This week I read with horror the stories told to The Courier by Dundee parents whose children had been bullied in school.

I was struck by the apparent inaction from staff and education officials.

One pupil was “strangled” in the school playground and required hospital treatment.

Can you imagine being that kid’s mum and getting that call? This is primary school we’re talking about.

No child should be too scared to go to school and mums and dads shouldn’t be fearful of the state that they’ll return home at the end of the day.

The victims of bullies shouldn’t be the ones punished

But the answer isn’t by restricting the victims’ education and lives by giving them less time in school or not letting them outside during breaks, as suggested by the headteacher at Fintry Primary.

That seems a bit too reminiscent of the old “women shouldn’t walk alone at night by themselves” advice that was bandied about in the 60s and 70s.

In response to The Courier’s queries about the bullying problem, a Dundee City Council spokesperson gave a statement that said in........

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