Pupils facing exclusion from Egerton Park Arts College in Denton will be sent to a room which could have DVD players, TVs and computers.
It will be used by children who cannot take part in normal lessons because of their behaviour.
But the idea has been labelled as a 'silly, trendy, gimmick' which will reward children for misbehaving.
Egerton Park hit the headlines last year when, in a first for Greater Manchester, the entire board of governors at the debt-ridden school was sacked.
Tameside council chiefs said they were forced to act because of 'unacceptable standards'.
Now, the local education authority will provide £20,000 to create the room for kids at risk of being booted out of the school.
Nick Seaton, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, said: "This gives completely the wrong message to children, as those that misbehave appear to be rewarded.
"The idea of spending money to equip the room with TVs and DVD players flies in the face of common sense and would be a disgraceful abuse of taxpayers' money.
"What youngsters need are clear rules of behaviour that are rigorously enforced - not silly, trendy, gimmicks like this."
One mother, who did not want to be named, said: "Kids who really do want to work get nothing.
"It's the principle of thing - if they're bad, they get treated like royalty. But they should just give them minimum comforts.
"They do drama at school and they're doing a musical. My daughter has been told they need to raise £4,000 to stage it.
"They're having to go to local businesses and pack bags at supermarkets. My daughter's getting to the point where she said `I might as well start being naughty'."
Head teacher Mick Ironmonger defended the move and said: "We are planning to create an area where disaffected youngsters struggling in mainstream classes can be given extra support to motivate and help them, so they do not end up being excluded from school.
"Originally, we were planning to use two existing classrooms, but we have identified another area of the school.
"In terms of drama productions, we always encourage fund-raising initiatives so that productions can make enough money to be cost effective."
A spokeswoman for Tameside council said discussions about equipment in the room are at an early stage.
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i work at the Education Support Project deliverd at Groundwork West End, Ashton.
We take Children age 15/16 who have problems at school...truants ect in the last year at school.
we dont have kids from egerton park because they dont refer any to us.....we have 16 kids from other tameside schools.....it does work we can prove it does.
some kids need treating diffrent.
Another case of the do-gooders getting it wrong and wasting the tax payers money.
If Ashton West End have a system that works send the unruly pupils there.
Some kids need treating differently by sending them watch DVD when they misbehave?!?!
Nothinhg what 3 whacks with a good strap wouldd not sort out !!!!!.
it did me no harm getting my rear end smacked along with a lot of others..why is it so wrong to do same now..too many goodie goodies out there they make me sick those people
what good is going to come out of watching videos do those people honestly believe that will do any good
A Clout around the Ear.That's all they need!Never did me any harm!Discipline.
Naughty children?! I didn't think there was such a thing any more.
There were plenty of naughty and thick children when I was young, but they all seem to have learning difficulties and behavioural issues now.
Makes me glad I work so hard so they can spend my taxes on DVD players and computers for "naughty kids". Wonder if it will make any difference to how they perform at school, or will my taxes one day pay their dole money?
why dont those idiots who sujested that idea use that money for better things other than to let bad pupils watch tv and play video games..what lesson is going to be learned from that ..be bad and have fun? what idiots those people are
Makes me glad I work so hard so they can spend my taxes on DVD players and computers for "naughty kids". Wonder if it will make any difference to how they perform at school, or will my taxes one day pay their dole money?
Tagger, manchester
I totally agree with u
we are rewarding this children and its wrong. In few years time they will be terrorising our streets but they proberly already are !
learning difficulties and behavioural issues are all made up so that "educated professionals" can have a job for life. we didnt have so many kids with these problems years ago. infact most kids left school with a better education than now.QUANGOS come to mind.
This galls me!
Be good at school, work hard, stay 'in line' and you get nothing!
Be the fool, misbehave, cant be bothered to work or learn. Get 20K spent on you from an already overstretched education budget!
As someone has previously stated, there are no naughty kids anymore. They have genuine conditions such as ADHD and alike, which is a new phenomenon and used as an excuse. This 'namby pamby' 'do-gooder' society we have now been straddled with wants a reason for every type of behavior.
Its plain and simple, some kids cant be bothered to learn, instilled from their lazy, thick and slovenly parents.
So be it, invest 20K on the kids that do want to learn and genuinely do deserve it!