Telford mother calls for action after claiming son, 7, was pushed into pole at school

Seven-year-old Jak, from Telford, has been in hospital for days and has undergone two surgeries after suffering an injury that later became infected.

His mother, Laney, has taken to Facebook to voice her upset and her post has been shared more than 350,000 times.

Police and Jak's school, St Peter's in Bratton, have both said they are looking into the incident.

Laney, who does not give her surname in the posts, said: "My son was bullied all this term.

"He is in so much pain."

She claims the latest incident happened on March 23, where Jak was pushed into a metal pole.

Laney took him to the doctors on March 24, 29 and 31, but on April 1, Jack's birthday, she said he was still suffering.

He was taken back to hospital on April 2 and has remained there ever since, where he has undergone two operations to try and drain the wound.

Laney is calling for more action to be taken over Jak's situation and for more to be done against bullying in general.

She said: "We need to stand up to bullies, Pull together and make a change. Teach our children to be kind, teach our children to speak up."

She also said she has been "overwhelmed" by the strength of feeling from people who have seen Jak's plight on the internet and have said cards and gifts to him in hospital.

The mother claimed Jak had suffered concussion, but it is now believed the initial wound was relatively minor but that it became infected.

A letter sent to parents whose children attend St Peter's in Bratton said: "We have been made aware of the injury to one of our pupils and our thoughts and concerns are with both the pupil concerned and his family. It is unfortunate that the original minor injury became infected and we hope he has as speedy a recovery as possible.

"The circumstances of the original minor injury are being fully investigated by the school with the support of Telford & Wrekin Council and until those investigations are concluded we cannot say anything further at this stage."

A spokesman for West Mercia Police said officers had received "a report of an assault at a school in the Telford are in which a seven-year-old boy was injured, adding: "We are currently working with the school and families concerned to establish exactly what happened."

Superintendent Tom Harding added: "We understand that people are, quite rightly, concerned about the injury sustained to this young boy, who suffered a minor injury during an altercation with another pupil at school, then sadly developed an infection.

"The age of criminal responsibility in England is 10 years old and therefore children under the age of 10 cannot be criminally liable for their actions.

"With the welfare of the children as our focus we have worked with the school and both families concerned to address any underlying issues."