I agree with mom160421 that the parents aren’t preparing their children for prep school. Children biting, fighting and kicking doesn’t happen overnight – what did mum and dad do at home that they didn’t stop these actions rather than condoning them?

It is very concerning. As is the behaviour that led to the suspension. What’s a bigger concern is the behaviours that aren’t even acknowledged, so much destructive things being done and nothing happening to them

Sadly your son may be disrupting both the teacher and pupils during class time.
I wonder if the school your son is at has any teacher aides or special needs teachers who assist children in some classes or use alternative teaching methods. Maybe if you could get a written report from your son’s phsycologist. Ask about a General Practise Medical Plan. That may not be the correct name. Your child should get 5 free phsycologist treatments per year via Medicare. I was recently told by a GP that if it is classed as a Mental Health issue, sometimes if a plan is done at 6 months you may be entitled to a total of 10 per calender year.
Some children will fight to compete with others at school yet don’t do it at home with siblings at all. Some are bullied and do it to defend themselves. I was bullied by a couple pupils while others stood around and cheered. I was going home with bruises but was shy so I didn’t say anything to anybody including my parents. One young lad stood back and watched for a few days to work out who the leaders were. It was mostly one who actually started it. One day this lad stepped in and hit the culprit hard enough to give him a shock and yelled at him to leave me alone. He told him if he did it again he would hurt him next time. It worked. I loved going to school after that.

My 5 year old son has been suspended this year from prep a total of 23 days!
He has been diagnosed with ADHD & is now medicated & is also mildly impaired with his working memory (short term memory)0 but the school just kept suspending him. I kept the school up to date with every appointment I had with the Paediatrician & psycologist.

I think it’s the parents that are failing their children by not preparing them for school and instead expecting teachers to both teach and discipline children.

schools need to be more tolerant, and/or implement behaviour classes

It does seem very strange for a prep student to be suspended!