To think telling a teacher makes it worse?

[HouseofSkullduggery]

Ds is in Yr 7. Enjoying it so far until this week. 3 lads have started having a go at him. He doesn't know why. He is a good, hard working kid and easy to get along with. The lads have told him to fight them, kicked him and name calling.
If he tells staff I'm worried it will make it worse. It's likely they have older siblings in school and my son walks there and back either on his own or home with a friend so they could easily follow him.
What do I do?

@hiredandsqueak

Well for me I contacted the HT and told him that if the child laid one finger on my daughter again I would involve the police and so it would be in the school's best interest to ensure that he got the message before I had to do so. No idea what he said but child disappeared from dd's group and was placed in the opposite house and dd had no further issues. Having said that HT knew from experience it would be far better to address it promptly rather than give me cause to complain.

I did very similar in Year 7 for DS2. He was absolutely fine from there on.

In my school we don't tell the bully that a child or parent has reported it. We either check CCTV and then tell them we have it on video, or say that a teacher has raised concerns.

Bullying is now classed as a safeguarding issue so is dealt with much better (in decent schools) than it was 10 years ago.

My ds had a problem with another child (he’s in y7). I emailed school and said that it was not acceptable. The head of year rang me and subsequently dealt with it.

It’s been fine since.