My name is Darren. Back in the 80's I was taken out of mainstream school by the authorities. Its basically what they did with and children who were shall I say a bit different. Today they call children who are a little bit different 'autistic'.
The site is predominantly my adult story reflecting on my childhood and the after effects of spending 3 years in a highly abusive boarding school 'Berrow Wood School' near Gloucester. This in the UK where at the hands of a man called 'Barry Desmond Newton Hastings', aka 'Barry Hastings' I experienced childhood sexual abuse amongst other abuse. Eventually he (my abuser) died in jail.
This abuse was before the likes of 'Childline' on 0800 1111. My parents wrote to the authorities namely 'Surrey County Council' who just blanked them.
Later after I had children and my eldest child age 12 started at 'George Abbot School' in Guildford UK I kind of lost the plot after I twigged the wife was in the middle of an affair and his special needs teacher falsely accused me of child abuse.
You might say I hit the roof as I during the prior 2 months had requested this lady contact my only support 5 times and she just like the social worker they forced on us point blank refused. The simple fact is they have procedures and systems in place that assume the worst and you kind of have to force them to do anything not in their what you might call instruction book for dummies. This not that indifferent to my parents and 'Surrey CountyCouncil' in 1984/5 when I was a child. Only today you can go into for example a school with your mobile phone, record meetings, refused requests etc. Then if you fly like I did you could register a website put them on it and send a link to the world and his wife. Or maybe just put it in an email and send it to the school head and point them to this website. A little bit different maybe but to a school reputation is very important. Maybe go to the bottom of the home page Listen to the last but one recording (half an hour) and you might get an idea. It was not like I was being unreasonabe, I had made 5 requests of in this case 'George Abbot School' in Guildford to make a simple phonecall for my statemented son (thats where they get paid a lot more money by the state to support the chid) over 2 months and they just refused. I waited until my younger son finished school and then kind of went for broke.
The following is for the search engines, lets hope it works.
0. George abbot school Woodrough Avenue Guildford. Tel: 01483 888000 Fax: 01483 888001 (really a fax machine?) Email: office@georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk
1. The author of this site moved and took a new mortgage to enroll his special needs son in a better school, influenced by his own history of childhood sexual abuse.
2. Upon starting secondary school, the author was falsely accused of child abuse by his sons special needs teacher, initiating a long struggle with the school and social services.
3. Concurrently, his wife had an affair, abandoned the family via text message, and emptied their bank account, leaving the author to raise two disturbed children alone.
4. The authors traumatic experience of sexual abuse in a state-funded boarding school as a child heavily influenced his determination to protect his son from the state system.
5. Faced with perceived incompetence, lies, and refusal to cooperate from the school and social workers, the author resorted to covertly recording meetings to document interactions.
6. The author eventually reported his own childhood abuser to the police, leading to the abusers imprisonment and subsequent death.
7. He navigated a contentious divorce, using his covert recordings to counter his ex-wifes false allegations, which ultimately led to her losing everything and him gaining custody.
8. After years of persistent effort, the author eventually received an apology from the school and some acknowledgment from social services, fostering a good relationship with his children.
9. The text heavily criticizes systemic failures, incompetence, and lack of accountability within social services and schools when dealing with vulnerable children and parents.
10. The author advises parents to be proactive, seek external support (like scout leaders), and covertly record interactions when facing false accusations or uncooperative authorities.'