Just found out that DS, age 5.5 in Year 1 was kicked in the genitals by a class mate the other day. No doubt about the truth of it, I heard from another parent whose child was also kicked, as were two others who have all told their parents the same thing. Checked with DS this morning (without putting words in his mouth) and he's told me the same thing. The children then found the HT who had a word with the boy.
The child in question has previously pushed my son over which I largely ignored as DS was fine. I've subsequently found out he is repeatedly kicking and hitting various other children, some of whose parents have already raised the matter with school due to the number of times their children have been hit or kicked.
School thus far don't seem to be doing anything obvious to manage the situation. Clearly I wouldn't expect them to break confidentiality, but I feel this should not keep happening.
I have no experience of this and I don't know what's reasonable to expect:
Should I have been told my son had been kicked by another pupil?
I will raise it with the teacher, if nothing else I feel they need to be aware of the number of incidents. Is there anything I can ask back of them which is reasonable? Surely this is not acceptable behaviour?
I don't want to get to the point where my son is physically injured or ends up hating school, for example.