⟡ “We’ve Received Your Complaint. Please Wait Up to 30 Days Depending on the Category We Assign It.” ⟡
Ofsted Auto-Responds to Complaint on Home Education Harassment and Safeguarding Misuse — Without Timeline Confirmation
Filed: 23 May 2025
Reference: SWANK/OFSTED/EMAIL-01
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Summary: Ofsted confirms receipt of a complaint about safeguarding misuse and potential harassment tied to home education oversight, but offers no assigned case reference or timeline.
I. What Happened
On 23 May 2025, Ofsted replied to a submission regarding abuse of safeguarding protocols in the context of home education and family targeting. The reply:
– Confirms receipt
– Offers triage timelines based on categorisation
– Does not assign a case reference
– Advises against sending further emails unless new information arises
– Refers complainants to emergency services or local authorities for immediate harm
II. What the Complaint Establishes
• Ofsted acknowledges the email but does not confirm content relevance, case ownership, or timeline category
• Institutional filtering relies on internal categorisation, which is opaque and unaccountable
• Even serious allegations of misuse (harassment via safeguarding) are routed through generic queues
• The complaint becomes dependent on Ofsted's internal taxonomy — not on urgency or impact
• No human engagement is offered at this stage
III. Why SWANK Logged It
Because this is what delayed accountability looks like in official form:
A timestamp without triage.
A complaint without confirmation.
A clock that starts — but never tells you what it’s counting toward.
SWANK logs the bureaucratic slow-walk at the moment it begins.
IV. SWANK’s Position
We do not accept that safeguarding misuse can be treated as general correspondence.
We do not accept that family harassment via statutory powers should wait 30 days for review.
We do not accept that silence disguised as process is ever protective.
This wasn’t an update. This was a receipt with a built-in stall.
And SWANK will track every unassigned number.
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