To contact the police

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DS1 is in year 7 and was walking to school this morning when some older boys started throwing mud. He ignored them and carried in and one of them picked up a stone and threw it at him. The first I knew was when the school phoned to tell me he had been hurt and had been given first aid but was now ok and back in class. When he came home I saw the bruise and I am furious. Despite having a jumper and thick winter coat on, he is black and blue and I dread to think what would have happened had he been hit in the eye. I plan to go in to school on Tuesday and find out what has happened to the year 11 boy that threw it - he has been identified, but also feel he should get a police caution for what in my mind constitutes assault. AIBU?

Thank you all so much for your replies. you have validated my thoughts on this and I will do. Sorry to hear some of the stories you've also told. Really upsetting.

awaywiththepixies I'm just talking about the schools I've been in, although they are all primary, but if it happened outside of school premises and time there wasn't much they could do. We had one incident where child A dropped money on the way home, about 50 yards from the school, and child B took it and put it in his bank knowing it wasn't his. Parent of A wanted the school to intervene and speak to parent of child B but they couldn't. Although not similar to the OP I was just basing it on my own experiences, which is why I suggested the police.

Donna that is truly awful, I hope your DD was okay.

DS is ok - he wanted his dad to pick him up from school (which he did!) because he felt a bit vulnerable but he's ok today, thank you.

The school hasn't appreciated how serious this is

We don't know this. For all we know the school may well have imposed sanctions on the Year 11 boy, contacted his parents etc. It's not Schools place to be reporting to Police incidents that happen out in the community though, that's the parents decision as to whether they want to involve the Police or not.