Archive: School Discipline

Truants' parents face benefits fine

School attendance is closely linked to educational attainment

Parents of truanting children are to be fined from their child benefit under new measures to increase school attendance announced today.

Parents face fines over excluded children

Teachers' union blames the parents

Truants could cost parents their benefits

Gove speech on 'the underclass' in full

'Parents should take responsibility for their child’s behaviour in school.'

Read Michael Gove's speech on school discipline and male role models in full.

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Teachers' union blames the parents

Teachers and ministers disagree on school discipline

Increasing teachers' sanctions will not help improve bad behaviour among school pupils, the UK's largest teachers' union has said.

Gove gives heads power to charge pupils

Gove: 'Suddenly there is a cloud hanging over the teacher'

Michael Gove will announce plans to let headmasters launch criminal proceedings against pupils today, in a radical overhaul of the power structure in schools.

Teachers' new weapon: Physical force

Teachers are to be given the freedom to physically restrain pupils to keep school pupils in check, ministers are expected to announce.

School discipline called into question

A "serious problem with discipline" continues to exist in Britain's schools, the Tories have claimed, after figures showed 90,000 pupils were suspended for attacking teachers and classmates last year.

Government called on to 'back' teachers

A new report has said too many teachers have their careers ruined by being suspended unnecessarily

Teachers facing accusations of misconduct should always be presumed innocent until proven guilty, an influential committee of MPs said today.

Ofsted finds 'worrying' levels of sexual behaviour in young children

Ofsted inspectors reported high levels of "trauma" in young children

Schools have repeatedly suspended pupils as young as four for inappropriate sexual behaviour, an Ofsted inquiry has found.

Minority blamed for 7,000 police call-outs to schools

Police officers have been called into schools in England to deal with violence more than 7,000 times

Police officers had to be called into schools in England because of violent incidents over 7,000 times in the last 12 months, it has emerged.

Primary school kids able to name illegal drugs

Primary schools kids able to name illegal drugs

Most primary school children are able to name at least four illegal drugs, a new study has shown.

Schools given 'emergency plans' for gang trouble

Teachers will recieve guidelines on what to do when trouble breaks out

The government has issued new guidelines to schools for dealing with gangs today, following a spate of violence involving young gang members.

New school targets will 'monitor teenage pregnancy'

Schools may be held accountable for teenage pregnancy rates under new government plans to improve pupils' wellbeing.

Number of pupils 'caught with weapons and drugs' on the up

Rising number of pupils 'caught with weapons and drugs'

The number of pupils caught with weapons and drugs at school is rising, according to a new report.

Over-indulged schoolchildren 'more likely' to misbehave

New report shows over-indulged schoolchildren more likely to be misbehave

A new report has claimed over-indulged children are more likely to be tired and misbehave in the classroom.

Tories: More teachers quitting

Teachers are leaving schools in increasing numbers, the Tories say

Double the number of teachers are leaving their positions now than in the late 1990s, the Conservatives have claimed.

Brown sends closure warning to failing schools

Brown sets out vision for world class education

Failing schools were today warned they risk closure if they do not improve standards.

Rise in truancy but ministers claim more pupils in class

Govt warns parents not to condone absence

The government has played down a rise in the number of pupils skipping classes without permission, arguing it is the overall number of lessons missed that matters.

Parents face fines over excluded children

Parents could be fined up to £1,000 if their children are caught hanging around on the streets after being excluded from school.

Cameron backs teachers over school discipline

David Cameron has challenged the government to do more to tackle school discipline, arguing schools should be places of education not "holding pens" for problem pupils.

Govt: Primary heads must have right to exclude

Heads claim it is necessary to exclude some young children

The government has defended the right of head teachers to exclude pupils from school, after figures show a large number of primary-age children are removed from lessons every year.

Teachers' union calls for powers against malicious pupils

Teachers want more protection against pupils

The teacher's union NASUWT has called for greater powers against pupils who make malicious allegations against their teachers, despite the government confirming comprehensive new powers for teachers today.

New powers for teachers come into force

Education secretary Alan Johnson introduces new laws giving teachers more powers over unruly pupils

Education secretary Alan Johnson has introduced new legal powers allowing teachers greater leeway in dealing with unruly children.

MPs urge more guidance on bullying

MPs: Schools need to recognise subtler forms of bullying

Schools should not blame the victim for bullying, by encouraging them to change their behaviour or excluding them for retaliation, a report has warned.