To ask how you would handle this

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DS yr6 was assaulted at school by a group of boys - these boys have been in the same class and have been persistently naughty. He accidentally kicked a ball over a fence during break time and they pushed him to the ground kicked him and rolled on top of him. A lunchtime supervisor was present and did halt the attack but only after it was well under way.

As well as being pretty annoyed by this specific incident I am annoyed because this little grouping of boys have been bullying (very occasional incidents with my son but many on going incidents over many years with many other children) and yet nothing changes and these boys seem really very brazen with the way they behave.

And I suppose my issue is as well with the school ringing up trying to get to the bottom of it when they have stood back and let these kids thrive in their bullying for several years.

I have said ds does not wish to take part in any restorative justice process with these children (which he does not) that i am disappointed and believe there is a safeguarding issue and that really what happened was an assault and if it happens again I will call the police.

Am I being OTT just dont know

sorry that wasn't clear bullying boys have been in same class since year 1 and have been consistently naughty for the past 5 years.

Have you approached the head or designated safeguarding leader for a meeting? That's where you should start

have said ds does not wish to take part in any restorative justice process with these children (which he does not) that i am disappointed and believe there is a safeguarding issue and that really what happened was an assault and if it happens again I will call the police.

I would say exactly that to the Head.

Thanks LacedwithGrace yes perhaps I could do this

I suppose its just frustration that these children have been causing similar style incidents for many years and nothing the school has done has had any impact at all. It just comes across as a box ticking exercise - I don't want to have a nice chat about it I want the school to enact a change in the way these children behave towards others. Otherwise its just really a waste of my time.

Xpolog this is the text from the email i sent to the head so yes i have said this - just wondering if i was sort of where most people would be on it thats all

I’m not sure what age year 6 is, but if they’re under the age of criminal responsibility where you are the police can’t do much but they might speak to the boys concerned. I think you’re perfectly reasonable in expecting the school to take responsibility here though and I certainly wouldn’t expect my child to be involved in some restorative process given the circumstances.

I’d be emphasising with the school their duty of care to your child and asking them specifically how they intend to ensure your child has a safe learning environment at school and, in all honesty, my child wouldn’t be back at school until they had measures in place to protect his safety both from physical assault and verbal abuse from these kids. It’s ridiculous how poor some schools are at dealing with bullying.

yr6 is 10 and 11 the age of criminal responsibility is 10

You could go to the police I guess but I’m not sure they deserve that. I personally think 10 as the age of criminal responsibility is insane.

I’d go to the school first and make it clear how very disappointed you are about the bullying. They need to take a much firmer line by the sounds of it.

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I dont think I would go to the police but my issue is many many parents have been left "very disappointed and many chats measures and processes have been followed - all of which have made no difference. In fact as the years have gone on they have felt more and more comfortable to behave like this. In my opinion it is a cultural thing in part created by how the school have dealt with it.

It is absolutely ridiculous that these children are able to go on and repeat their poor behaviour. I wish I had an answer for you but I really don’t.

There is a head teacher on AMA at the moment maybe you could put this question to her/him?

It really does suck when your child can’t go to school feeling safe let alone happy

Quitelikeit. - might do that on the AMA thanks

The school is in a very naice area and is ranked outstanding as it currently stands my DS is working at depth across several SATS areas but I think the school hide behind good academic results and pastoral care is poor and that this is more than one odd instances of one or two naughty kids I think there is more of a cultural and structural issue with how the school is managed. I know of one or two kids who have left because of it so I wonder should i just find a way of feeding back to ofsted.