Bullying from other parents

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I do not know where to go.
My child as become a victim of a hate campaign trying to get them out of their new class. This as been done through group chat on facebook inc all the mums in the class. A few of these being in the teaching sector, one a head at another school and one an actual governor of the school who was giving advice about what to do and say to get action taken.

I have complained to the governors about this but feel that I will get fobbed off as one of them was involved in the disgusting things said about my child.

My child moved at my request as they were having trouble with another child. The new class parents have took it upon themselves to make their own conclusion as to why the movement occurred and are now making allegations that my child is bullying their children although nothing as been reported by staff except that one child as been caught hitting my child on more than one occasion. They say it's at playtime,but the teachers have watched with my child not knowing over the past week and only saw the other child doing something to my child.

I am not in the click of the mothers,although I did see some of them as school friends, when we walk into class they all stand there in a group, starring over trying to intimidate me.

Where do I go after the governors response? What are the steps?

TIA
A concerned mother.

Communication seems beyond repair. I would move your child to another school.

How old is your child

Ensure that when the governors hear the complaint, the one who is involved does not take part. Governors must be untainted. It's probably the case that local authority and co-opted governors are not tainted (I was an LEA governor and until my son started at the school, 5 years after I had become a governor there, I didn't know any of the parents or kids so I would have been a fresh pair of eyes looking at the case - please believe that).

If you have evidence of the Facebook abuse you might want to involve the police.

My son has been the victim of a similar sort of witch-hunt - the head soon put a stop to it by some very robust emails to the parents.

This is awful! I really feel for you. I avoid the playground completely; I'm 44 now, have 2 children and stay away from the school gate as much as possible because I am ever-dumbfounded at the level to which some mothers go to be bitchier/cliquier/competitive and downright backstabbing. I thought I'd escaped school bitches after A levels, but mothers are SO MUCH WORSE!
For the last 8 months, I've sent my husband in... He doesn't care what they say and he pulls them up on bitchy stuff they say. He's even on the year group's whatsapp. I'm very lucky to have his support.
But your situation sounds dire! I would write to Offsted, keep a diary of EVERYTHING, and try and get to the bottom of this on unbiased grounds. If you don't trust the governors/head etc. try social services and even the police... Trolls have to be held accountable and your child has a right to be happy. Don't take it!