DS starts secondary a week on Tuesday - worried :-(

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DS starts secondary school a week on tuesday. It is a good school and I'm glad he got in there, what I wasn't banking on however was that the school bully from primary would also get in.
I worry about this kid because he just does not think about the consequences of his actions, he just does stuff and only realises the seriousness of it when he gets into trouble. I could well imagine him to stab someone and not understand the seriousness of it until the shit hit the fan.
He was excluded from primary twice, once for attacking my DS and I'm just worried he will attack him at secondary school too. He's just a dangerous, disturbed kid and I don't want DS's safety being at risk because of him.

Don't really know what to do.

They had two induction days at the secondary school before the summer holidays. On the first induction day this boy played up so badly that he was placed in isolation and on the second day, he was even worse and ended up sitting in the office waiting to be collected by his parents.
I'm hoping he'll get permanantly excluded pretty quickly. I know this school will not put up with the crap the primary school had to put up with.

Yes agree with Pixie.
The school obviously know about the boy's behaviour, and will act accordingly, but letting them know your concerns will do no harm, and will make you feel better.
I'm sure your ds will be fine.

It sounds like the school knows about this boy in general, but it's still worth giving them a ring to point out that he had specifically attacked your DS at primary so that they're aware of the particular history there.

Once you have spoken to the new school, I would also write to them confirming your discussions and any actions agreed regarding your child so everyone is clear e.g. they will not be placed in the same form etc. Thay way if there are any future incidents you will have a baseline record.

Oh one thing to add. Buy your son a note book, and as soon as he tells you about any bullying, get him to write it in the notebook with a date. This kind of diary can be used as evidence (by the police). My son found just having such a book (which he has never used) empowering.

I found secondary school much more on the ball about bullying than primary.

Unfortunately the are in the same form. On the induction evening I mentioned to his form tutor that I was not happy about them being together and that my DS has had problems with him in primary. She immediately wrote down my concerns and told me she thought it was important to get in sorted out straight away so I found that quite reassuring. The primary school were useless in dealing with him - I honestly don't think he'll last long at this school, his entire family have a history of being out of mainstream education by the age of 13.

Its obvious the school know about the boy and the problem with your son - they will deal with it. Stop worrying - if you do your son will start secondary school worrying about it too - not a good start. Most secondaries are big enough for your son to be able to put some distance between them - my son has nothing to do with any one in his form despite having certain lessons in form - his very strong friend group is made up of others!