How would you expect a school to respond?

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DC is 13. At lunch time at school, they were with friends getting lunch (with tray in hands). Another student (the same age) came and pulled the bottom half of their uniform down, leaving DC stood in their underwear in front of the vast majority of the school.

The other student had brought over about 7 other students specifically to watch them do this.

Would like to know how you would expect the school to respond to this?

DC said they don't really know other student (other than knowing their name and it being another student in year group). Thank you.

Totally agree. If it’s got to the point of threatening to escalate the school have already failed.

I’d be outside the heads office Monday morning and writing to the governors too. Hope you ds is ok.

As a teacher. 1 day external inclusion. Not acceptable. Perhaps buy him a belt so this can never happen again.

I think its a pretty obvious 3 day external exclusion (if its a first time offence). Written statements taken, plus an apology, plus parents being dragged in and lectured to that child will be considered to be permanently excluded if anything happens again, plus no Christmas trip.

Any children who knew about it beforehand and came to watch should also get internal exclusion.

It’s a serious sexual assault crime and a serious breach of any school rules. Should be reported to the police and the boy charged - there is no excuse, nor warning needed for sexual assault.

In parallel should be in internal exclusion for several weeks, and told that if criminal case is proven will be sent to a PRU.

If they don’t comply I would get hold of OFSTED as this completely unacceptable. this is so useless and unhelpful - the school doesn't "comply" with demands for punishments decided by parents, and ofsted do not investigate incidents of bullying.

I don't expect them to 'comply', just want to check that they are taking this seriously and also to ensure DS will be supported in some way. I remember being his age and going to school tomorrow would have crippled me with embarrassment.

I think the reassurance I’d want is that the school are going to make sure it’s ethos means pupils will support your ds and be fuming it happened to him rather than taking the Mick.

My school had its fair share of stupidity - but never that bad because you knew however popular you were you’d be ostracised for such cruelty.

If the school don't take it seriously escalate through your local child protection network. Deliberately exposing another person is sexual assault, and should be dealt with as such.

Any update OP?