Behaviour and Discipline in Schools

Memorandum submitted by David Wright

My two eldest children are now 18 and 20 years old and are at university. During their time at our local secondary school, from ages 11 to 16, they said their biggest problem was the behaviour of other children in class. They stated that the teachers spent all their time dealing with the children who did not want to be there rather than working with those who did want to be there. Because of this the amount they learnt in lessons was limited. They both left school as converts to the old grammar school system where different children were taught in different ways.

September 2010