11-Y-O child attacked after writing NGSA

An 11-year-old pupil sitting the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) at Edinburgh Primary School was allegedly attacked by two fellow students on Wednesday, moments after completing his first day of exams.

The incident occurred while the grandmother and other parents stood outside the locked school gate, unable to intervene. His grandmother also claimed that efforts to report the matter to police were met with delays and no clear response.

According to the child’s grandmother, the incident unfolded shortly after dismissal when students began exiting the school building. She said she observed one boy kicking her grandson, while another child struck him to the head with an object.

The situation, she noted, escalated as several parents remained gathered outside the school, prevented from entering by security despite the disturbance unfolding inside.

The grandmother further claimed that the incident was not isolated, pointing to previous situations in which the child was injured while at school. On one occasion, she said, he began bleeding from the nose after being struck, and later suffered a similar episode after being hit with a book in class.

She noted that the school had been informed of the child’s medical condition, describing it as a “head issue,” but expressed dissatisfaction with how those earlier matters were handled, stating that the response appeared limited.

Following Wednesday’s incident, the grandmother said she went to the police station in an effort to make an official report but was unable to do so.

She explained that upon arrival, she was directed to a sergeant, who was reportedly unavailable. After waiting for several hours, she said she was eventually told to return at another time, with no statement taken.

“I waited from the afternoon into the night, and nothing was done,” she said, adding that she was neither given clear guidance nor offered an alternative to have the matter formally recorded.

The grandmother said the lack of response has left her deeply concerned, particularly given the child’s condition and the timing of the incident during a critical examination period.

“If something happens to this child, the police will come to me,” she said, expressing frustration that no immediate action was taken despite her efforts to seek help.

She is now calling on the relevant authorities, including the Ministry of Education, to investigate both the incident and the circumstances under which it occurred, including supervision at the school and the handling of previous reports.