A teacher smacked my child

[Xmumof3xo]

I really need some advice I’m in the uk
My son is 7 he has a diagnosis on dyspraxia, he’s going for a ADHD and autism assessment..
So today I picked him up from school, he was quite upset, he has said his class teacher has smacked him on his hand twice, quite hard and it has really upset him, he was messing with some building cubes and the teacher became angry at him and did a “cross face”.
I have rang the school, I am really angry about this.
The school office said “I don’t see that happening”, I made it very clear as to why he would lie my son is a big believer in god and he doesn’t like lying, the head teacher came on the phone and said she’s going launch a investigation.
After everything that has happened with this school, the constant shouting at him, making him stand in the corridor door and the constant belittling I have no faith in them.
I have done a EHCP as the school has refused it 4 times, I have already changed his school as he’s constantly being bullied, he came home with horrific injuries in his old school and now the teachers are bullying him. Please help me, I am close to homeschooling him but he has made it clear he loves going to his friends and loves his routine, who else can I go to, I’m so scared of making his life harder at school but this can’t go on anymore, I am fuming, I’ve had so many meetings about the behaviour of his teachers, they say he’s “too sensitive”. Everything calmed down until today, but this time she has physically hurt my child and I ain’t letting it slip, he is not going school tomorrow until I am happy about the outcome of this “investigation”

Why was it banned?

OP please could you explain your comment about your child having the brain of a one year old?

Well I suggest going to the local paper then. Be sure to post the article here when it gets published.

Hello @Iammumof3xox we've checked and your account wasn't banned - it looks like you may have deregistered by mistake.

What? She is throwing about unfounded accusations? No.

Any school that talks about the devils door wouldn’t be one I would ever send a child to for a start.

Believe your son. Report to the Local Authority and let the LADO investigate impartially. Let them know youve reported it to the school and they haven't taken it seriously.

There is a bigger picture here, don't let strangers on the Internet say your son is lying. Even if it is investigated and nothing comes from it, your son needs support in different ways and this can be explored.

Teachers work hard yes, but noone should place hands on your child. Even if this was entirely innocent feeling dismissed (both you and your son) isn't helpful.

The teacher admitted hitting your child? So they have been suspended pending an investigation and the police called, yes?

It’s hard to believe anything the OP has said, particularly the update that the teacher admitted smacking her son.

If, as the OP says in her update, the teacher has admitted to hitting a child in her care, then the school would have suspended her or ended her contract, pending enquiry and legal intervention.
Of course children need to be listened to, because adults and other children can and do commit terrible acts.
I think the many people who are raising pretty valid points in this thread, are not questioning whether children should be believed, whether children can suffer at the hands of others or whether safeguarding is of the utmost importance... what they are questioning are the OPs posts, which don't seem to add up and seem, at the best, confused!

Probably in about 11 months time.

Teachers are always very wary of putting their hands anywhere near pupils. It does happen, however, if a pupil is being a danger to themselves or to others - for example throwing items about and refusing to put them down.

I'm wondering what "messing around with blocks" means in the context of the situation being described by the OP.

I can recall having to remove an aerosol spray from teenager when he was spraying at people. There were asthmatics in the class and I couldn't remove the other pupils, since the culprit had blocked the doorway.

Hence, I asked the class to witness that this was a health and safety matter and that I was taking the aerosol away from the pupil. It could have backfired, but it was the only way of resolving the matter at the time.

There were no additional learning needs in this case, however. There were behavioural problems which I strongly suspect were being caused by difficulties at home.

The thing is that it comes from a different account so it could be anyone.

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