I wondered if someone else has been through a similar experience...
My DS joined a new Primary school in September. Since then he has made many friends and likes it there. However, from the start another boy, who is a known bully, has on numerous occasions lashed out at my son because he doesn't like it when someone else beats him at football.
This has happened in school and after school in the park. The boys are playing fine, if the other boy is winning, as soon as he starts to lose he punches and kicks my son.
The school decided to separate the two boys by putting one in the basketball court and the other in the football yard. They swap over each day.
The other boy has been at the school longer and gets people to play in his yard by either bullying other children or cajoling them into playing with him.
I have told the school that I don't understand why my son has to take 50% of the punishment of being in a separate playground if the other boy lashes out.
Then, last week, DS's teacher told us that she had found a sheet of paper with a list of names, on the bully's desk. He and a friend had collected names from the class and told the other children to spy on my son - on his whereabouts and actions - then report back to him.
I don't know what to do next. My DS's teacher has told the head of year and the assistant head of the school. The other boy is constantly hauled in front the Headmaster but little seems to change.
There are three classes DS's year group. The boys from my sons football team all seem to be in the other classes - the school doesn't allow children from different classes to mix with one another in the yard at breaktime. They split the classes up at the end of each year. We have been told that my son won't be in the same as the other boy next year, which is a relief! We still have the whole of the spring/summer term left though.
Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks.