This is not on but obviously I dont need to tell you this.
I really dont know that things have changed for the better over the years. Sadly many young people have lost their way and are or already have become nasty human beings through lack of discipline not just at school but at home as well.

I would perhaps find another school. Make an appointment for just yourself and meet with the principal and ask directly if they would make sure your child is protected and safe in their school. If you are happy with the answers to your questions make another appointment and take your son for a visit.

Good luck.

Terrible situation for which there is a lot of talk and little to no action taken by the relevant authorities. I changed my daughter’s high school because of bullying and she is now 43 with kids of her own, so you can see it has been around for a long time but is getting worse. Report it to the Dept of Education, council, speak to your local MP, and report to police. Take the police report to the school, have it shown to the parents of the bully(ies) and tell them if it doesn’t stop you will be getting lawyers involved.
Hope you find a solution that works and you child can go to school feeling safe.
I would even remind the school principal that school bullying can lead to suicide (this may apply to any bullied child, not just your own) and do they want THAT on their conscious!!!

I have never heard of such behaviour! I live in Tasmania and yeah in the public schools there’s a bit of swearing, but any time either of my children have said anything about bullying (really just social disagreements), the school has been very fast to intervene. I would 100% change schools. Do your research, join a Facebook community group and ask questions to see how people would rate local schools and find out which one is best for you.

My daughter was bullied in Primary School and to this day I have no clue why, a new child came to the school and decided to treat her badly and others joined it … we spoke to the principle who said he would check into it …. it continued and when she was in year 6 a child ran up to her in the classroom and pulled her track pants down in front of the whole class, she pulled them up straight away and the teacher was mortified over the incident. I was called and went to the school and as you may guess I had steam coming out my ears! The principle told me that he had spoken to the child’s parents and they were horrified (the child was friendly with my daughter) apparently, he had been dared so he did it, his parents grounded him and made him apologize. That was it I moved her to a different primary school, sadly the only one I could get her into also had the same issues, but not as bad and she had learned to keep to herself.
Upon going to High School, we chose a Private school, unfortunately that didn’t help. Even though the children from Primary School weren’t there, there was another group of bitchy girls who made it their life’s work to attack her at every opportunity, then a boy who had been expelled from another school also targeted her. My daughter told me and I made appointment to speak to the teacher in charge, got a lot of lip service, but the bullying continued. Sadly, it got to the point where he pushed her down a flight of stairs and was seen by a teacher and immediately expelled, luckily my daughter wasn’t badly hurt, but anyone that says go to a Private School instead, I’m sorry but that won’t solve the issue as they have just as much bullying as Public Schools.
All I can suggest is continue with your support of your child and been an advocate for him with the school …. mind you I would leave and go to a different school straight away just for his and your peace of mind. I would also contact the Education Dept and let them know what’s going on!

This situation unfortunately is very familiar and happens more than we know about.
My son was constantly bullied and after no action, but him being blamed for the bullying, I removed him from the school.
This changed his situation completely and he successfully completed his schooling without any more issues from any bullies!

Sorry your family is in this situation. My advice is change schools! I have had to do this for my child and I have three children and we left the school with the bullies. I made a appointment with Department of Education Head Office took a letter with dates and times and with names of students and teachers all involved in my child’s abuse at school. I drove a suburb away to a beautiful school where my child settled in and was happy there and we moved again to another school and all my kids settled in there too without any further problems. Please move out of that school with all your children as you have witnessed the problem children and they are not held accountable by the school. It’s Holidays soon so enroll now and start fresh next term in a new school. When I did this my children were greeted and had new friends straight away and it was like a light switch. My kids could not have been happier. We were in the public system and I stayed with the public system and that works just fine. Take the matter up with Department of Education and let your local member know what’s happening at your sons school. I am sorry to say this but the school Principal is to blame for your son and you not resolving the problem. Do not stand for this another day as your son is the most important person who is terrified and he is going into the lions den every day that you send him there. Take him out today and you go and enroll him in another school as soon as possible. He will always remember how you stood by him and supported his happiness and wellbeing and his education and fostering friendships throughout his schooling. Best of Luck,

I’m so sorry this has happened to your son. Kids are so bloody cruel. My son was bullied when he was 7 for befriending a child that had a few special needs, he got dragged through a sandpit with his hair, him and his friend were choked when walking to their eating spot and the school just told me ” what do i expect, most of the kids are from a low socio economic background and don’t know better” I thought that’s a cop out. So i made a massive complaint to department of education ( which they ended up doing nothing because I took my son out of the school and somewhere else) Its absolutely not good enough he isnt safe or protected at school. If it was me and my son i would move schools or look at homeschooling. His safety and mental health is paramount.

