Teachers, is this behavior normal in your school?

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My DC have attended the same secondary school.

All three have been shocked by the behavior of their peers. Fighting in hallways, smoking in toilets, children walking out of lessons, laughing in the faces of teachers and general disruptive behavior.

My older two have coped well with the disruption, with Dd1 getting great GCSE results, she has however decided to take A Levels elsewhere.

My youngest however is finding it hard, she gets very stressed when people misbehave and is complaining she hasn't actually learnt anything yet in her first weeks at school as the teachers are having to spend the whole lesson disciplining children.

Do you think this is the norm, or are my children at a particularly challenging school?

Our DS has had a very different experience. Ds is y7 at undersubscribed Catholic comp in London. Behaviour in school is excellent- they are ruthless on bad behaviour. He is pretty well behaved but had detentions for forgetting homework in week 1 and week 2 of term. Tough for him, but the strict behaviour policy means that teachers can get on with teaching.

Masses of positive feedback too, epraise, postcards from teachers.

Sorry your DD is struggling with the disruption CheekyBuggers.