Should a school tell you when you child has been hit?

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My 7 year old DS gets hit periodically in the face by his class mates. We have talked to the school about this on a few occasions but that is not what I want to ask about here. Last week he was hit again and apparently the child who hit DS was sent to the deputy head. However we have no had no contact at all from the school about this and it wasn't mentioned at pick up or drop off time.

Is this normal?

I meant, we have not had any contact from the school at all.

He's 7, so unless the school has a policy of informing of all "bumps" as some do, although less likely by age of 7, or the injury from the strike was hard enough to be serious, or your child has a relevant SEN so they can't tell you themselves, then you do not need to be informed by the school, your child can do that.

If you have more general concerns about how the school is managing safety of students you can ask those.

I should have said he is in year 2.

From what you say, it depends on where you draw the line with what is serious. For me, being hit in the face hard enough that the boy hitting had to be sent to the deputy head is serious.

A child will likely be sent to the head (or whatever is appropriate to the schools behaviour policy) for throwing a punch that misses completely.

The only reason to tell you is if the injury itself is important enough that you need to know, not the discipline problem of the other child.

OK I suppose the question is how hard does your DS have to be hit before you need to know. My view might be different from the school's on this.

Agree with sirfred.
I think they would tell the parents of the child who hit your ds about the incident, but I don't think they would tell you about your child being hit, if there were no actual injury.

I was told when it happened to my DD. The teacher told me what had happened and that the other child was being dealt with. No names or details (for obvious reasons) but the teacher wanted me to know that it had been taken very seriously.

There were a couple of other factors involved though, so I don't know whether parents would always be told or whether this was just a one-off.

I work in a primary school and it's our school policy that we report both verbally and through writing when there is a serious violent incident on school premises. This sort of incident would be an incident which resulted in first aid being given.
I would say that for most "rough housing" in school it may be that the teacher has an informal chat at the end of the day to update you on what has happened - or at least that's what I would do as then I know the parent is getting the facts and not the 7 year old's version of what happened (which I'm sure we can all agree sometimes become distorted or hyperbolic.)
If it is the same child or same group of children hitting your daughter then I would suggest something more needs to be done about this. I would ask to have a meeting with the headteacher or year leader as the class teacher doesn't sound to be very proactive in this instance.

Thanks AllsoppWannabe. The head doesn’t meet parents but I might try to catch the deputy head.

The Head doesn’t meet parents?! What sort of school is this? That’s appalling! Every Head I’ve ever known or worked with has met parents. It’s their job. A Head cannot delegate meeting parents!!! The policies are the responsibility of the Head. The buck stops with the Head. Be assertive and ask to see the Head.

My son in yr 2 was intentionally scratched on his lip the other day. It was bleeding, swollen and weeping. Not a word from school. Really surprised