Hello
My son experienced some bullying by a group of 6 boys in his class in year 7. The school tried to minimise it as something off Tik Tok but as per the school’s bullying policies it amounted to sexual assault. As it wasn’t handled properly, my son experienced a 6 week period of what seemed like open season on what kids could get away with and included cyber bullying, physical and verbal abuse. Eventually I got the headteacher involved and things got better. Two of the bullies continued with low level shoving and kicking and now we are into year 8 and each of them grabbed my son’s school iPad and threw it on the floor repeatedly or at him hard in lessons. The teachers don’t seem to notice and my son isn’t shouting in lesson to draw the teacher’s attention. My son says speaking up before led to things getting worse and him being labelled a snitch. The school want him to report it with names and they will look for other witnesses. However previously witnesses were shy in coming forward, probably because these 2 aggressive boys seem to rule with fear.
I am very concerned re what is happening and advice would be appreciated. I wish the school had involved the police last year to scare these aggressive kids. Instead they wouldn’t tell us what measures they took and things seem to bed escalating again. I am imagining if my son’s school iPad is broken, that would be criminal damage and time to involve the police.
Thanks in advance for any advice.