Schools 'converting toilet blocks into isolation booths' Read moreWhat the debate reveals is that the more than 20,000 state schools in England have wide variations in discipline and behaviour policies. It is the use of this furniture that has become controversial within the profession, to the extent that a “lose the booths” conference for teachers is being held this weekend in Leeds. At one end of the scale are schools practising “warm-strict” behaviour management, which their critics deride as “zero tolerance”, with clear rules and sanctions. At the other schools pupils would arrive making noise and jostling, and take five or 10 minutes just to settle down. The Conservatives went into the most recent general election vowing to improve school behaviour, seeing it as a vote winner.

Source: The Guardian January 17, 2020 18:45 UTC