My son,9 has been bullied up until a few months ago, he was beaten up at school and out of school by the same 3 boys,I had no choice but to tell him to defend himself and I did speak to the head who said to my son in my presence: its part of school life, some children hurt animals, some children hurt younger children, thats just the way it is! Now my Son fights back and for some reason, when he gets hit or kicked, no one sees it, when he fights back, he gets caught and always gets put in the quiet room the following day during playtime where he has to copy writing the dictionary. He doesnt want to go to school anymore, I know he has to and I feel bad for sending him. I would go and speak to the Head again but I dont like her attitude and she punishes Kids that are being bullied by telling them to stay off the football field where the bullies play, although the child that is being bullied likes to play football too, instead of sending the bully off! everything is the other way round with her and I just dont feel as if I would get any further. The last time I was there was in November 2010 and only last month when I was going through my photos/videos on my mobile, I found a recording of the whole conversation i had with the head that day and her saying that some children hurt younger children, others hurt animals. I did not record it but my daughter who was one and a half at the time did, obviously not on purpose, should I report her?