White child using N word at school - advice pls

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I'm just about to start work so may not be back until later but I'd appreciate some advice on what others would do.
My DD is in Yr 6. She and other friends have reported there is a white child in their class who spends a lot of the break running round the playground shouting the N word repeatedly. I feel the school should have a zero tolerance policy on this but reportedly the behaviour is going unchallenged. The school has a very "gentle" approach to poor behaviour and bullying which has led to issues being glossed over in the past. Would you contact the school? Obviously I've talked to my DD at home about the history of the word and why it is so abhorrent.

Yes absolutely bring this up with school. The schools my DC has gone to treated this sort of behaviour extremely seriously and it would lead to an exclusion at secondary.

Yes I would contact the school. It beggars belief the playground staff have not been straight on this at source. If the child was saying ‘Fuck you’ or ‘Bastard’ or ‘Sweaty bollocks’ or anything else, the staff would be straight on them.

Obviously report it to the school. Why are you speculating about their potentially inadequate response when you haven't even raised it yet?

Bring it up at the school and say that if this isn’t dealt with appropriately you will contact Ofsted.

Thanks everyone. Just wanted to sense check that I'm not overreacting.

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Absolutely OP, you go and get the little racist, what punishment do you think would fit the crime?

Prison?

Expulsion?

Banishment?

Don't you think that a 10 year old who is still "running around" and "shouting" things might have some additional needs? Or at the very least isn't up to speed with their peers.

Sounds more of a welfare issue than a discipline one.

Either way, the issue needs addressing. If the child concerned has special needs, they should be supported.

Of course, contact the school.

We had a similar issue years ago. The child has Tourette's.

@Hereyoume additional meeds or not that child does need correcting and consequences put in place. And I say that as a mum to a child who has severe additional needs and shouts “fucking die” at the top of his lungs in crowded places when his tics start to play up.

Of course I would contact the school, to check that this situation is being addressed!

For the life of me I can't imagine how a 10 year-old would even know such a word these days.

Of course feedback to school but I highly doubt school are unaware of this (unless they have staffing issues !) and they may well not be able to divulge why the child does this…but as with anything we should always teach our kids to raise stuff with playground supervisor at the time if possible. Does your daughter know the child involved?

What advice do you need? Obviously it is completely unacceptable and you need to raise it with the school just in case they are unaware or have failed to treat the issue with the seriousness it deserves. If the child has special needs then the school faces a difficult issue and the absolute moral need to resolve it, but I can't see why this presents a complex issue for you.

It sounds to me from the OP's very brief description that the child has a SEND and is being encouraged to do this by other children,

By all means bring this up with the school, but be aware that the final result may not be what you think or want.