what do you think? 4yr old expelled from school

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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230238/Boy-expelled-school-aged-School-says-attacked-teache rs.html

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There is a little boy at our school who has been terrorising many children in the playground since he was 4. (he is now 5). The school give him alot of support as he has a complex home life and for that I think it is great. But...my dd has been at the sharp end of his 'boisterousness' as have many other dcs. A couple wanted to leave school.
So although it sounds young they can still cause alot of damage. And the parents don't exactly sound like they are trying to work with the school.

I have been involved in the exclusion of a very young child as a Chair of Governors. No one takes these decisions lightly - some time on and everyone involved is still haunted by it. I still think about the kid in my case all the time.

I know that in cases like this, every possible option is looked at first. But ultimately the school has a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of all the pupils, and that's the bottom line.

very true Hassled i do know the child he came to me (i am a cm) but only for a few weeks as the saftey of the other children was more important

It sounds like the school wanted to agree an action plan with the parents, and only decided to expel him when the parents made it clear they weren't going to support that. There's a limit to what schools can do to help with behaviour when they get no back up at home. Poor kid doesn't have much hope of making anything of himself with this as a start.

I agree that the key is in the..... "His parents had refused to agree to a special action plan to deal with his behaviour".
It sounds like the school were backed in to a corner with few other options open to them as the parents were refusing to work with them.
Poor lad.

I blame his parents not working with the school. Feel sorry for the child. Not a good start, is it?

It's harsh that this had to be labelled as being "expelled". It sounds like he may be a handful, perhaps he's just not ready for school? Couldn't they just say, keep him at home for another year, he's clearly not mature enough - has he been to nursery? What were their experiences of him and should they have not picked up on his behaviour there? IF there were bigger issues at nursery shouldn't they have drafted in some support then in the form of an Ed Psych?

It just sounds like there are crucial pieces of this story missing. And is that HIS photo? Strange if it is. It's all a bit cheeky chappy isn't it when that definitely is not the case because his life is stuffed if no-one wants to educate him.

Yes, the parents probably could have been a bit more effective at disciplining him, but it's also a great argument against making lively 4 year old children, especially boys, go to school. I wonder how many opportunities he was given to let off steam in the playground everyday. Poor lad. I really hope this doesn't bugger up his chances of a decent education.