Parents, carers, students and teaching staff demand
a reset of the Behaviour Policy from the Ted Wragg Trust
Parents, students and camapaigners working together. Let's change the Behaviour Policy!
Email your concerns and experiences of the Behaviour Policy to reset@tedwragg.com
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The Right Side of History
SO much in the news at the moment about cruelty and harms being inflicted on children by Multi-Academy Trusts in the name of 'good behaviour' and 'results'. A tipping point is approaching, when society finally accepts the evidence and sees through the gaslighting and blah about results and grades and OFSTED. Those who admit they screwed up and take the lead on implementing change will be on the right side of history. So where will that leave the Ted Wragg Trust?
In this article the Guardian report on a London academy that has caused 'systemic and lasting emotional harm' to children, over two decades. Think that doesn't happen in the South West? We have been contacted by a woman who tried to commit suicide, as a teenager, she says as a direct result of the punishments she endured as a pupil at West Exe.
In this article Helen Salmon, a former Headteacher of St James's School (one of the primary pushers of shameful policies, in its role as 'Behaviour Hub') says that there have been some disturbing reports on the direction of the Ted Wragg Trust schools. She does not want to see a "draconian regime that doesn’t allow children to breathe and punishes them for minor misdemeanours to a ridiculous extent, by isolation and exclusion."
Neither do we... but that's what we've got.
Ms Salmon goes on to say that by definition, this is not the inclusive system Ted Wragg Trust claims it to be.
"Not all of those children starting in Year 7 are finally included in the results statistics five years later; some have spent those years languishing in ‘reset rooms’ to be finally driven out of the system."
And further evidence of harms in this article, by the excellent Cherry Casey:
"Britain's schools are starting to feel like dystopian nano-states that cherish performative obedience and quantifiable grades above all else. How come? And why are private schools exempt from the hyper-disciplinarian approach richly meted out to working class kids?"
These are questions we would very much like the senior leaders of the Ted Wragg Trust to answer.
... that he won't achieve anything in life and that he is useless.
Deputy Head has said that he should go to a more 'specialist school' as he is coming across with SEN Needs.
Excuse me??? How rude can they get.
I'm sick and tired of this trust."
ISCA Parent
... and isolation at West Exe wholeheartedly.
I attempted suicide as a teenager largely as a result of the pressure that reset put on me, and it has left me with enduring mental health difficulties to this day.
I know I'm not the only one.
Thank you for sticking up for the kids at West Exe
West Exe Alumni
"My daughter keeps bleeding through her clothes because West Exe don’t let her use the bathroom whenever she needs to.
Their suggestion that she keeps spare clothes in her locker is not a solution.
You’d think this wouldn’t need saying.
It's embarrassing and traumatising for these girls."
West Exe Parent
... the students who do exceptionally well all the time. It feels like you are a number to the Ted Wragg Trust.
What is worse, and also dangerous, is that I was told I couldn't use my mobile phone to support my diabetes and if it was seen or heard it would be confiscated.
Then I was told by the safeguard lead that she wanted to control my diabetes monitoring from her personal mobile device.
No support has been put in place for me or others with health conditions."
Current ISCA Student
Name Withheld.
...with its ridiculous rules. On the first day back my daughter got up early, got ready.
She looked so smart and she was so proud, and off she went. An hour later she texted in tears.
She’d been told as her trousers were too tight and the ones the school had were too big she was going to be in isolation for the whole day.
The school said they couldn’t let her go to her lessons with her own trousers on !!!!
Angry Torbridge Parent
... I'm sick of it all. The 25 minute lunch breaks, the access to toilets.
I'm considering home schooling, but I work every day.
I just don't know what to do.
Year 10 Parent
Torbridge
... and asked if he could please borrow one. The teacher told him only if he gave some security, and as he didn't have a phone the teacher insisted he hand to over a SHOE."
Editor's note : We have had more than one report of shoes being demanded as collateral, from more than one school.
@Schools: this makes you look RIDICULOUS. We suggest you try trusting the children, instead.
The National Education Union says :
“academies are more likely than other schools to employ teachers who are unqualified and that the percentage of teachers without qualified teacher status (QTS) in academies is rising.”
And it gets worse :
“teacher pay is worse in academies but MAT CEO pay is soaring.”
Who'd have thought it?
... he gets sent to the behavioural support room every other day. He is disengaged and socially isolated as well. How is he meant to learn to follow over the top classroom rules if he is never in the classroom? The impact on my mental health has been insane I can't imagine what it is doing to an 11 year old. School say they don't think it is an issue."
