My child is being assaulted

Just a thought OP. If the school are not doing anything at all, and this continues, you could tell the police. Then I presume the school will do something after all...

Abuse/assault is against the law, no matter where it happens.

It would be odd behaviour for your daughter to approach boys who were hitting, kicking or punching her.

You need to find out more. Are they really attacking her for no reason?
Are they special needs or have learning difficulties? Is she saying anything when she approaches them?

The school shouldn't be ignoring the fact that your daughter is being attacked. Do the school tell you what happened, or do you hear it from your DD?

I used to help out in DDs school and a small group of boys used to wind up a girl who was autistic.. and she lashed out. They did it deliberately to get a reaction, then they watch a she for into trouble.

They were quite sneaky in winding her up, so a lot of people didn't notice, but her reaction was very clear to see.

Jesus, not only are they not looking after her properly, they are victim blaming. Don't use language to provoke?!
Good luck sorting this out and please use that justified pissed-offness to take on the school. Bloomin awful, sorry OP.
One thing, try and get everything in writing. x

Not a lot has changed since I was in primary school five decades ago.
Two boys from a nearby all boys' school climbed up on a railing in a side yard at the all girls' school I was in and started insulting the girls I was with.
We were skipping with a large rope with one girl at each end and everyone else running in for skips.

I told them to shut up and go away and leave us alone.
One climbed down from the railing, ran over to me and kicked me as hard as he could in the stomach...
Both boys ran off.
I was brought to my teacher by the other girls as I was doubled over in pain and crying. She sent me to the headmistress who gave out to me for answering back at the boys....
No-one went to the boys' school nearby to address the physical assault against me. It was clearly all my own fault and I should have known better.

My daughter is in year 1 and has been injured recently when some of the boys were getting physical. My daughter was just in the wrong place at the wrong time twice in a week on the way to lunch.
Her teachers solution was to send her to lunch early. I explained I didn't want her othered when it wasn't her at fault and surely that just passes the problem on to another innocent child. She said she would go away and discuss with the KS lead. They have come back with supervising on the walk to lunch and staggering the classes so the halls aren't as busy.

I'm surprised by how often the solution is to remove the injured and not improve the behaviour of those causing harm

I refused to send my dd to school unless they could guarantee her safety from another child and I said I wasn’t sending my child to school to be assaulted, and would be taking it much further, after months of endless calls and emails with pretty much the same ridiculous nonsense your school have said! They soon managed to put things in place surprisingly 🙄

This is making my blood boil just reading it. Imagine if a child was being assaulted like this at home by their parents - they'd be removed!

What on Earth have I just read?

Of course your daughter should be safe in school. They are victim blaming her!
The violent little shits should be excluded.

I take it back, the apologists are already here.

I find this jaw droppingly appalling! It is NOT up to your child to placate others.

Remembering that I dont know you, the school, or anyone else involved... is there a chance your DD actively seeks to pick fights/bully one of those boys? Are the school trying to say it's "six of one and half a dozen of the other", such that they BOTH need to stay away from each other.

Wtf? How about the two violent boys don’t get to abuse other pupils?!

There are people on here who defend these boys as they’re only little 🙄 (not seen in this thread thankfully but in too many) but this is how violence against women is allowed to flourish. When they’re small and get to bully and hurt girls, when it gets brushed off and the victim asked to police themselves. You’re completely right to challenge the school.

Is your daughter constantly going up to the 2 boys who she has been told to keep away from?

You are right to be outraged, but if that is the head's attitude I doubt you will be able to change it. As someone who did change primary school due to bullying, I can tell you I'm eternally grateful that my mum made the decision to cut our losses and move me. I know you will fear the upheaval for her, but it teaches your daughter that you value her safety and mental wellbeing more than any school. So its worth thinking about. Good luck, however you decide to approach this.

This is absolutely disgusting, it's coming from the head teacher that boys can behave how they please, and that girls are responsible for the actions of boys. As others have suggested, I would be taking my daughter out of school and escalating this. I'd go to the papers if need be. Good luck OP.

Put that in writing in a complaint to the Head, and cc in the Chair of Governors. Thats a totally unacceptable response and needs to be taken further. I hope your DD is ok though.

I’d try to get everything in writing. They have a legal duty to safeguard your child while they are in their care. Tell them that in your view they have been failing on this and ask what they plan to do to rectify the situation. Your child is doing nothing wrong. She shouldn’t have to change her behaviours.

Out of interest, has anyone successfully sued a teacher / head teacher / school / local authority for failing to safeguard their child adequately?

No, you’re not being ridiculous, but the school’s response is.

Complain in writing and copy in the chair of Governors.

Ask for the schools that bullying policy and complaints policy

Oh my.

This is so outrageous that I’m embarrassed to say I can barely believe what you are telling us.

No you are not!