Yesterday my 10 yo was on his last ‘Induction Day’ at the secondary school he will be attending in September when he was subjected to an assault by another boy, also on his induction day. The incident happened during morning break time when my son who was stood alone was approached by a group of lads, surrounding him and quite aggressively saying he had been saying things about one of these boys mothers! My child doesn’t know, has never seen or spoke with any of these kids before and definitely has not been saying anything about anybody’s mother so was obviously scared when he was ganged up on. With this he then tried to get away from the situation by running away, only to be chased down by the group who when caught up with him then carried out a totally unprovoked assault. He was grabbed on the back of the neck and forcefully pushed to the ground or in the words of my son ‘taken down’ by one of the boys who then repeatedly called my son a ‘pussy’.
Unfortunately my child was too scared to report this incident at the new school yesterday and now sadly fears that there will be further attacks in September when he starts and is therefore fearful of starting.
Witnesses have come forward and we have the first name and class teachers name of the child who carried out the assault, along with details of the school he currently attends. I have emailed this school to report the incident and I will be phoning the secondary school where the attack took place this morning. My question is.....have I done enough?
Thanks