Aggressive behaviour in the classroom. What sanctions would your school have put in place following this incident?

[ScottishG]

I know it's the holidays but this incident is still playing on my mind. How do you think it would have been handled in your school?
Year 10 boy - known to be rude and disruptive in the classroom. I have previously been on the receiving end of this behaviour and followed school policy for sanctioning such behaviour.
On the day in question I am covering a lesson. Boy starts playing up as soon as I get into the classroom. Shouting out, throwing stuff across the table. I warn him about his behaviour. He continues and I'm unable to take the register due to disruption. I yell at him and tell him to leave the classroom (not proud of this - difficult day and the calm me had disappeared!) He leaves but walks past and says "you are so funny" He comes back into the classroom a few minutes later saying he needs a chair to sit on outside. I am furious and tell him to get back outside. He comes in anyway and picks up chair. I am now between him and the door. He pushes me with the chair until we are both outside the classroom. Passing teacher (male and more senior than me) escorts him away from the classroom at my request.
I know this wasn't my finest hour. I should have remained calmer and positioned myself better in the classroom. However, the incident shook me up and I feel unhappy about how it was dealt with by senior staff. What would have happened in your school ?

Boy would be excluded - temporary
You then request not to teach him or have him in your class (he could be excluded from those lessons)
Phone call to parents

There should've been a follow up meeting looking at the facts - what did you do well - what could've you done better - are there any known ways you needed to be aware of?

Staff should've checked you were ok and safe

Don't tell me he got a slap on the wrist (metaphorically)

I yell at him
I am furious
I am now between him and the door
You would be offered support and training

It would be helpful to look at non-confrontational management of incidences like this. I have no idea what on-going issues this student has (so no idea about suitable consequences/sanctions), but if he's known to be disruptive and aggressive, then there should already be a plan in hand that all staff are aware of.

MrsGuyOfGisbo makes a good point. The louder and more wound up the kids get, the calmer you have to be.

So how was it dealt with?

Thanks for your thoughts. I am usually pretty calm and not a shouter but clearly not on my best form on this particular day. Pupil given one day internal exclusion. No-one from slt have spoken to me about it. Colleagues in my department sympathetic and supportive though.

If you are normally calm and had a bad day - then I think management should've known this was a one off

But they still should be speaking to you about - how you dealt with things - how you could've dealt with the situation - what the may do now

For example RED emergency card and a pupil to grab and find another teacher (card with classroom details)

At my school this would probably be handled the same as at your school. However, we do track all behaviour on a scale and so if this student had other misbehaviour on his recent record then it would be escalated.

MrsGuyOfGisbo

what would the school have done to the year 10?

If tea, biscuits and you poor thing, then they are part of the problem.

I think the sanctions should have been more severe, but in any behaviour management training I have had, I've always been told to never block the exit when dealing with a potentially angry child - its generally better to just let them go.

I had an 11 year old behave much worse than this in a class I was covering. He ended up colouring in for 10 minutes at the office then appeared back in the class informing me he had decided to give me a second chance and smirked for the next five minutes before telling me my shoes were cheap and that his cost £150. Slt came near me and avoided me when I went looking for them. Just one of the many reasons I left that school. If you are not being supported then you have a choice to make.

He'd probably be put into internal isolation for the morning or day. No one from SLT would speak to me about it unless I pushed for it/approached them.

If actually pushed by a child, it'd likely be a fixed term exclusion here! They would want to take statements and view cctv footage if available, and judge what happened. Would also depend on the child and any previous.

I would have gone and asked higher up. Could what happened now have been delayed by the other member of staff?

You can yell at him to get out. It's not against the law.

Always let them out though - you put yourself in a tricky position there because he's not going to lose face and say "oh I'm terribly sorry, I've just realised how rude I was. Here's the chair and I'll wait outside."