A parent of a pupil at John Cabot Academy in Kingswood claims that the school is turning a blind eye to an 18-month campaign of physical bullying that he alleges recently resulted in him having to take his son to A&E with a concussion after his “head was smashed into a steel column”.
This is the second time this year that a parent has come forward to Bristol Live to complain about the school's lack of safeguarding after violent bullying incidents, but JCA maintains that it has “a strong anti-bullying culture”. Prior to publication, we put these new allegations to the School who said, "The safety and welfare of all students is our highest priority."
James Digweed-Brown told Bristol Live that bullies initially began targeting his son because he’s smaller than most of those in his year group and has visible scars and hearing loss as a result of being diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma when he was two years old. Mr Digweed-Brown said that the physical abuse and bullying began around the time his wife was diagnosed with cancer. He claims, “A group of boys in his year would target him and say unpleasant things about his medical history. They would say unpleasant things about his mum.
