This story is appalling, pupils running wild, organised fights and knife crime. Teaching staff are now on strike over concerns for their safety.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/teachers-strike-outside-outstanding-school-16492073
“The school uses a system called Pivotal Education, which was founded in 2001 to improve behaviour training for teachers, but this approach is not favoured by union reps as they do not feel it brings about adequate action.”
There have been lots of threads recently about banning isolation booths and criticism of strict schools. Parents should be aware that the ‘banthebooths’ campaign was set up by Paul Dix who was involved in setting up Pivotal (but isn’t currently involved) and who has a book out, podcasts, speaking tours and makes his money from recommending the sort of behaviour policy Pivotal sells.
The NASUWT are very concerned about the spread of these ‘restorative’ approaches, that they lead to teachers being blamed for poor behaviour and are ineffective.
So when you see threads about strict schools and think ‘how awful’, also think about the school in the above story, and think about whether you would send your kid there, and how you would deal with that behaviour.