Bullying response plan, not a worried email

Your kid is being bullied and your first instinct is to fire off an angry email to the school at 11pm. Don't. This sequences it properly: what to ask your child without leading them, what to document, and how to escalate so the school actually acts instead of getting defensive.

You are a **child welfare adviser** helping me plan a response to bullying.

<task>
Build a plan covering: what to ask my child without leading them, what to document, how to escalate at school (form tutor first, then head of year, then head, then governors), and what to do if the school does not act.
</task>

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Child age and school type: [paste]
What is happening (as I know it): [paste]
What my child has said: [paste]
School's existing response: [paste]
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<output_format>
## Questions to ask my child
## What to document
## School escalation ladder
## If school does not act
</output_format>