Son was assaulted at school this afternoon!

[Princess Ariel]

Thank you all so much for the replies. I think this is what scares me, it’s hit home that not all children have the same moral values do they? It could have been so much worse and DS really did nothing wrong (I am honestly not a blinkered parent) my older DS (now 17) was always getting into scrapes at school and would give as good as he got so I know boys can be boys but this was something totally different.
DS was very shaken and shocked when he got home from school but he’s had a good chat with us and his friends have been amazing and he’s much better now. I think he feels better now he knows I’ll be going into school with him tomorrow.

[Twin mummy]

First of all and most importantly OP I hope your son is ok and not too shook up.

Secondly, I totally agree with contacting school and the police. It was an unprovoked attack on your son.

I'm another teacher who would agree that this isn't a regular occurrence in any of the schools I've taught at and would be dealt with severely.

As an aside I started teaching in 1994 and we certainly didn't use corporal punishment. As a child I remember 2 boys getting the cane in assembly in front of the whole school, that would be 1978-9, they had set fire to the reception building though.

[Princesa]

Originally Posted by Claudette

Yes actually any of those things. Teeth knocked out, broken bones, yes maybe. A sibling could inflict this kind of minor injury on another sibling, would the parents call police? I doubt it.

The police have more important things to do than deal with a 12 year olds very minor fat lip. The school, should of course be dealing with it.

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If it was two boys arguing or scrapping then I’d agree with you, but I think an unprovoked attack is a serious offence. If my daughter was abused by a group of three boys and hit by one while she was walking home, I’d certainly call the police.

[Twin mummy]

I totally agree that it's the unprovoked nature of the attack that needs dealing with, as others have said it would be reported if adults did it and children need to be taught consistent boundaries. Such an attack is never acceptable and it doesn't matter that (thankfully) the injury was minor.

[Pumpkin Pie]

I’ll not bother going into details but something similar happened to one of my sons when he was at school. He was around 14 and was attacked outside the school.

We reported it to the school and were basically told to think twice before reporting it to the police as the boy who beat my son up (his friends just watched) was well known to the school and the police (as was his family). We were recommended to let it go which we did. Rightly or wrongly we did not want our son to be targeted by this boy and his family and decided to proceed no further unless something else happened which it didn’t.

Sometimes it’s just best to leave things well alone although I was really angry about it all.

[Jedi]

Originally Posted by Claudette

Yes actually any of those things. Teeth knocked out, broken bones, yes maybe. A sibling could inflict this kind of minor injury on another sibling, would the parents call police? I doubt it.

The police have more important things to do than deal with a 12 year olds very minor fat lip. The school, should of course be dealing with it.

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Are you a parent? A little empathy wouldn't go amiss.
I'm really shocked at some of the replies on here.
To the OP, I'm glad your son is ok, poor thing must be shook up. You did the absolute right thing calling the police.

[Moorlandman]

Originally Posted by Jedi

Are you a parent? A little empathy wouldn't go amiss.
I'm really shocked at some of the replies on here.
To the OP, I'm glad your son is ok, poor thing must be shook up. You did the absolute right thing calling the police.

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Its a forum, people have different opinions.

[toots82]

Hope you're both doing ok, what a horrible incident.

[DisneyWannabe]

How are you doing OP?

As a society we need to stop brushing these type of things under the carpet, it never was and never should be acceptable to behave in this way to another person. FWIW I would have done exactly as you have. Thank goodness a passer by intervened. Hopefully, by taking action whilst they are younger we can stop the violence that can happen when they become adults.

I hope this gets resolved quickly and your son (and your family) are able to move on.

[megaflyer]

I hope your son is OK ?

Bullying or attacking someone’s is not ok at ANY age.

Please report it at the very least to the head of the school and the local police. This is a crime and needs reporting - the more people that report the more resources can be put towards tackling it.

He is lucky to such a caring and supporting parent in you believe me many others would not care enough to be bothered.