Can anyone advise me what to do next please?

[Titsalinabumsquash]

Ds2 has been bullied on and off by the same child since nursery school.

This has resulted in a bad stammer and a lot of violent outbursts and quite disturbing language that DS wouldn't have got anywhere else.

He's year 2 now, I have repeatedly gone into the school and spoken to class teachers and the head. All have witness the bulling and said it seems to be a case of this boy singling DS out because he's an easy target, DS is quite and quite small.

This boy is violent, he used to attend the same after school care as my 2 children and I once arrived to find he'd strung Ds2 up by the throat with a skipping rope in a treehouse, luckily I walked in when I did!

This boy has also violently attacked another member of the class and that boys Mum called the police about it.

I have been told time and time again that they're putting things in place to deal with it and it's not going unnoticed but they can't discuss it as it's pupil confidentiality.

Last time I spoke to the head teacher and told her that it was the final chance, it needed to stop.

Today DS has come out of school sobbing, this child has tied him up and ripped his shirt off of him whilst attacking him, luckily he's not hurt but I am livid. What is my next step, do I go to the LEA or speak to the police?

[creamandsugar]

What the hell!!! That is awful!! It's been going on since nursery?? The school are DEFINITELY not doing enough! Your poor poor boy!!
Get the police involved. You gave the schools final warning. And look what happened.

Aalso post this in Chat. I'm sure you'll get more responses
My heart goes out to your ds.

[Titsalinabumsquash]

I have a meeting with the head again this afternoon.

I spoke to the class teacher who said there is very little she can do except tell DS not to go near this boy and talk to the boy again. I'm sick of DS being the one who has to stop everything he wants to do for this child.

My poor, darling boy has had his confidence ground into the floor, is there anything I should be saying whilst at this meeting, buzzwords or does anyone know where I can get the contact details for our LEA?

[ilovereading]

You poor thing, and your poor DS. This is totally unacceptable, and the school is clearly not doing enough yet. That child needs 1 to 1 control/monitoring by a TA at playtimes, and/or to be taken out of the classroom when necessary, as he is clearly a risk to other children. We had something similar at my child's school a couple of years ago. Parents were up in arms, and one or two actually removed their children to other schools before the school got on top of the situation (which they did eventually, by employing a least 2 extra TAs to focus just on the disruptive child! - who admittedly had massive issues).

You should be able to google the name of your local council and look for the Schools/education link; maybe search for behavioural/emotional support (or BESH). They should have a secial team which deals with this kind of thing and from what you say, they should already be involved re; this child. Schools do have to be 'inclusive', which means that the school also has obligations to meet the needs of this violent child. However, protecting other children from him must be a priority IMO. Good luck.

[loveheart45]

Hello, I would recommend you speaking to the teacher. She or he will at least have a 50 percent chance of solving the problem.