Bullying?

[marchella]

HI
A friend of mine has asked me if I would recommend a Primary School that my child attended for one year.
Not sure - he loved it and is still friends with some of the kids . Apparently he was bullied as the new kid. I had no idea. Only found out when I heard him chatting with a friend from the school who said " you know girl x and girl y and boy z were bullying you".
His response was that he just thought they were not very smart and ignored them.
Teacher also mentioned something super embarrassing to him to the whole class when it was mentioned privately by me to her.
Would you recommend?

You sound like someone who overthinks things way too much

It hurts a bit though when you find out your DC have been bullied. They all do at some point some get more upset than others

My DS is a bit like yours and isn't bothered in the slightest and just thinks they're idiots so they stop because he doesn't give them a reason to carry on

I had a similar thought to PP - I have seen things happen to my DS (being shoved around and excluded from a game on the yard) that I think quite a few kids would class as bullying. My DS didn’t at all see this as bullying, and just accepted the kids weren’t nice kids and got on with his day. I’m sure if other kids saw this they’d say it was “bullying”, but on balance I think it’s normal playground politics so I’m glad my DS just walked away rather than crying off to a teacher here.

In terms of what the teacher said to the class, is it obvious that what they were told was meant to be kept quiet? Not great that they’ve done this, but they’re just one teacher (who is a person) in the school and it might have just been a total mistake on their side.

If someone asked about my DS school, I’d say that it’s a great fit for us and we like it. I’d try to stay clear of offering any assurances that they would too, because they might not!