DS(7) has been being bullied by 3 boys in his class since the start of the school year in September. Things like tripping him up when on their morning run, punching the back of his bag whilst in line, mocking his speech (he had delayed speech as a toddler and was only discharged from speech therapy in January this year he still stutters and has can't pronounce lots of things), challenging him to fights, calling him stupid and saying he can't add up (DS is far behind his peers in class, he is waiting to be assessed for autism), excluding him from playing football at lunchtime, lots of low level taunting and jostling and most recently one of them kneed him in the stomach on Wednesday leaving him winded. The principal spoke to the boy with DS present following this. I have spoken to DS' teacher a couple of times about these issues and she says she is keeping an eye on it and that DS does retaliate. I have no doubt that he does, he is quick to react and I am certain this is why they pick on him because they know he will react and they enjoy that.
School was closed today so I am planning on ringing the principal tomorrow and asking for a meeting with her. what can I expect to happen to deal with this situation? I have no idea what the teacher/school can do but this can't go on. DS regularly comes home in tears either to me or his childminder.