TEACHERS' leaders were today calling for violent and disruptive pupils to be thrown out of schools.
The NASUWT union is demanding that tougher measures are taken against pupils who disrupt lessons with their anti-social behaviour.
And the National Union of Teachers general secretary Steve Sinnott was also expected to comment on what has become a major issue in education.
Labour and the Tories have promised to get tough on unruly pupils as they set out their plans before the expected General Election.
The Chief Schools Inspector David Bell has warned that poor behaviour in some schools is on the rise.
The NASUWT, at its annual conference in Brighton, was expected to discuss a motion demanding that "parents take responsibility for the behaviour of their children in schools".
Kitchen knife
The union's motion was expected to argue that behaviour problems - particularly low-level disruption such as constant chattering in class - are "the most common reason for teachers leaving the profession".
Over the weekend the NUT demanded a national charter on pupil behaviour to stop violent teenagers threatening and in some cases trying to kill teachers.
The union's annual conference in Gateshead, which is winding up today, heard from teachers who had been attacked, including one story of a 14-year-old girl attempting to stab a member of staff to death with a kitchen knife.
Yesterday, the NUT conference voted overwhelmingly to oppose key government policies on education. Delegates called for a major national campaign to scupper Tony Blair's plans for creating hundreds of privately sponsored city academy schools.
The union also restated its opposition to the government's decision to keep A-levels and GCSEs.
And delegates voted to lower the barriers to taking strike action. The conference changed the NUT's internal rules so fewer votes were needed to trigger a decision on whether to call a strike.
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My main argument with this pathetic system is a disobedient child has to be on report 6 times (what happened to 1 chance only) before they go before a panel to decide what actions will be taken. This is not the case in my child's school, how ever many times a child is disobedient they get away with it. Why should a disruptive abusive child be allowed to continue to disrupt classes, decreasing the chance of my/other children achieving their best. WHICH CHILDREN ARE WE HELPING! Why arn't parents being held responsible for their children's actions.
If parents can be sent to prison for not ensuring their child attends school, they should also be imprisoned if their child is violent at school. Perhaps more parents will then start exercising discipline in the home instead of giving in to their child's demands all the time.
We hear about teachers facing violence from pupils and parents all the time. What about the Education Welfare Officers who face the same and much worse when they make home visits to the same families, ALONE! I have never heard anyone speak up for them. The most scary thing is to be in someone's home as an EWO, on your own, nobody to back you up, no 'phones, no radios, no hunky policemen at your side and have to face these people completely alone.
TRY THAT FOR SIZE TEACHERS. Stop whinig and relax with your thirteen weeks holiday a year. You make me laugh. Teachers and nurses DO NOT have the monopoly on stress. Get out on the streets and I bet you wouldn't last ten minutes.