Thanks, he's doing fine. It seems slapping children to the floor and then kicking them in the kidneys is no longer in vogue. His teacher last year was a disaster but he's made very good progress this year and he's staying in the top half of the class.
Academically it's not really been a problem but we've had to work on socialisation etc. especially with his peer group.
I see him and it’s like watching myself as a child. Luckily Mrs Purple trained as a primary school teacher before she changed to her present career and her father is a retired teacher so he gets lots of support outside school.