Pedophiles have won....

[Gob]

Devoted mothers and fathers are being banned from watching their children play school sport unless they pass a criminal record check.

The red tape restriction is being forced on parents by overcautious bosses at Isambard Community School in Swindon, Wiltshire, in a bid to weed out potential paedophiles.

Dad-of-five Neil Park, 54, was furious when he was turned away from watching his 12-year-old son George, play rugby because he had not completed the £26, four-page Criminal Records Bureau application.

He said: 'I couldn't believe it. Government guidelines state that parents are allowed to watch games.

'But any strangers can be questioned and requested to show the appropriate paperwork, which is fair enough.

'George was really upset by it all. What are they going to stop you going to next? Parents' evening? The school play?

'Or what if England under 16s are playing at the County Ground, will they ask all fans there to be CRB checked?'

The school introduced the Big Brother measure at the start of the term to prevent strangers from accessing other parts of the school from the playing fields.

A spokesman said: 'It is with regret that from now on we will be unable to accommodate parents wishing to spectate at our sports fixtures unless they are in possession of an up-to-date Swindon Council CRB check.

'At Isambard we take safeguarding very seriously and because of this we are unable to leave gates open for access to sporting venues at anytime during the school day.

'The current access arrangements are frustrating for both Isambard staff and parents and have recently resulted in reception staff and PE staff being on the receiving end of verbal abuse from parents who have become frustrated trying to get into or out of the school.'

[The Hen]

Oh ferfucksake.

[dales]

What Hen said X2.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Time for a good old British work to rule. Each parent and each child must demand to see each and every teacher's, janitor's and administrator's CRB. The trick of course is for child/parent (a) to demand to see it. Once that's done, child/parent (b) stands up and demands to see it too. The point is to drag out the process until it completely fills all lesson times, sports times, school days and nothing at all gets done.

I knew unions were good for sumfink

Meade

[dgs49]

Tangent alert:

Damn poor journalism here. Is it "devoted" mothers who are being restrained, or is it all mothers? Overcautious? "Big Brother" measure?

Just report the fucking facts and let the reader decide whether this is a wise policy or not. Keep your opinions to yourself. The reader frankly doesn't care what you think.

Carry on.

[Gob]

It's the Daily Mail Dave, it's a sort of "Fox News" for Brits...

[MajGenl.Meade]

Tangent alert:

Damn poor journalism here. Is it "devoted" mothers who are being restrained, or is it all mothers? Overcautious? "Big Brother" measure?

Just report the fucking facts and let the reader decide whether this is a wise policy or not. Keep your opinions to yourself. The reader frankly doesn't care what you think.

Carry on.

(a) No. It was devoted mothers AND fathers
(b) How do you know what the reader cares about? The average Daily Mail reader only looks at the pictures

Meade

[Andrew D]

It's just another step in tyranny masquerading as "security".

[rubato]

How many proven/verified instances were there of pedophiles accessing the school via the sports fields?

Was it enough to justify this reaction?

On the other hand this is only one school out of the, well there must be several, in England.

People repeat 'dumb things done by schools' stories because there are a lot of them and in any given month a few are going to screw up pretty good. So this may be unreasoning hysteria on, well, your part.

yrs,
rubato

[The Hen]

Hmmmmm?

Was the action justified?

I doubt it. Otherwise all the aggrieved Daily Mailers would have been braying for action to be taken by schools over pedophiles attending sports days.

Chalk this up to risk-adverse schools trying to butt cover without reason.

Otherwise I will stand corrected when (if) you provide the articles that support such action being taken.

[Lord Jim]

On the other hand this is only one school out of the, well there must be several, in England.

People repeat 'dumb things done by schools' stories because there are a lot of them and in any given month a few are going to screw up pretty good. So this may be unreasoning hysteria on, well, your part.

And yet he can't for the life of him figure out why so many enjoy smacking him...

[Gob]

Hysteria indeed!!

hys·te·ri·a
   [hi-ster-ee-uh, -steer-]
noun
1.
an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.

Yep, he definitely needs someone to buy him a dictionary...

[rubato]

One school doing something dumb does not constitute the "pedophiles have won"; it is a hysterical overreaction to an unusual occurrence.



yrs,
rubato

[Gob]

Oh god, he doesn't have a clue does he?

[Jarlaxle]

Nope. Has he ever?

[Sean]

I think that he honestly doesn't get most forms of humour.

[dales]

That's what he WANTS you to believe.....he's a crafty one, he is.

[loCAtek]

It's the Daily Mail Dave, it's a sort of "Fox News" for Brits...

Finally, he admits it.



I'm booking this....

[The Hen]

He has never not admitted it.

He has just called you on your disdain to prove the articles posted wrong.

You never could though.

[loCAtek]

Fox news/Daily Mail news articles aren't wrong, just ...doubted;

(Or just the Daily Mail.)