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Ofsted approves of silent corridors

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noblegiraffe · 14/01/2019 14:25

Just seen tweeted this extract from an Ofsted report praising silent corridors.

Now that it’s had that stamp of approval, expect to see more schools jumping on the bandwagon. (Assuming the tweet is genuine!)

But some parents won’t be happy - this mum is now home-educating because of this policy. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6586437/Mother-removes-son-school-academy-banned-children-taking-corridors.html

Ofsted approves of silent corridors
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CatWhisker · 14/01/2019 14:38

A school that did this was in the local news
www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/croydon-school-bans-pupils-talking-2045915
The facebook comments about it were quite supportive if I remember. Someone said that their child was happier there now as there was less bullying and a couple of people said they'd had this at their secondary modern decades ago and it had done them no harm.
Id prefer my kids could chat to friends in the corridor, but if the teachers at their school felt silent corridors would improve behaviour, I probably would be ok with it, as long as they had opportunities to chat to friends at break time.

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