Assault on a teacher

I am going to make a comment here that in today's world is completely non P.C. Corporal punishment existed during the time I was at school and these sort of incidents very very rarely occurred because you knew who was going to suffer in the long run and in my school you would get it for verbal abuse never mind physical.This was all the way through primary to senior secondary but it taught you respect which in today's world seems to be something severely lacking in some pupils behaviour.[NOT ALL]
I will add that this was a two way street in my schools and if a teacher was abusive to you ,you had the right to see the head teacher,or master which left everybody on a much better footing.

Originally Posted by svrich

'She can't drag the pupil off the chair and forcibly remove it from the kids pocket'
In not quite such blunt terms, yes she can. If the disruption is causing 'harm' (that being the disruption to the class and x number of students missing out on x number of minutes of education) she has the power, and, by government, is expected to use it, to remove the harm (either the phone or the pupil). And that goes for every member of staff in the school, from the Head to the kitchen staff! And the official government guidance is that schools don't need to create a policy about it.

Oh, I didn't realise it was that simple. I'm sure as a 9 1/2 stone, 5 1/2 foot female she'll be delighted to know that the government allows her to physically take on a 15 year old 6ft 14 stone male who has a history of loosing his rag with teachers, thinks he's king bull testosterone and has been taught no morals, in a school that has a problem with teachers getting assaulted.

I'll be sure to let her know. Problem solved, thanks.

Cattle prods - all teachers should be issued with them.

If anything the school are to blame, I cant beleive they are not suspending their students for acts of violence, at my school if you bleached your hair an extreme colour you got a suspension, another foot out of line and you were expelled. It was as simple as that and we never had fould language directed at teachers nevermind actualt physical violence. If anybody expects your partener to defend herself they are mad, If the child has been raised to answer to nobody there will only be one outcome.

Originally Posted by RACEFIT_GLADDY

foul language directed at teachers

Daily occurrence mate, including racist foul language directed at a black teacher.

It's sad, i bet when your wife qualified to be a teacher it was one of the best days of her life, now children don't realise is all she is trying to do is give them a better chance of making something of their lives.

I cannot believe this is allowed to go on. Granted I went to a private school but ANY form of disrespect to a teacher would result in repercussions. If i was caught swearing or god forbid assaulting a teacher I would have been out of ghe school gates on at least a suspension in a matter of minutes... But then respect for others was instilled as a basic part of my education, perhaps this is what is lacking.

It's appalling. The school sounds very unsupportive. The school my kids go to ( state) has a zero tolerance policy and it works.

I'm not saying it's right, and that she must do it, but the school need to do much more about it. I agree that your wife isn't in the physical position to manage these situations so the Management need to do a hell of a lot more to support their staff. There is a lot of training and support available if they spoke to the County Council about it. If they don't it's sounds like it's only a matter of time before a serious incident occurs and the newspapers do their best.
My point being that the government seems to be hanging schools out to dry with they way they have reduced the requirements and guidance around dealing with severe behaviours. It's a very dangerous position that your wife is in, physically and politically. She needs to lay it out for the school management, and get talking to her union and the education department at county level.
I hope things improve for her, and I don't sound 'all knowing,' but I am fortunate to work in a school that respects the safety of its staff and pupils, and invests in regular training that works.

Advice appreciated, thanks!