Parents have been forced to homeschool their son after a physical attack at a high school in Sydney’s inner west.

Nina Lord said her 13-year-old son Benji had symptoms of asphyxiation after he was held in a headlock by another student at Ashfield Boys High School.

Thirteen-year-old Benji Lord was bullied at Ashfield Boys High School. His parents decided to home school him. Credit:Nick Moir

Benji said it left him feeling unsafe at school, which has a zero-tolerance policy towards bullying.

“I just had enough of it,” he said. “It was too much.”