TikTok video shows Grovedale Secondary student punch peer in head

A shocking TikTok video of a Geelong student punching a peer in the head has sparked pleas for schools to take on bullies. WATCH THE VIDEO.

Shocking video of a Geelong student punching their peer in the head while riding a school bus has emerged on social media.

The TikTok video, published last week, has sparked pleas from parents for schools to tackle the “toxic” link between bullying and cyber-bullying.

The footage, accompanied by the song Violent, showed a Grovedale Secondary College student reach across the seats of a school bus to punch the other student.

The video garnered 465 views on one page with multiple comments making light of the violence, including “so tuff”.

TikTok has since removed the video.

“You ate that up,” another comment read.

It’s understood the students in the video are younger than 13.

Parent Chloe Tippett, whose four children attend the school, said she was horrified by the video and wanted to know how the school would keep her children safe.

“I think social media is so toxic for our young people,” Ms Tippett said.

“Every generation has their bullying, but when we were younger the bullying didn’t follow us home,” Ms Tippett said.

“The bullying is rife at this school.

“And kids nowadays can’t escape it when they come home, it’s in their pocket.”

Ms Tippett said the issue was creating mental health concerns for children, and the mandatory minimum age of 16 for social media age limit couldn’t come soon enough

“It’s quite scary as a parent to see that there is bullying and assault posted on social media,” she said.

“I’m worried for my kids, my son doesn’t want to go to school.

“There is no reason for children at the ages of 12 and 13 to be on social media.”

A Department of Education spokesman, said violent behaviour at schools was unacceptable.

“Grovedale College has taken disciplinary action in relation to the video in line with Department of Education policies,” he said.

“The college is providing wellbeing support to impacted students.

“We remind content providers that violence and publishing this type of material can have long-lasting harmful impacts on young people, and in particular the victims.”

The incident follows a Geelong Advertiser investigation which revealed students are using TikTok to perpetuate “distressing” cyber-bullying trends, and the videos are being watched by hundreds of thousands of users.

TikTok has since banned many of the accounts and removed videos.

Last week, students at Bannockburn P-12 called for more anti-cybullying workshops, saying brawls, exclusion and hazing are normal on most school grounds and almost always start online.

Co-founder of anti-cyber-bullying program PROJECT ROCKIT, Rosie Thomas said violent content like this normalised harm and fuelled a culture where bullying was treated as entertainment rather than the serious issue it is.

“Every young person deserves to feel safe at school and online,” she said.

TikTok was contacted for comment.

Originally published as TikTok video shows Grovedale Secondary student punch peer in head