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A teacher and students in a classroom, September 12, 2018
TEACHERS have told of their ordeal dealing with 70-hour weeks amid a rise in parental online vigilantism and “kangaroo court” disciplinary hearings.
Delegates at the NASUWT union’s annual conference this weekend said statutory guidance on pupil restraint has never been more urgent as the damage to the social contract between parents and schools during the pandemic has led to major behavioural problems in pupils.
Junior vice-president Wayne Broom said: “I have personally intervened in a few fights and physically restrained a pupil from jumping down a flight of stairs, potentially breaking some body part.
EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK