Name calling at school, twelve year olds

[supercalifragilisticex]

One of the kids in dc's class is constantly physically attacking other children and calling them names, singling out one child at a time and for a period following them around calling them "stupid" "disgusting" etc. What would you expect the school to do about it? Also, more recently, my dc has had had a difficult family experience to deal with this other child has now decided that my dc, slightly more fragile than usual, is a suitable target for namecalling. I asked the school to sit my dc on other side of class as the name calling is now continuous and the school agreed but it hasn't happened. The school is terrible and we are moving to a new school next year but in the meantime, am I reasonable to ask that my dc is sat on other side of classroom?? I have changed a couple of details to try to ensure anonymity.

Ask to see the schools anti bullying policy and point out exactly where they are failing to uphold it. Speak to the board of governors if need be. Get everything in writing and speak to the head in person.

Thank you for your reply. I have already done this, and had a face to face meeting with the head - this was last week - at which she agreed that dc would be sat on the other side of the class and all teachers would be made aware of the situation. The situation is in fact slightly worse than I said, but I didn't want to give too much info online. After I posted this online I emailed the head who said that she had not yet spoken to the other teachers (!) but that she would.

I was actually just wanting a sanity check - is it reasonable to ask that your dc is sat on the opposite side of a classroom away from a child bullying them? The head agreed, as I said, but has done nothing about it. One other teacher was at the meeting who has put in place the right seating arrangements. But there have been several lessons since then in which dc has been seated behing or infront of the child in question.

As I say, though, I just wanted a sanity check about how reasonable I was being

ie several lessons with other teachers who I now realise were not aware of the problems.