My heart breaks for your son and you reading this story. I would certainly make a complaint and seek it higher up; every child has the right to feel safe at school. Personally I would totally understand if you would pull your child out of school and start homeschooling. This could be temporary just to give him a break and build up his confidence again. After a while you could review and see if you want to enroll him to a different school.

As someone that works in a school that deals with this sort of behaviour to stop it, i find this heartbreaking that your school doesn’t.
Escalate it to higher up, threaten legal action if action and consequences aren’t put in place.
We do training to ensure kids feel safe at school.

I have been a teacher in the public system for 10 years and I will be leaving the profession at the end of this year. Precisely for reasons like this. We are seeing more and more of this in the classroom and on the playground and it’s sad to say, but we are completely helpless to do anything. It is escalated, it is reported, but outside of that, we have no real power. I have been hit, bitten and had things thrown at me and there have been no consequences for these students. Unfortunately, most of the parents of these bullies don’t care about what their child is doing or they are in denial. I have stepped in to stop students getting hurt and I have had parents complain for “grabbing” their child. It makes us second guess everything that we do. Schools are becoming a terrifying place. My little one is not yet 2, and I am already anxious about sending her to school.

The only advice I can give is to try different schools. A school, even in the same suburb, can be an entirely different environment as I have found the grade cohort makes a huge difference. I would also look into the catholic and private system as they typically have a lower tolerance for these types of behaviours (although that’s not to say bullying doesn’t occur in these places).

I am so sorry your family is going through this. Your son sounds like such a special, lovely kid. The teachers and school should be stepping up to help.
I would write to the administrators. The department of education. The local council. But that would be to help any other kid who finds themselves in this situation at this school. For me, they have shown me they won’t help my child.
Is this a public school? Private schools, in my experience, are more strict and on top of these issues. I would be looking at private education.
The best we can do as parents is teach empathy to our kids. Expose them to culture, people that are outside of our household, and teach them that everyone has value and is deserving of love and kindness

My heart breaks for you both mama 💔. Unfortunately, you’re not alone. We have been going through this for years and years. And for all the official talk about how bad bullying is, absolutely no one has done anything that has changed a thing 😔. The bullies get spoken to, it happens again, the bullies get spoken to, it happens again, the bullies get spoken to and around and around we go. And the onus is always put on the victims – they need to toughen up, they need to defend themselves (even when out numbered), they need to not let it bother them, they need to move schools if they can’t handle it, etc, etc, etc. It drives me nuts that the perpetrators get to continue merrily on with no real consequence.
I have no concrete solutions for you, because I haven’t found any in the years we’ve been going through this. I also hate it when people put the responsibility onto the parents of the bullied child to change school or homeschool – because it’s just that easy, is it? How far away is the next school? Who says the crap won’t continue at another school? (Particularly if your child is different/unique in any way that stands out from the ‘pack’) Who says you can afford to stop working so that you can be at home to homeschool? Who says you’ve got the abilities needed to homeschool? Why should kids miss out on interacting with their peers because of some of them are twats who like to intimidate others and enjoy making others feel small/powerless/less than?
And for all the talk (so much talk) from governments and schools about how serious this is and how seriously they take it, from what I’ve seen it’s just a box ticking exercise with no real world outcomes 😮‍💨.
My only suggestion would be to investigate BlendED for high school (which could feel like forever away, and you’d still have to work out how to be home with your child until they’re old enough to be on their own, but you won’t be doing the teaching and they get real support, and interaction with peers online and in person)