Should I make a fuss with school given there are 3 days left

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Ds11 in year 6 has had issues in past with other boys calling him 'paki' telling him to go home to where he came from.
School had a word and it seemed to blow over.
But one of his friends has been calling him Muslim again today.
He doesn't want me to say anything to school and doesn't want me to say anything to the parents.
Do I say anything or leave it given they have nearly finished school.

If it makes any difference ds is white (but tanned !)

No, don't leave it. They need to be spoken to.

Make a fuss about racism always. Good luck

Yeah I'd bring it up. Totally unnacceptable.

Yes, report it. It may be difficult to resolve completely in terms of direct consequences to the pupils doing this, but the school is obliged to record such incidents and needs to know.

Definitely report it. In the school I worked in, every racist incident was taken extremely seriously. Each incident was logged and details sent to the local authority. When the culprits realised this, it seemed to deter them more than a talking to or a detention. It made them realise how serious this type of name calling is and brought home to them that racism comes in many forms. Most pupils did not want to have racist name calling on their school record.Do you know your school's policy on dealing with racist incidents?

Report it, definitely.

Yes bring it up. Tell school you think they need to really hammer home to these kids that if they are heard saying this at secondary school it's instant exclusion and that racism is a criminal act. They have a responsibility to let these boys know how serious and unacceptable it is.

My ds is British but born abroad - he's had children tell him to go back to where he came from.

Yes I'd bring it.
Not just for your DC but for all the others at the school that need to hear that clear message about racism.

I would report it, yes.

They would have been excluded for the first incident at every school I have worked in (inner city London). All the schools i have worked at have had a zero tolerance of racism. They need to learn that it is not acceptable.

you get in there and make a MASSIVE fuss.... this is never acceptable x

Ring OFSTED this is absolutely unacceptable.

Racism should always be reported

School had a word and it seemed to blow over

This is concerning - school should be doing more than 'having a word'.

Raise hell OP, this is your kid being subjected to racism. Brushing it aside for the sake of peace just teaches him to put up with it and teaches them its ok. Good luck!

I thought schools had a duty to report incidences of racism?

I think because he is actually white they have brushed it aside.

We live in a rural white town

I'm torn because he doesn't want me to do anything.

The school is very wrong to try to brush this under the carpet. Tell the school you want this properly dealt with.

Buthewasstillhungry what are OFSTED going to do?

Absolutely raise it! And ask the school to pass the information to secondary school if they are going to the same one in September. We need to know if a child has a history of racist bullying because we can join the dots so to speak if there's another issue.

I think you need to take your cue from him actually. Advise him that you won't tell the school before he's left so his friend won't necessarily get in trouble for it but that you will be reporting it to the school after term ends and ask the school to inform the other boys new school that there have been ongoing issues so that at the first sign of trouble he will be dealt with.
I would also be encouraging him to ditch said friend.

Please report it, even though he doesn't want you to.
Explain to him that it's unacceptable and the children need to learn now before they are expelled for being racist at secondary school.
Tell him it's wrong and that we need to stand up for what is right and it will also help children at the school who follow him.
Racism is never acceptable and the school seem as though they are brushing it under the carpet.

Write to the governors if school are not dealing with this. The real problem here is not the boys who are being racist (though clearly that's totally unacceptable but realistically there is now not much they can do as they are leaving) but the school's unwillingness or inability to deal with it which will only be an ongoing problem.

You won't be 'making a fuss'. You will be notifying the school that some of the pupils aren't clear on how unacceptable racial abuse is. Can you imagine what will happen when they do meet a child who is not white? This isn't just about protecting your DS, it is about protecting child from other races who these boys will come into contact with in the future, and about protecting his friends from serious consequences if they continue with this behavior. Whatever the school did in the past obviously hasn't worked.

3 days left and DS doesn't want you to, I wouldn't.

Senior School after the holidays, everything will be different, just see how things go. Personally, I think if a child can be empowered to shrug off stupid comments & put the idiots in their place it's far better for them than just having the others spoken to.

Over the holidays I'd give him a few retorts, such as 'Where >insert town of birth< - idiot' . 'Muslim? Christian/buddist/atheist actually. Are you so stupid you actually think you can determine religion by the colour of someone's skin?' 'Still thick & boring. You've not changed over the summer then'. 'Bore off'. Obviously nothing he'd get in trouble for, but just show them up for the idiots they are.

This needs to be stamped on, fast and hard.

Imagine your son and possibly others facing 6 weeks of torment because of a failure to act.