If a reception child deliberately kicked another child in class and broke that child’s leg, and that child needed surgery what would you expect to happen at school ?

[Lardlizard]

For the child that got injured and the child that did it

And the incident was witnessed by the teacher

I'd expect the child that did the kicking to get at the least a suspension, while an investigation was carried out.

Would you expect an investigation to lead to expulsion on a reception child ?

I know this isn't the point, but a kick from a reception child broke someone's leg?

Must have been some mighty kick to break the leg

TBH I would think suspension following an enquiry etc, although I wouldn't be confident sending my own dc to a setting where a small dc is capable of this.

I think this is not all that straight forward. I'd expect the kicker to have sone consequences. Equally, I wouldn't ever expect that a 4 or 5 year old child could break another's leg by kicking!!

Are there any missing details here?

Unless the child is uncommonly massive, breaking a leg seems unlikely. I’d need more information, such as what the teacher’s action were and whether it was the kick on its own that caused the break or whether the child fell awkwardly as a result of the kick and broke their leg etc.

Depends on what led upto it, I'd be surprised if a single kick could do this

Suspension whilst matter is investigated.

Next actions / consequences would depend on what the investigation found.

How did a kick from a child so young do so much damage?

I'd expect consequences the child could understand, a referral to social services if it was felt that the child was often violent and this may reflect problems at home, and medical tests to uncover if there are any underlying health problems making the child's bones abnormally weak.

A reception she child kicked another so hard a leg was broken?

I would expect school's behaviour policy to be followed. I would not expect the dramatic and unusual nature of the outcome to influence school's response to the incident itself.

I would expect the child to be permanently excluded for that, though in the current climate I think the pressure on the school to keep that child might mean that they apply a fixed term exclusion.

It might mean that the victim's parents are faced with moving schools which isn't right but is easier for the school to encourage that rather than permanently exclude and face the associated costs.

I would expect school's behaviour policy to be followed. I would not expect the dramatic and unusual nature of the outcome to influence school's response to the incident itself.

^^ this

Was the kick intended? It sounds an unlikely turn of events to be honest.

However, if my child had purposely had their leg broken by another child I would be absolutely ducking livid and want them expelled.

I think it's very unlikely a reception age child could break another kid's leg unless that kid had brittle bone disease.

Spot on multivac

I would expect the school to follow their usual policy for investigating a serious incident. If your child was the victim, I don't believe you have any right to know how the child concerned is being dealt with in specific terms. If your child was the kicker, get a copy of the school's policy on such matters and ensure they follow it to the letter.

This seems odd, what were the circumstances? Like monal I'm surprised a kick from a reception child can break another child's leg by kicking him.
What was happening? Were they playing, or play fighting fighting? Or did the child just attack the other child, did he fall in an awkward way?
In terms of what should happen I think there should be an investigation to find out how it happened and, and also where the teacher of TA was at the time.

What decomposing said. You are confusing outcome (rare) with actual action (not unusual among small children)

Unless the child is uncommonly massive, breaking a leg seems unlikely.

Not as unlikely as you'd think. This happened in my DS's Y1 class so not much older. One child had his leg blancing outstretched on a bench as he sat on a seat - another child brought his leg straight down on top of his leg Nd broke it. It was horrendous at the time (10 years ago now), the child was suspended and his parents removed him from the school.

Sorry, what multivac said

What Raptor said

I expect

a massive drip feed.

I used to work with young children with severe behavioral problems and a kick from a child that age can most definitely be forceful enough to break a bone on an adult. A young child will have softer bones that are not fully calcified so greenstick fractures are common and can occur with less force than you would imagine.