ISCA Parent
when I said [ name redacted ] had anxiety, adhd and autism. My son missed out on nearly all his secondary schooling because I was seen as a bad parent who couldn't control him. I’ve had referral after referral to social services and each time a case was closed another referral was made. This had a very big impact on family life.
I was told by the school that they weren't prepared to do an EHCP as it was parenting issues. But then saying they can't support his needs. I asked for support – if the school can’t meet his needs point me to someone who can. I got the response no, can't do anything without an EHCP.
He eventually got an EHCP at the end of his final year at St James’s, and the school had the cheek to say it won't help him now but might do when he goes to college.
I'm sorry but this is not the attitude to have at all. Everyone that I have spoke to said this should never have happened and my son has been failed by the system and the school. All he ever wanted was an education.
St James's Parent
over the past 3.5 years have had a profoundly negative impact on my child's education and well-being, both at school and in our home life. The utilisation of reset rooms as a disciplinary measure, which isolates students from their peers, disrupts the learning environment and hampers social development, has been particularly damaging. My child's educational journey has been marred by a lack of positive teacher-student relationships and a pervasive sense of alienation. This has not only affected his academic progress but has also taken a toll on his emotional state, resulting in increased frustration and a noticeable decline in enthusiasm for learning. The negative experiences at school have, unfortunately, extended to our home life, influencing his overall well-being and happiness. It is disheartening to witness how the trust's disciplinary approach has adversely shaped my child's educational experience and emotional resilience over an extended period. Addressing these concerns is crucial for fostering a supportive and conducive learning environment for all students."
St Luke's Parent
not to hit the fire alarm. I was sent to reset for telling another student to be quiet. I have been given BPs for forgetting a whiteboard pen – and for not wearing tights in the winter. I have been denied access to the toilets. They have a big
barrier up on the upstairs toilets during break and lunch stating that if we use those during break and lunch it will be an automatic reset.
St James’s Student (current) : information verified
because an intruder had managed to get into the school, telling people he was a terrorist and had a bomb. He was eventually arrested. This has all been confirmed by the school however, they are keeping this from the parents.
Why? Obviously this is a huge safeguarding issue."
West Exe Parent
Torbridge!!! Well done for joining awful ISCA and Woeful West Exe at the top of the Leaderboard! This month Torbridge parents are upset about too many resets* - detentions for stupid reasons, limited toilet access, thirty minutes for lunch, petty policies and punishments. It's SO 2022, Torbridge.
We at the
Reset Campaign are NOT impressed.
*Editor's note : ANY number of resets is too many resets. It's a stupid punishment.
and so is my daughter. They lost all their teachers at the end of last year and the school is a hot mess. Nothing has improved, my daughter has had fifteen resets. All the big promises Ted Wragg [Trust] made. It was all lies, they have doubled-down on punishments. We all hate this school, I wish there was somewhere else - anywhere. But they are all the same, the Trust schools. So unfair."
Year 9 ISCA Parent
and is a constant state of heightened anxiety. She is coming home in tears constantly anxious about going back the following day. She says the teachers are bullies, constantly shouting, constantly reminding them of detention, she was told she needed a green pen to complete a task, when she reached into her bag to get it, the teacher shouted:what are you doing! I didnt tell you to go in your bag! If a partner at home treated you this way, it would be classed as domestic abuse. The homework quantity is immense! I mean homework for PE? Absolutely absurd! It's like the kids are not allowed to switch off after school. At this point I am seriously considering a elective home education."
St James's Parent
"if we let you off we let you down," is that sort of like saying "we only hurt you because we love you"?
Asking for a friend.
Julia - Reset Campaign
julia@tedwragg.com
Editor's note : please email Julia direct with your most ridiculous stories of the Ted Wragg Trust.
us that we were going to get a phonecall about a chocolate button we thought she was joking. But no, we received a phone call from school that same evening which was described as a ‘soft warning’ to ‘help [ our daughter ]’ because she gave a chocolate button to a friend in the corridor. The school made a point of assuring us we weren’t being singled out and that the parents of the child who received the chocolate button would also be phoned, too.
West Exe Parent
as they left off.... so many time outs (as they are now called) - my daughter included. In six hours she has gone from her happy relaxed self to stressed, anxious and so down on herself that she has already decided she isn't ever going to make anything of herself and her life is going nowhere. All on the first day of year 8. Two weeks ago she was telling me about how she would be a famous fashion designer and showing me all the places around the world she wants to travel.....
Well done QE more dreams crushed."
Queen Elizabeth Parent
happiest little girl, always ready to learn and take part. We roll around to November and we get a phone call saying she had been excluded. We asked why. “She walked out to go to the toilet”. I asked why did she have to walk out, going to the toilet is something everyone is allowed to do? Wrong. You need to have a medical pass to go. I am thinking of moving her away from a Ted Wragg school.
fuck #beyourbestexe, start a
#shutdownwestexe movement ASAP."
