To wonder what realistically the Police cab do

[HouseofSkullduggery]

My 11yr old child was punched in the face this morning before school. By another student in the same year who was part of a group.
He has a clear bruise on his cheek and it was an unprovoked attack. I know this for certain due to witnesses including an adult friend of mine.
The school have been great and I was told the student who punched him will be excluded.and they supported me in reporting it to the Police. So I have but I don't honesty know what if anything will happen next.
I reported it on a live chat system and the first question was are school dealing with it? Like I shouldn't have been bothering them.
Was I wrong to? All I know is my son who started at the school only months ago, on his own, has made friends and become so independent walking to and from school is now going to be frightened to.

In all honesty, the Police will try to persuade you that it is being dealt with under the school policy and will want to do nothing more than record it as a crime with no action by them.

It's assault. The other boy is above the age of criminal responsibility. He will likely be given a caution. That's what happened when another girl hit me around that age.

I got the impression they wanted just the school to deal with it from the live chat. I do appreciate they are very stretched but at the same time if I was hit in the face I would want some kind of action so why should it be different for my son?
But he is now absolutely fine, the bruise has faded after an ice pack and I can't imagine any further action.
I think in my unrealistic mind I have visions of the perpetrator being terrified by a police visit and never doing such a thing again. Not gonna happen is it!

I feel very sorry for your son. I think you can be proud that you took it seriously - he knows you had his back and reported it.

However, I do think that the police would be overwhelmed if every playground fight or unprovoked school wallop was reported. You say that the school has been brilliant, so give them the opportunity to put things right.

I'm glad your son's bruise has faded - what an awful thing to happen.