My DS is on the spectrum but started at a mainstream high school in sept. He has settled in well and made some new friendships which is lovely.
He has however been horrifically bullied. It started with name calling 'rapist', 'paedo', 'n**r' (he's white) this is because he had longer curly hair. It's now short back and sides as he made me promise to take him and have it cut off.
I pulled him out for 2 days last week as he was physically beaten up unprovoked and I wasn't happy with how school dealt with it.
He went back yesterday. Today at lunchtime I had a incoherent sobbing child on the phone as another kid had beaten him, punched, kicked, strangled and dangled him over a wall, while calling him a stupid cunt. Oh and they opened his bottle of juice and threw it at him.
I went straight up and spoke to safeguarding, and brought him home. I am rather annoyed as he went all shaky in first aid after the adrenaline wore off. Nobody thought to phone and say there had been an incident, it's only because my son called I knew.
They are expecting him back in tomorrow. He says he feels unsafe, and frankly I'm not happy to leave him when I can't guarantee he won't be assaulted.
My question is what would you do? Would you send him? My heart honestly broke for him today, he's got all marks on his neck from being strangled. He actually came and sat on my lap and sobbed, and he's as tall as me. I can't bear his confidence taking any more knocks.