A HEADTEACHER has criticised a minority of parents for shunning their responsibilities towards their children once they have walked through the school gates.
Speaking at last night's Our Lady and St John High School, Blackburn, speech night, Mike Humphreys said some parents do not co-operate with teachers, and staff find it impossible to contact them about their children.
He said: "The vast majority of our parents work with us and support their children.
"I have, however, become concerned recently over the attitude of a minority of parents who not only do not co-operate with us but rather abrogate all responsibility for their children once they enter the school gates.
"Increasingly we are finding it impossible to contact some parents due to the indiscriminate use of call barring.
"This sort of attitude does nothing to show young people that we are trying to work together for their benefit." On a positive note, Mr Humphreys spoke of his school's aim to uncover its very own stage and dance stars as it bids to become a college for the arts.
Our Lady and St John is bidding for Specialist Arts College status and has already introduced arts as a compulsory element for Year 10 pupils and dance in the lower school.
Mr Humphreys said: "Perhaps we will uncover our very own Billy Elliot in the future." He also praised the school's academic success after pupils achieved the school's best GCSE results for seven years.
And Mr Humphreys thanked staff, pupils and parents for their efforts in helping the school achieve a good Ofsted report, which said the school offered "very good value for money."
He said: "I am sure that all of you parents here tonight are very proud of your children and their achievements.
"I hope that they will always remember the care that their teachers showed for them and understand that their primary concern was always for their students to achieve their full potential."
Full results in today's Lancashire Evening Telegraph
Picture: Headteacher Mike Humphreys with head girl Fiona McMeekan and head boy Kurt Edwards
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