Angry West Exe Parent
However [ our son ] has just informed us that he was given Reset today for receiving 2 behaviour points in Drama. One for not moving his bag close enough to a wall and the second for talking & moving. This resulted in him missing History, English and Geography. Two minor behaviours points warranted
three periods in Reset - missing vital lessons. This is madness! These are not bad behaviours, just actions, which require no more than a verbal prompt or reminder. We thought after all the feedback from parents last year that the behaviour system and proportionality of sanctions was going to be reviewed. How does belongings not being close enough to a wall warrant a BP and missing three lessons? Again, no common sense being used, just disproportionate punishment!"
St James's Parent
where the teacher didn't bother to show up, so they just messed around instead of doing maths and then went out to break. No one noticed."
West Exe Parent
the teacher if she could please open a window, it was really hot in class. The teacher exploded and yelled at her and sent the girl to the cupboard for two hours."
West Exe Parent
SEN child. I can’t keep fighting West Exe, and she spends so much time in that cupboard or in IE she is barely getting an education. There aren't any non-Trust schools with places so we haven't a choice."
West Exe Parent
is still sending children to the isolation cupboard as a punishment.
Some weeks ago I had a tour of the school with two members of the Trust. The welcome was warm and it was a pleasure to talk to the children. When we reached the isolation cupboard I was assured by the headteacher that my information from parents and carers was wrong and no one was ‘sent’ there. Children apparently went into the small, windowless cupboard of their own accord for peace and quiet……
The student sent into the isolation cupboard this week has, in common with many Ted Wragg students, anxiety problems and like many of us wouldn’t choose to spend a whole day in a windowless room in total silence."
Rosie Cook. Retired Headteacher.
stories relayed through this website. Then ask yourselves - can you honestly say all the schools - run in your name - are safeguarding our children?
"Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.
Safeguarding means protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
Safeguarding means preventing harm to children’s health or development
Safeguarding means ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
Safeguarding means taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes."
"My son said all the students in their class were made to write letters to their favourite teacher thanking them for all the good things they've done.
He couldn't think of a favourite teacher so the tutor who set the task put forward their own name - or suggested a head-of-year.
My son (who is honest) said there actually isn’t anyone in the school they feel thankful to.
He was reprimanded for not completing the task."
West Exe Parent
"My daughter will remain at home tomorrow. I will not allow her to be subjected to isolation and silence… I will not be sanctioning any time in IE, it is illegal, abusive and an inhumane punishment.
I draw your attention to sweat boxes and hot rooms as a form of torture to make people comply. It would be nice if TWT would train teachers to manage low level disruption in a better way."
Excerpt from West Exe Parent letter to the school
of you taking my son out of his lessons and putting him Reset, where he learns NOTHING? If I removed half as much class time from my son as you do I would be in court facing a fine."
Excerpt from email to St James's school
teachers weren't letting him get water. And so he left and went home. I was at work and didn't hear once from the school to alert me that he wasn't present for the rest of the day."
West Exe Parent (of course)
to an upset parent anxious that change is not happening quickly enough for their child's mental health. 'NOTHING is going to change, in September.'
ISCA SLT Staff
ISCA... Ted Wragg Trust... we are watching YOU.
but at West Exe it's only half of it! We are receving reports from upset parents whose children have had their chance to participate in Sports Day tomorrow taken away - because they were in Reset today.
Seems harsh (and petty and mean)
"First warning talking - second warning, saying hi to someone who entered the room and said it first. My son said but Miss that's not fair she said hi to me first : third warning - answering back. Result = suspension."
Parents view : ridiculous overreaching.
and when they missed it hit **** on the shoulder. [My son] quickly apologised - and the apology was accepted. But on Monday I had a call to say he was suspended for five days for assaulting a teacher. He had absolutely no idea what I was talking about and genuinely thought they had rung the wrong parent. He was very upset and begged to get the CCTV checked. It took them over a week to agree - lots of emails to the head - to the governors. The CCTV vindicated my son - he had missed a week's education - and never even got an apology."
West Exe Parent
"My daughter came home and said her English class was showing 31 degrees so the teacher was letting a few out at a time to refil water. Then [teacher] (uuurggh!!!) came in and stopped them, saying it should be done in breaks!!! I wrote to [teacher] directly and [teacher] phoned me to basically say my daughter is a liar and cannot recall the situation accurately!!"
