posture is wrong (don't all kids slouch at school?). I then said to the the head, it isn't on. I don't expect to send my daughter to school then have her come home with marks on her arm from a teacher manhandling her. My daughter explained again to him what happened, he seemed happy with what she told him, he then said she had heard enough of our conversation so then took her to class. He then came back about 10 mins later and asked me what action I would like taken, I said look, I'm not in the habit of getting perfectly good teachers the sack or making formal complaints about them, so as long as he could ensure it does not happen again to my daughter or another child, then I am happy.

He's made a pledge it won't be happening again and the teacher in question will be given a warning about the way they conducted themselves. I then replied, if this does happen again, I will be making a formal complaint, armed with the photo's I took of her arm last night but won't be complaining to him if it does happen again, I will be going straight to the LEA. Just as I'd managed to find a happy medium, my Hubby roars up shouting and screaming, saying if it does happen again, he will rip that teachers hands off and ram them up her nose - He had to be escorted from the school by several male teachers

I couldn't apologise enough for his behaviour but I understand that he is upset just as I was last night because believe me, I felt like doing the same especially after the teacher has admitted doing so.

But what hubby didn't realize is, this teacher has to face me at parents evening tonight so I would think they are going to be feeling ever so slightly uncomfortable, even though in my mind, it's the end of it.

I'm glad you have things sorted out to your satisfaction. I see how your husband feels and but I think you did the right thing in staying calm - people tend to take more notice if you do and have no reason to feel aggrieved. His reaction is understandable though - it must have been soooo tempting to bop him one.

What I don't get is what explanation the teacher gave for his disgraceful behaviour? Why did he react like that? So what if your daughter's posture wasn't adequate - that doesn't give him a reason to treat her so roughly. Has he apologised? Maybe he's got something going on in his life or he needs some treatment for anger management or something; it sounds as though he lost control/became unduly impatient and that was well over the top.

Hope parents' evening goes well!