So what should they do? Stick all the kids that can be disruptive in one class together and leave them to it? Cause all kids that are a bit cheeky and disruptive in Yr7&8 have no hope!?
In a lot of schools you are not just talking about a couple or kids, you are talking a chunk of each year group that would come into the 'low level disruption' category. The teachers need to teach them how to behave by using the schools behaviour policy consistently regardless of what class they are in.
I agree.
But then it's an awful coincidence that the ones who are routinely disruptive (and I hate the phrase low level disruption, if you're preventing others learning it's disruptive behaviour full stop), also have parents who start MN threads fuming because:
My child was kept back for just asking a question (reality: repeatedly disrupting, not listening and then asking pointed questions whilst the class are getting on)
My child lost their break for talking to their friend. They were whispering about the work and I don't give the school permission to bully my child (reality: teacher had said work in silence, they had to speak to the students multiple times and eventually has sanctioned them)
My child was humiliated today for dropping their pen (reality: student has been meaning with equipment, preventing others learning, has tried to argue back and the teacher sent them outside to talk to remove the audience their DC was trying to play to)
My child is in isolation for not understanding the work. They're not claiming it's for missing detentions too but I already told them teacher I didn't give my permission (reality: the child has arrived late, made a big entry, disrupted the lesson by talking, not done the work because they didn't pay attention, then argued with the teacher over the fact they couldn't have done the work because they didn't understand it, was given a detention, the child told the teacher "my mam says you can't do that because she doesn't consent", child doesn't attend detention and so it moves up the behaviour policy)
My child is learning to hate school because they go from teacher to teacher being picked on. No other child gets in trouble for asking questions but my child does. (Reality: their child is disruptive in multiple lessons and consequently gets spoken to for their behaviour and sanctioned)
My child is being bullied by all the other students because nobody wants to work with them and they keep being told to shut up for asking about the work (reality: students in the class want to learn, the student is disruptive, the class have had enough and are ignoring their attention seeking behaviour and the teacher is following the behaviour policy).
It's not "low level". It's disruption and disruption that prevents thousands of children doing well every year because parents minimise it and say they're a bit chatty, they're full of beans, they're just sociable, they can be a bit silly, it was just a question, sometimes they get distracted, it was only...
Parents are absolutely right to be annoyed if their child's education is being hindered by those who seek to disrupt.
Teachers should absolutely deal with that behaviour.
Some parents need to stop minimising the impact of their child's actions and stop backing their child over the school.