VERY upset Parent, West Exe
A West Exe Parent gives advice to a QE Parent -and if the necessity for this advice does not shame those two schools - nothing will.
"For those of you, like us, whose SEN children are in a perpetual cycle of reset / IE / lesson removal please try and push for a 'tariff' to reduce removal time. We have such a learning gap from all these resets it's caused a whole set of challenges."
behaved. She is not. Just one teacher heavily disciplining for minor things... he is a dangerous man and its sad he is now at Honiton. The Ted Wragg way is destroying kids happiness and love of learning. I'm quite horrified this is allowed to continue.
Honiton Parent
he has been there we have been fighting for help. He comes home so stressed and upset. He says the rules have got worse and you get punished for silly things if your pen runs out and you not got a spare if you need to go toilet my son won't use them at school he will wait til he comes home the school is useless."
Sidmouth Parent
Ted Wragg is allowing weak teachers with poor classroom management, to bully kids."
QE Parent letter to their MP, Mel Stride.
To tell Mel Stride how QE treats your child click here
about the care and needs of SEN children."
West Exe Parent
Didn't know they'd walked out in rage or despair - never even noticed? Answers on a postcard to Alphington EX2.
to 'Lesson Removal Room' doesn't make it acceptable or less of a punishment it just means
West Exe think parents are stupid."
Pastoral Support Room at West Exe you need to be challenging it ASAP it is a draconian dungeon with no windows or natural light and no adult supervision.
West Exe Parent
punish but seem incapable of acknowledging their own many mistakes. The systems they use aren't fit for purpose and cause parents unnecessary stress and worry.
QE Parent
for wearing a pair of flamingo-print shorts UNDER his school trousers. He was showing them to us just before class started and we were laughing and then he got suspended for six days. It's not even funny anymore."
ISCA Student
It was lunchtime and he was told to tuck in his shirt and he said, 'oh I'm so hot, do I have to, miss?' and that was 'rude' and 'defiant'. They punish them using these negative words and when you look into it they weren't rude or defiant at all.'
QE Parent
He spent the majority of Year 11 in Reset. Today he walked out, spent the afternoon at the park and they didn't even notice he wasn't there. I called to ask what happened and they didn't even know he hadn't been there all afternoon. Epic safeguarding fail!!!!!"
West Exe Parent
The homework policy is unfair as we are expected to get 100% on our maths homework even if there's a question we are stuck on or a topic we are yet to learn. Me and many of my friends feel that the head teacher and deputy heads don't care about us as individuals and only care about our obedience."
ISCA Student
staff when a student tried to escape school. One staff member expressed hope that the child might hurt themselves climbing fence. The more senior member of staff joked that so long as injuries didn’t require paperwork to be completed."
Former West Exe Teacher
for a year. From being a happy, confident child she [became] desperately unhappy, refused to go to school, wouldn't eat and locked herself in her room. We ended up having to move to Cornwall as we couldn't go to any other schools in Exeter as they were all Ted Wragg."
Escapee ISCA Parent
early. My son was soaked and the next day when his shoes still weren't dry, he had to wear black trainers in. They told him that was reset, for the wrong shoes, but he wasn't having it, he walked out. I don't blame him."
Y11 ISCA Parent
yesterday's Reset detention, which he hadn't been able to attend, as he was in a Maths detention. The reset teacher TOLD us this on the phone but now the school won't admit it on an email, they are afraid it will end up on this website and they will look like idiots."
St James's Parent
surprise when I found out he was actually taking a dump. It can take a while, what is he supposed to do? Truanting my arse. They are fucking idiots, the lot of them."
WestExe Parent
number of rules. Ever since they returned from Covid they have been faced with more and more rules. I cannot understand why a Y11 student has to read from a book and HAS to follow it with a ruler. Something isn't working at the moment."
Y11 St James's Parent
entire lunchbreak in RTL, now known as 'Reset' for looking through the canteen window. When he asked why he was being sent to Reset he was told 'just go' It's beyond acceptable."
QE parent
over lunch for simply standing on a bench outside because he couldnt see the football. Not asked if he could get down as common sense would suggest, just sent straight to time out!"
St James's Parent
homework. He did the Reset then the next day was told to go back to Reset as the homework still wasn’t complete. He also has a detention after school every day until it is complete. So missing important lessons due to incomplete Sparx homework from 2 weeks ago… What an absolute joke."
Ted Wragg Parent
being Reset so often he wasn’t getting to do anything other than word searches. He has done more work at home in the first few days than he’s done in weeks at school. And he’s a much nicer person without the stress.
QE Parent
I worked at a Ted Wragg Trust school and when I spoke my mind about what I saw going on I was reprimanded for it. They are institutions run by power freaks and are ruining children's lives."
