{"id":2088,"date":"2025-10-23T12:26:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/?page_id=2088"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:54:15","slug":"complaints","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"Complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Positive and open relationships are important and key to us as a&nbsp;school and nursery class. We are always keen to ensure that parents are aware of how we would prefer to handle situations when things maybe haven\u2019t gone as any of us would have liked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our initial hope is that we can resolve matters swiftly and informally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>First Point of Contact<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first instance, and where appropriate, we would ask that you contact the<strong> member of staff concerned<\/strong> <strong>(Class Teacher)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Second Instance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there may be occasions when the matter needs to be drawn to the attention of <strong>Mr. Thomson, Principal Teacher, Staci, Nursery Depute Head of Establishment, or Mrs. Wilson (Depute Head Teacher).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:26.44394%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1611\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/lga_4300\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132233\/LGA_4300.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"841,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D810&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LGA_4300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mrs  Wilson &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132233\/LGA_4300-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132233\/LGA_4300-683x1024.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1611\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/lga_4300\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132233\/LGA_4300.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"841,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D810&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LGA_4300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mrs  Wilson &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132233\/LGA_4300-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132233\/LGA_4300-683x1024.jpg\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 3 in full-screen\"srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132233\/LGA_4300-683x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132233\/LGA_4300-683x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=841 841w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1260\" data-id=\"1611\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/lga_4300\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132233\/LGA_4300-683x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132233\/LGA_4300-683x1024.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:26.44394%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1607\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/lga_4575\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132214\/LGA_4575.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"841,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D810&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mr Thomson\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mr Thomson image for reference.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mr Thomson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132214\/LGA_4575-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132214\/LGA_4575-683x1024.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1607\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/lga_4575\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132214\/LGA_4575.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"841,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D810&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mr Thomson\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mr Thomson image for reference.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mr Thomson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132214\/LGA_4575-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132214\/LGA_4575-683x1024.jpg\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open image 2 of 3 in full-screen\"srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132214\/LGA_4575-683x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132214\/LGA_4575-683x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=841 841w\" alt=\"Mr Thomson\" data-height=\"1260\" data-id=\"1607\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/lga_4575\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132214\/LGA_4575-683x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2022\/09\/09132214\/LGA_4575-683x1024.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:47.11212%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2018\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/kingsoak-staff\/staci-new-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2025\/01\/15144038\/Staci-new-photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"291,244\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Staci new photo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Image of Staci&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2025\/01\/15144038\/Staci-new-photo.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2025\/01\/15144038\/Staci-new-photo.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"2018\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/kingsoak-staff\/staci-new-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2025\/01\/15144038\/Staci-new-photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"291,244\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Staci new photo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Image of Staci&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2025\/01\/15144038\/Staci-new-photo.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2025\/01\/15144038\/Staci-new-photo.jpg\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open image 3 of 3 in full-screen\"srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2025\/01\/15144038\/Staci-new-photo.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=291 291w\" alt=\"Image of Staci\" data-height=\"244\" data-id=\"2018\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/kingsoak-staff\/staci-new-photo\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2025\/01\/15144038\/Staci-new-photo.jpg\" data-width=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/kingsoak\/uploads\/sites\/7423\/2025\/01\/15144038\/Staci-new-photo.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Please get in touch with them via the <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> or <strong>office@kingsoakprimary.inverclyde.sch.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Third Instance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you remain dissatisfied, please get in touch with <strong>Kirstin Glancy<\/strong> directly via the main office. (Email listed above)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I would hope that we would be able to resolve any concerns or complaints at\u00a0King\u2019s Oak Primary School and nursery Class level, however if not, please refer to the council complaints process and contact <strong>Education Headquarters<\/strong> :\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:admin.educationhq@inverclyde.gov.uk\">admin.educationhq@inverclyde.gov.uk<\/a>\u00a0:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com\/?d=inverclyde.gov.uk&amp;u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW52ZXJjbHlkZS5nb3YudWsvY291bmNpbC1hbmQtZ292ZXJubWVudC9jb21wbGFpbnQ=&amp;i=NjIyOWM5ZWE3YzA2ZDIxZDM1MWE0ZTc1&amp;t=TEJqMXluVUNSOEk4RTNFTHZ4VmdHRkRLWEpBOC9RV1hYU3ZqMGZnSENzZz0=&amp;h=3221057b4848480cb83f3870e8779cdc&amp;s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVbGewoqD4oLNh4ktwVDvAF3EUPKCY9ASp6k-F_3hedMZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to make a complaint &#8211; Inverclyde Council<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positive and open relationships are important and key to us as a&nbsp;school and nursery class. We are always keen to ensure that parents are aware of how we would prefer to handle situations when things maybe haven\u2019t gone as any of us would have liked. Our initial hope is that we can resolve matters swiftly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/complaints\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Complaints<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10673,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2088","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10673"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2088"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2150,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2088\/revisions\/2150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/kingsoak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}