12 year old ds and bullying

[Gallymum1]

Hi. My 12 year old son is being bullied and not sure what to do. I think he's boarderline autistic and relationships are hard for him and he doesn't have many mates or "fit in". Since start of yr 7 a group of boys have been calling him names, pushing him, and recently getting crowds of kids to surround him to try to get him to fight. He's withdrawing even further in to himself than normal. He refuses to talk to teaching staff for fear of being a grass so the school won't do much as the keep saying he needs to report stuff. I'm really worrying about him and not sure how to make it stop 😢Any ideas??

Tell the school and ask the teachers to keep an eye on him. When is the bullying happening, if it's at lunch can he stay in the school ?

School totally unhelpful imo. Get an appointment with the headteacher and sort this out face to face. Let them know how worried you are and how it's affecting your ds. Don't leave without having some sort of safeguarding put place for him( teachers keeping eye on him or finding him a safe zone inside the school to go to if it's happening at lunch /outside) finding out who these bullies are and getting their parents in. Bullying is absolutely unacceptable and parents and teachers should be doing much more.

Absolutely get into school and discuss this. Most schools have very strict anti bullying policies now and will act on them swiftly. Reassure your son he will not get in trouble, reporting this is the right thing to do.