Ronaldo state schools cannot permamently exclude a child at a whim. Certainly not after one morning for swearing
I know that Really Tired and I am really tired of hearing it again and again
(sorry about the pun). As a parent I am really tired of hearing it. It is not acceptaable for my DS to have to suffer so that teachers can pretend to be " professional" and put him in harms way whilst they have a go at "nopt giving up".
I believe our schools would ten times better or even more if they could give up. I think the single reason education does not improve and standards fall and people bemoan the existence of a state sector is precisely because teachers willo not stand up and be counted and tell the government tio get lost. The same goes for parents who need to write to their MPO's and tell them that poor behjaviour in schools needs to be addressed with exclusion of badly behaved children ( who clearly need a different type of school; to that5 the majority need).
I know why teachers shut up. Its a culture of fear. I was afraid to say anything when in a state school. For a long time I put up with abuse and lerss than acceptable standards in classes - both behaviour and in terms of education because I was afraid. My classes were well behaved compared to many more as other teachers were far more intimidated. In the end though - before I left and after I had my notice in - I took the kids to task and told them what I really thought. The initial look of shocj was followed by compliance and behaviour all round improved. I kicked the troubled ones out and told the SMT to keep them out ( and they did - these DC were suddently fropping the GCSE and doing something else or going to day release or were in isolation). I could teach and my classes got good results that year.
There is a duty of care to my DS ( and yours MNers - I am really gob smacked that you mums sit here and think its all hunkey dory) and it is not being met in state schools
If you want your child to have an education as good as those in private schools, If you want to get rid of the private sector you need first to get off your bgums and petition for a removal of inclusion.
Then you will find parents who are currently removing their DC because of the problems in state schools will send them there ( and all standards might rise)
One of the things suggested in the 1944 education act which refused to bar independent schools was that state schools under the new system would be so good no one would want to send their DC private.
For a while too it seemed to happen. Private schools cut back - then parents started to realise all was not well in the state school.
If no one mentions the elephant in the room it will never get moved and the midden heap will get bigger too.
State schools attempt to nuture even the most troubled of children. Certainly there are children who need special educaton for one reason or another, but I feel that swearing on its own is not a reason for permament exclusion. (Ie the sort of child who repeatly throws chairs around the classroom would need special school.)
Exactly - and the do so at the expense of other DC. Its not good enough. If you were to swar at a nurse or a doctor or even a call centre operative you would be cut short and sent on your way. Same should apply in schools. Its life. Its a lesson that needs to be learned young.