The Report that the Monitoring Officer WILL NOT DARE present to Councillors for Consideration and Discussion.  What is she afraid of? Read on

There is a reason why the Monitoring Officer has suppressed an Audit Wales Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements and Safeguarding at Merthyr Council (published in August 2019) https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/11/23/when-the-sht-finally-hits-the-fan-people-will-say-how-did-they-get-away-with-it-for-so-long-surely-someone-must-have-known/ Would you like to know the reason? https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/08/28/the-merthyr-council-cover-up-is-not-about-an-allegation-of-unreasonable-restraint-of-a-pupil-made-against-the-head-teacher-of-ynysowen-primary-school-in-february-2016/ Hyperlink to Post Including my Comments/Observations and Questions relating to the Audit Report https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2019/10/09/welsh-audit-office-report-review-of-whistleblowing-arrangements-relating-to-safeguarding-merthyr-tydfil-council/?page_id=340 Hyperlink to Blog … Continue reading The Report that the Monitoring Officer WILL NOT DARE present to Councillors for Consideration and Discussion.  What is she afraid of? Read on

Alleged Abuse of Pupils at another Merthyr School

https://twitter.com/TMelora/status/1782053286620631216?s=09 https://twitter.com/TMelora/status/1782136800430932474?t=2pqITZFPO6q0b3k2U4Rh9A&s=09 In February 2016, the Head Teacher of Edwardsville Primary school, Colin Davies, was one of the Cabal of 5 Heads from the Southern Cluster Group of schools that demanded that the Council dismiss a Senior HR Officer. The Council did eventually unfairly dismiss the officer. Power to those Heads. https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2024/03/23/simone-roden-head-teacher-of-ynysowen-primary-school-still-silent-on-her-part-in-the-destruction-of-the-career-of-an-honest-and-professional-senior-hr-officer-at-merthyr-council/ https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2024/01/17/this-head-was-very-annoyed-when-the-chair-informed-her-that-the-senior-hr-officer-had-given-advice-at-the-meeting-that-consideration-needed-to-be-given-to-arranging-an-independent-investigation-of-the/ https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2024/03/26/fran-donnelly-was-the-hr-manager-at-merthyr-council-when-she-with-the-monitoring-officer-covered-up-her-failure-to-properly-deal-with-a-whistle-blower-report-on-a-safeguarding-child-protection-incid/ For … Continue reading Alleged Abuse of Pupils at another Merthyr School

Breaking News – Confirmation that an investigation of the alleged incident of a head teacher  using unreasonable restraint on one of her pupils was carried out.

The truth at last The Investigation https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2022/12/04/investigation-carried-out-into-cover-up-of-merthyr-councils-hr-managers-failure-to-follow-proper-child-protection-safeguarding-procedures-related-to-an-allegation-of-an-incident-at-ynysowen-primar/?page_id=10832

A reminder of the exemplary lesson in governance for Merthyr Council as set by RCT COUNCIL.

A Refresher of the lesson RCT Council  - Standard Committee approved minutes of its Previous Meeting. The minutes are also reviewed for MATTERS ARISING for any items not on the agenda for the meeting. The Chair of the RCT Standards Committee for that meeting was none other than Mel Jehu. That's right. The very same … Continue reading A reminder of the exemplary lesson in governance for Merthyr Council as set by RCT COUNCIL.

Merthyr Council and the Duty of Care

https://twitter.com/MerthyrCBC/status/1773379782849257823?t=jbuAW2C-io5pva2wTp8TZw&s=19 Merthyr Council says it has a duty of care to make sure that its social media pages are safe spaces for all its audiences and to ensure this it has updated its social media guidelines. I say that the Council also has a duty of care to look after its employees. It is a … Continue reading Merthyr Council and the Duty of Care

Conspiracy to cover-up Safeguarding Failures at Merthyr Council

https://twitter.com/1GeoffJones/status/1773738162440851575?s=09 Hyperlink to Blog Post on Safeguarding Failures at Merthyr Council https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/merthyr-council-senior-officers-safeguarding-failures/ Hyperlink to all Blog Posts https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/

As it is Easter Holy Week, let us remember The Greatest Story Ever Told.

As told by Carys Kennedy (Monitoring Officer) of Merthyr Council. MERTHYR COUNCIL MISCONDUCT THE TRUTH   Persecution + Unfair Dismissal of a Honest HR Professional INTRODUCTION Believe this I am writing this TRUE story to put on record, in one place, how the Senior Officers and Managers at Merthyr Council persecuted my son, Chris Jones … Continue reading As it is Easter Holy Week, let us remember The Greatest Story Ever Told.

Beware of the Monitoring Monster and her Flying Monkeys at Merthyr Council. They will do anything to protect their careers even if it destroys the careers of others.

https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2022/01/31/the-narcissist-and-the-flying-monkey-at-merthyr-council-update/?page_id=6200 https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2022/07/30/you-can-flog-a-willing-horse-to-death-but-what-can-you-do-to-an-unwilling-horse/ https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/05/23/the-narcissist%f0%9f%a4%a2-and-her-flying-monkey-%f0%9f%90%92-at-merthyr-council/

Who is a liar? Fran Donnelly (Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development at Merthyr Council) OR Simone Roden (Head Teacher of Ynysowen Primary School)?

This post was first published in September 2021. Questions have still not been answered Fran Donnelly I have written a number of posts relating to this enigma. One of them MUST BE A LIAR. They cannot both be telling the TRUTH regarding the dismissal of a Senior HR Officer at the Council. Fran Donnelly says … Continue reading Who is a liar? Fran Donnelly (Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development at Merthyr Council) OR Simone Roden (Head Teacher of Ynysowen Primary School)?

Is it acceptable to rely on Anecdotal Evidence to dismiss an employee?  After all, Anecdotal Evidence is really based on Hearsay and Rumour.

Read this report. No. It is not acceptable to honest decent people to unfairly dismiss an employee by relying on hearsay and rumour. It is also unacceptable for a prima donna Headteacher to form a cabal with four other Heads with the sole purpose of demanding that the Council dismiss an employee just because she … Continue reading Is it acceptable to rely on Anecdotal Evidence to dismiss an employee?  After all, Anecdotal Evidence is really based on Hearsay and Rumour.