A DAMNING dossier ripping through the heart of a Halesowen school reveals a litany of complaints by staff angered by actions of the headteacher and governors.

The four-page document was leaked to The News after last week’s report that industrial relations at Olive Hill Primary School had broken down.

The National Union of Teachers, which represents 70 per cent of the teachers, was this week engaged in talks with Dudley Council in a bid to find a solution to members’ concerns about management issues at the school which is led by headteacher Tess Jordan.

The document lists 38 “complaints and observations” from teachers and support staff at the Springfield Road school.

It reveals that there have been two collective disputes and two grievance procedures against the head and governing body in the last 12 months.

Olive Hill has been haemorrhaging staff and In the last four years more than 30 staff have left and the school, which was judged “good” by Ofsted in 2004 under the previous head and “satisfactory” in 2008 during Mrs Jordan’s reign.

The document claims that members of the governing body have resigned in protest at the management and behaviour of the headteacher and includes accusations of nepotism.

Bullet-point complaints include: *Members of staff feel that they have stagnated under the current leadership and that she does not demonstrate effective leadership practices.

*Headteacher and chair of governors constantly fail to respond either verbally or written, to letters, requests, complaints, questions from staff, unions, parents.

*Head is constantly introducing new action plans, performance indicators and a vast system of monitoring and evaluation, which has the staff feeling totally demoralised.

A former member of staff has also this week revealed that Mrs Jordan admitted sharing an “inaccurate statement” about her during a staff briefing and apologised in writing for a “”breach of confidentiality.”

In a brief statement, Mrs Jordan said: "A number of issues and allegations have been drawn to my attention and we are dealing with them with the local authority."

A Dudley Council spokesman added: "We are currently working with the school to identify the issues and resolve them."

Worried parents, fearing their children’s education was in jeopardy, petitioned the governors earlier this year.