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Often when you feel that something that is happening isnt right, then it isnt right. Its not okay for your teacher to always pick on you, tell you off and call you names. Teachers are there to help you, support you and keep you safe while you are at school, not to bully you and make you feel bad about yourself.
It feels like the head of year might have noticed that something is going on and that could be the reason for them questioning the teacher about what happened.
Perhaps something you could do is to keep a record of what is happening between you and your teacher, things like the date, what happened, what you said or did and how you felt. You could write these things down and also make a note of who else might have seen what happened. Another thing you can do is to speak to your head of year or another teacher that you feel comfortable with. You can explain how your teacher is behaving towards you and to use the record you have made of the events as evidence to back up what you are saying. If you have a friend who has seen the teachers behaviour, it would be okay for your friend to come with you for support when you speak to the head teacher.
Deciding whether to speak out about things at school might be a difficult decision to make and it could be that you would like to talk this through some more with someone to help you make the decision. This could be a family member or another adult that you trust, or a ChildLine counsellor. Find out more about asking an adult for help.
You could also have a look on the message boards to see how other people are coping in a similar situation.
Take care for now,
Sam
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