Bad fight in school - not sure whether to email the head.

[VivaLeBeaver]

My dd wasn't involved so I sort of feel its none of my business. There was a bad fight in the cloakroom and a child was knocked out and ended up being kept in hospital overnight.

DD saw what happened and I think was one of the few witnesses. DD is worried that the boy who started it has made up a story to blame the other one and get him into trouble. However it does just sounds like class gossip for her believing that the boy who was hurt is now in trouble.

DD tried to tell the teacher what happened but was told off for "interfering".

Do I email the head just to say that if she's needing a witness then to talk to DD. Part of me thinks that the head is more than capable of carrying out any investigations but I'd hate for someone to be in trouble for something they haven't done.

I personally would get dd to write down what happened and email it to the head. It maybe that the police get involved

If somebody was knocked out and in hospital over night then I think that the school are completely ignoring their responsibilities and duty of care. This is an incident that should be thoroughly investigated and that means taking statements from those that were present and can say what they believe happened.
The school then makes a decision on what to do, if anything, on the evidence available but to seemingly look to be ignoring the situation is not acceptable. If I was the parent of the pupil knocked out I would be rather annoyed.

Yes email the head with DDs account before she goes back to school and they all gossip.

Primary children have a very strong sense of fairness. I know DD2 would be much more comfortable knowing she'd said what she felt she needed to.

Thank you, will email the school this afternoon.