Doctor advises boy to stay at home because Grove Academy is ‘unable to control’ pupil

A doctor has claimed that his teenage patient will have to be home-schooled because Grove Academy is “not a safe environment” for him.

Jack Hogarth has been unable to return to the school following a vicious assault by a fellow pupil who was only briefly suspended from the school.

Jack, 15, was left with a concussion and probable broken nose after having his head stamped on outside the school gates by the fellow pupil.

He is now so frightened he has been unable to return to school, with his doctor saying that “Grove Academy is unable to control” the teenage thug who attacked him.Has your family been affected by bullying at school? Contact The Courier on 01382 575130 or email online@thecourier.co.ukA letter from Jack’s GP who acknowledges that he is not an expert on educational matters to Dundee City Council’s director of education, Michael Wood, recommends that he should now be home schooled.

Now the victim’s mother, Louise Hogarth, has spoken out, claiming that the shocking attack has damaged her son’s education and left her faith in the justice and education systems shattered.

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