Outraged dad Tamer Fhas said his son’s school is in denial of what he alleges is ongoing bullying that led to the boy being seriously injured and hospitalised.

Youssef, 13, still needed a walking frame when he was discharged from hospital after an incident during a PE class at Minaret College in late May.

The school, based in Officer, 53km south-east of the Melbourne CBD, is one of the city’s leading Islamic schools.  

The teen said another student had already pushed him to the ground twice during a supervised football game, and then injured him when he allegedly pushed Youssef a third time.

‘He held my shoulders and pushed me on my back and my head, and I fell, and I couldn’t do anything. I screamed so loudly. I couldn’t move any part of my body,’ Youssef told 7News.

He had to be carried by classmates to the school’s sick bay, from where staff called his father, but he was not able to immediately leave work to be with his boy.

A school staff member went with Youssef in the ambulance that took him to The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.

Though the hospital, according to its report, was told the incident happened ‘outside of school,’ it occurred at 1.45pm on Thursday, May 30, which was a school day.

A medical report, obtained by Channel 7, said Youssef’s paraspinal muscles were torn between his C4 and T1 vertebra, and his C6 vertebra sustained trabecular microfractures.

As well as needing a walking frame when he was discharged, the teen was also given a soft collar, an Endone prescription for his pain and a physiotherapy plan.

Youssef said he had previously told school staff of alleged bullying, including isolation and name-calling and insults about wearing glasses.

His father said two teachers listened to his concerns, but Youssef said their warning to his alleged bully was not effective.

But the school has denied the teenager reported any previous instances of bullying to staff.

‘We have not received any reports from this student or his family relating to any bullying concerns since he joined the college last year,’ the school’s principal Mohammed Taksim told Seven.

‘Minaret College staff responded promptly and professionally to care for a student who was injured while playing soccer on the school oval during a physical education lesson.

‘While there was no evidence of bullying, the matter was investigated as a serious incident and has been resolved appropriately.’

Mr Taksim said the school does what it can do ‘to prevent bullying and respond promptly if it occurs’, and that it ‘runs a very extensive anti-bullying program for all students across all year levels’. 

Mr Mousa, though, said the school admitted to instances of bullying when he had an in-person meeting. 

He alleged that it was also suggested that he look at other schooling options for his children if he had lost faith in Minaret College.

The dad said a social worker reported ‘a profound impact on Youssef’s mental well-being’ including ’emotional distress, anxiety, and depression stemming from longstanding bullying’.

‘I really don’t want that guy to ever come up to me, and I don’t want to go to school, I have a lot of stress and anxiety about going back to school,’ Youssef said.

‘I’m really scared, and I get nightmares, and it’s really hard to walk without the support frame — I barely have sensation in the left part of my body.’

The teen eventually did go back to the school, more than two months after the alleged incident. 

Though he no longer needs the walking frame, he still wears the neck brace and feels pain from the alleged bullying.

Mr Mousa is looking to move his four children to another school.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Minaret College for further comment. 

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