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Category: Pupil behaviour

Pupils being propelled out of school system ‘in space of a day’

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Peter Paul

Pupils in England are being propelled out of schools and into home education, sometimes in the space of a single day, with little or no discussion beforehand and often without consulting the child, according a report by the schools watchdog. In some cases pupils are moved so quickly they are not even able to say…

‘It’s got out of hand’: parents split after protest over Carlisle school’s strict rules

Posted on October 12, 2019 by Peter Paul

A secondary school in Carlisle where police were called to a protest by parents and students outside the school gates after missiles were thrown has insisted staff are working “tirelessly” to improve children’s lives. A peaceful demonstration by parents over behaviour policies at Richard Rose Central Academy (RRCA) on Wednesday afternoon quickly became heated and…

GCSEs: 10,000 pupils disappear from English schools at ‘critical’ stage

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Peter Paul

More than 10,000 children in England disappeared from schools at a “critical stage” of their GCSE courses, according to Ofsted, raising fears that schools are continuing to illegally “off-roll” pupils to improve exam results. Analysis published by the schools inspectorate found that 20,000 pupils left or moved state schools between year 10 and year 11,…

Everyone welcome: inside the schools that haven’t expelled a child since 2013

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Peter Paul

Jason Thurley, headteacher at Beacon academy, near Grimsby, leans across the table explaining why yet another of his pupils was excluded before joining the school. “He’d brought in a £1 potato gun. It was at the bottom of his bag and so he goes up to his form tutor and says, ‘I don’t want to…

One in four teachers say pupils are being forced out to boost school rankings

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Peter Paul

One in four teachers in England say they have witnessed pupils being illegitimately removed from schools, often to artificially boost a school’s performance, according to a new survey published by Ofsted. The figures suggest the practice, known as “off-rolling” – pupils being shunted off a school’s roll in order to manipulate its exam results or…

Education secretary calls on schools to expel fewer pupils

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Peter Paul

The education secretary, Damian Hinds, has called on headteachers in England to expel fewer pupils, as an independent study revealed that almost eight out of 10 children who are permanently excluded come from vulnerable backgrounds. The long-awaited review of exclusions in England, carried out by a former minister for children and families at the Department…

Female teachers need protection from sexual harassment, says union

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Peter Paul

Female teachers are not being protected against “upskirting” videos and other forms of online sexual harassment by pupils, the leader of one of the UK’s main teaching unions has said, calling for schools and governments to take the issue more seriously. Chris Keates, the general secretary of the NASUWT, said her organisation had found multiple…

Year 6 pupils spend Easter at school cramming for Sats

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Peter Paul

Children at hundreds of primary schools in England are being asked to attend Sats revision classes over the Easter holidays, a teaching union official has revealed, warning that it was part of a disturbing trend. Darren Northcott, the NASUWT national officer for education, said revision classes for primary school pupils were unheard of five years…

Teaching union calls zero-tolerance school policies ‘inhumane’

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Peter Paul

A teaching union has described increasingly draconian behaviour policies in schools in England as “inhumane” and “damaging to pupil mental health”. The National Education Union (NEU), which is holding its annual conference in Liverpool this week, said zero-tolerance approaches to discipline were resulting in schoolchildren spending inappropriate and harmful amounts of time in isolation. Anna…

Number of parents fined for term-time holidays at record level

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Peter Paul

The number of parents issued with penalties because of their children missing school has soared to record levels in England, after councils were emboldened by a supreme court ruling in their favour. Figures from the Department for Education (DfE) for 2017-18 show that local authorities issued 260,000 penalty notices to parents for unauthorised absences during…

Excluded children can still have hope: here’s the proof | Gaby Hinsliff

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Peter Paul

This summer, when she leaves school, Leah wants to become an art therapist. Her classmate Holly wants to do something with psychology, and for Sam it’s an apprenticeship with the police. None of this would be unusual except that Sam (not his real name), a chatty and engaging 16-year-old, used to spend his days at…

Academy trust accused of using assemblies to intimidate students

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Peter Paul

Concerns have been raised about discipline policies at one of England’s biggest academy trusts, after teachers described assemblies in which pupils were routinely humiliated and made to cry. In a letter passed to the Guardian, three former teachers at Outwood Grange academy trust (Ogat) confirmed reports that the chain staged “flattening the grass” assemblies, in…

Funding cuts hamper knife crime prevention in England, say schools

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Peter Paul

Schools and colleges say funding cuts are hampering their efforts to prevent knife crime, according to a report commissioned by Ofsted that calls for “local community safety partnerships” to tackle the problem. The Ofsted report, based on a survey of secondary schools, further education and pupil referral units in London, found huge variations in how…

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