child in dd's class.

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My dd is about to finish reception . She has had problems with a boy in her class from day 1!

He is known to be quite hard work anyway but seems to target my dd. throughout the year he has pushed her over (purposely) numerous times. pulls on her chair in class, hit her over the head with a baton , called her names .

They are now moving into year 1 and the classes have been mixed up. However, they have kept this boy in the same class as my dd.

aibu to ask them to move him into the other class (They're having 2 year 1 classes due to numbers)

i don't want my dd to have to put up with another year of his bullying. It wouldn't affect his learning as he a lot of children are moving around anyway so he wouldn't even need to know the reasons.

He has been punished by missing free time on occasions but I feel that now given the chance they could put him into a different class.

he seems to always make a beeline for her

If this carries on next year, get a copy of the bullying policy and ask the school precisely what they are doing to comply with it.

Seems like the little boy has a partner in crime and they've split the pair of them up. It might make a difference to your dd as they could be egging eachother on.

I'd follow up the chat with the headmaster with an email. I'd confirm the fact the headmaster has acknowledged the problem and will be keeping an eye on the problem. I would also mention the fact she HAS been physically hurt by this boy in the past and that she must be protected in future.
I would be very polite and friendly but 'thorough' IYSWIM

Things like this can come and go with children of this age. I've known some right little horrors change into little angels in a short space of time. (Fingers crossed X)