many of you are aware of our struggles with little'un.

We had a meeting with the head to discuss a serious bullying incident which descended into a tirade aboutt our son's "behavioural problems". There followed an exchange of letters expressing extreme upset and distress. In a subsequent meeting the headmistress only example of behaviour problems went back to him shouting out in school assembly in October 2009. When pressed as to why we were not kept informed of any ongoing behaviour issues we were told that the school olikes to handle them as much as possible. I asked for examples - he has only been sent to the headmistress once - yet none were given.

The class teacher, who attended both meetings and should have handled the bullying which has gone ion for over a year, and at the prior meeting had been critical of our son, by this point was saying that little'un showed no misbehaviour in his class - so quite a backtracking there. It was suggested little'un was misbehaving in art class at junior school- which I expressed bemusement as liitle'un attends Grade 12 Art Class in Seniors (UK 6th form) and there is only positive feedback.

After much shifting in her chair, after practically calling the missus a liar saying there was no evidence of physical bullying, headmistress finally said the bully had been spoken to by her and that little'un was to report any bullying by this boy directlyto her.

So, where are we. Well, just 2 days after the meeting litle'un was bullied again. We let it go as it was 2 days before end of term. I have lost faith in this school and its ability to look after my son. I don't want to send him back, but he loves the school and wants to stay there. The only plus sides, and these are the only reasons I see for him staying there, are that he does get access to Senior Art class, they have sculpture classes coming up with seniors with a well known Liverpool artist, and little'un has been recognised by the Director of Art in the Senior School as being a gifted artist with obvious talent. We will lose all this if he leaves in his final junior year.

We are in a bind!

Any advice?

Thanks