9yo school fight

[Anotherschooldilemma]

I have a 9yo.
For the second time in a number of weeks, another child has repeatedly punched DS. Yesterday he kept punching until DS fell to the floor.
Would you expect the school to get in touch about this?
Both times I have had no contact at all.

Yes I would. Yesterday the school auxiliary rang me because another child had accidentally pushed my daughter into a wall and she’d banged her head. So id expect calls and plans for something more serious like this! Do you know where the punching happened? As if during breaktime and a teacher wasn’t around to witness it…

Did a teacher witness it? If they saw the whole thing and it’s as you’ve described then yes, it should have been mentioned. If it happened away from the teacher (in the toilets, in a quiet area of the playground) it’s possible they haven’t understood the seriousness of it or potentially don’t know about it at all.

I absolutely would

It's possible that no staff saw it. It's impossible to watch every child closely.
Did ds tell anyone at school? Did he go for first aid? If he did, I'd expect to be told as staff clearly knew what had happened. If not, it will need mentioning to his class teacher so she can deal with it.

Thanks all.

I only know what DS told me which could be inaccurate or incomplete which is why I would have appreciated a call from the school to say what has happened and the plan going forward.

The first time was in a line to the toilet. The second time yesterday was in the school yard.
Teachers made aware both times and spoke to the children but I'd rather a teacher give me the full story rather than hearing it from DS.

DS has SEN and has SNA access so there should always be someone close by, even at break and in toilet line. I'm not in the UK.

School did ring me two other days this week around other issues so it seems off that they didn't think this was important enough to call about.

Yes, the school should call any parents of children involved in fights.

I used to work in a primary school and the fights were the absolute worst part of my job. It was the teacher's job to call parents in that school. TAs did playground duty so had to separate any fights and apply first aid. This was one of the reasons I left my TA role as they frankly didn't pay me enough for that level of responsibility

Sorry to hear that @MyLittlePonyWellies , I hope you are doing something else you enjoy now.

Thank you - yes I am! Leaving was a good decision for me.

Apologies for the derail - it just brought back memories

I would expect a parent to be informed of a serious incident like a fight but a word of caution: often 9 year olds will describe any sort of hand contact as 'a punch'. I have witnessed children having fairly minor pushing, shoving incidents and when intervening hear the inevitable words"but he punched me!" from one of those involved.

I'm sorry I'm not sure what SNA access is. Does that mean he has funding for support at lunch?

As you've said the teacher was aware then you should have been told.

Of course you should have been told. For goodness sake these children are in school to learn, not to behave like wild animals. Horrid little thug should be removed from the premises if he can't keep his fists to himself, for the other children's safety.
I hope your kid is ok.