I am Dad, my son (10yrs old) has told me and my partner that his step-dad scares him and has hit out at him etc. We have reported this to social and been told to keep him with us until things are resolved. I have tried to speak to his mum but she is not communicating with us. I am happy to keep my son and let her see him but not happy for him to go back to their house and he has said he doesn't want to see the boyfriend. However my partner and I live 200 miles away from them. To try and keep things normal for my son, my partner and I have gone and stayed at my parents house, so my son can go to school and about his life as normal as possible. However it obviously can't stay like this. At what point do I start the ball rolling in changing his school and can his mum stop me? Again I have at no point said he can not see his mum. So far she has made the decision not to see him, I have offered it every day since this happened. I would be happy for him to see his mum going forward so I'm not asking for sole custody, I just want him to live with us but still see his mum. Any advice would be appreciated.