School assault -course of action?

rjknight007

rjknight007

rjknight007

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Hi Guys,
My 15 year old nephew returned home from school today with the mother of all shiners. Apparantly he was punched in the face by the resident school psycho. Fortunately this assault was witnessed by at least one teacher who intervened before worse damage could occur.

There was an assault yesterday too, also witnessed by a teacher, which thankfully didn't leave him visibly injured.

We have taken photographs of his bruised face and will be going to the school tomorrow.

The fact that the assault was witnessed by a member of staff should hopefully lead to immediate expulsion for psycho kid tomorrow.

But do others have experience of this kind of affair? If so, could they pass on any helpful advice.

Thanks in advance.
 
rjknight007 said:
Hi Guys,
My 15 year old nephew returned home from school today with the mother of all shiners. Apparantly he was punched in the face by the resident school psycho. Fortunately this assault was witnessed by at least one teacher who intervened before worse damage could occur.

There was an assault yesterday too, also witnessed by a teacher, which thankfully didn't leave him visibly injured.

We have taken photographs of his bruised face and will be going to the school tomorrow.

The fact that the assault was witnessed by a member of staff should hopefully lead to immediate expulsion for psycho kid tomorrow.

But do others have experience of this kind of affair? If so, could they pass on any helpful advice.

Thanks in advance.
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Are the police involved? They need to be, especially with a credible witness.
 
Or he'll just come after the nephew again when he comes back from his suspension. Speak to someone at the school, but it doesn't seem there's much they can do these days. Tell your nephew to avoid the other guy!
 
its very unlikely he will be expelled. There will be some rubbish said and he will get off lightly. In my opinion go straight to the police about it
 
If, after speaking to the principle, make a complaint, in writing, to the Board of Governors.
If the system is the same in England as it is in Northern Ireland, they have the power to recommend expulsion but the final decision rests with the Education Board. Also, get the police involved.
 
Just a thought, but when I was at school, we got into a few fights, because it's what teenage kids tend to do every so often. Unless it's a really rough school then I'd probably leave it alone, kids fight, getting all protective and letting them run home to mummy isn't really helping them.

Maybe I've misjudged it, but unless it was actually anything more than just a few punches thrown I wouldn't get too involved.
 
Sinque said:
Pretty much, everyone gets a good hammering off eachother at school.
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Can't say anyone ever hammered me so that's a load of rubbish. A little but of name calling and teasing / bullying (whatever you want to call it) is normal, being hit a few days in a row isn't.
 
I know a guy who gave another kid two black eyes way back in year 9 (we were 14). He ended up doing 3 months in a youth offender's institution and is now a heroin addict.

The school won't punish the kid severely enough, actual charges have to be pressed. The school would be more than happy to help along.
 
Just a quick check on responses.

Karate/ pen knife/ avoiding kid - not viable options.

Is explusion really not likely? How depressing.

But yeah, we will get the police involved.
 
Thought i'd pop in with a story, the only black i've ever had when at school was when some fat girl sat on my head.. lol.

But on a serious note I'd speak to the police.

Aero
 
And to the people who say that it's character building and we all go through this.

I don't agree. I was neither bullied or was bullied in return.

It shouldn't be accepted in schools. Ever.,
 
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rjknight007 said:
Just a quick check on responses.

Karate/ pen knife/ avoiding kid - not viable options.

Is explusion really not likely? How depressing.

But yeah, we will get the police involved.
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Your chances of expulsion (or exclusion to be PC ;) ) for the bully are greater if the police are considering charges
 
rjknight007 said:
Just a quick check on responses.

Karate/ pen knife/ avoiding kid - not viable options.

Is explusion really not likely? How depressing.

But yeah, we will get the police involved.
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I'm sorry, back up, what has he actually done worth getting the police involved for?

I went to what would probably be called a pretty good school, it wasn't in any way rough and it still gets fantastic results. Surprise surprise there were a few fights, some more serious than others, blood spilt on the odd occasion and parents summoned a few times but never anything so dramatic as calling the police. Kids will fight occasionally, I'm sure they do at Eton even.

I just think there's a tendancy for parents to be far too protective.

If the resident bully if threaten to stab your son, then fine, call the police, if he just punched him then I'd say it's just part of growing up..
 
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