Name Withheld
Ted Wragg School
of the pupil at its heart. I have a boy who cannot wait to leave. He is a good child but may on occasions forget a piece of equipment or not have his shirt tucked in. The school has put him in Reset on 4 occasions in 3 weeks without even calling me in for a discussion."
Y11 St James Parent
completely predictable behaviour for fostered and adopted children who had experienced trauma, and imagined that they could just punish and shame them into compliant and conforming behaviour - the exact opposite of what is recommended. My child left as an anxious wreck and still suffers the consequences."
West Exe Parent
anxious, but traumatised and resentful, with a plethora of mental health problems, from not having the reasonable level of support that they need to thrive. Our kids won't survive this. I just can't believe this is allowed to happen."
Exeter Parent
assumption that they are liars, and that any mistakes are purposeful acts, and treat them accordingly, and when you fail to support and flat refuse to engage with their parents, the words INSTITUTIONAL BULLYING begin to loom large on the horizon."
QE Parent
stay and do the detention in winter, we didn’t want him to walk home in the dark. So they punished him for that, and put him back in reset the next day. I reckon he’s done sixty or seventy days in reset so far."
Y7 ISCA Parent
at QE. The behaviour policies… are absurd, disproportionate, cruel and border on abusive. Ted Wragg and QE will publicly bleat about engaging with parents and putting children at the heart of everything they do, but this is bureaucratic, self-serving box ticking. The reality is very different."
QE Parent
family as I watch a previously motivated, confident child gradually becoming anxious.. losing any desire to learn… the dread of resets has led to her spending nights trying to perfect her homework. It is impossible to reconcile these policies... with the “child-centred”, compassionate approach on which the Trust advertises them as being based."
West Exe Grandparent
for girls which equates to a ratio of 1 toilet per 98 children. The DofE Guidelines state that it should be 1 toilet per 20 children. This school has got worse over recent years as Ted Wragg policies have set in... I look forward to the day that both my children leave."
St James's Parent
don't have enough time to use them during breaks in part because of the two at a time policy and not being able to step out of a lesson. This leads to students restricting fluid intake and having to choose between eating at break time or using the toilet."
Y8 Parent
the lions den as we always know what teachers will give out the RTLs each day. Many parents and children are struggling with the behaviour policy . Ted Wragg must be turning in his grave!!! All we want is for our children to be treated fairly and with respect
QE Parent
I feel unsafe and uncomfortable going to school every day. Upstairs toilet? Go to reset. No green pen? BP.
Y7 St James's Student
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health and wellbeing. His SEND needs not being met and being punished for needing the toilet when asking to go. My child's anxiety is heightened at the thought of going to school."
Parent
the toilet and get back to class is a joke it cannot be done. Prisoners in prison get treated better they have their own toilet in their cells. Absolute disgrace Ted Wragg & the teachers who treat our children this way."
West Exe Parent
the homework on Sparx maths. She couldn't answer a question, neither could I or her dad, she was beyond herself as said she would get a reset if she didn't get it right! She didn't sleep well that night and made herself very anxious. This is NOT ok."
Y7 Parent.
and completely agree that changes are needed. I have seen unacceptable treatment of staff and students, with no attempts made to listen to anyone who disagrees. The SEND provision is close to non-existent within the school, likely due to the staff exodus."
Current Staff Member
said there isn't enough time to eat and use the loo without getting detention or reset, and so he gave up eating during the day. How is this not shocking?"
Y9 West Exe Parent
she was packing her bag for the next day because she couldn't find her green pen. She said she would get reset if she didn't have a green pen. I tried to explain that any pen would do, and she burst into tears."
St James's Parent.
drink of water and when she stood up for herself she was threatened with suspension / host school, which lead on to her self-harming when she got home. When I confronted the school no responsibility was taken."
Y8 Parent Cranbrook
disciplinary reasons is required to spend a limited time out of the classroom at the instruction of a member of staff. Removal from the classroom should be considered a serious sanction. it should only be used.. once other behavioural strategies in the classroom have been attempted."
queue for the toilets, rushed to get out and then was immediately sent to reset for having his shirt slightly untucked. We then received an email suggesting we speak to our son about his behaviour choices. It's simply cruel.
St James Parent
minor things - a collar sticking up, tie not straight - needing to go to the toilet. And he has a toilet pass, as well."
Y10 West Exe Parents
forgetting a pencil - talking in class. My issue is that reset is a whole 5 lessons in isolation where they are not taught.
Cranbrook Parent
I cannot understand what removal from learning for a whole day, with added detention, is supposed to teach children who have essentially done nothing wrong.
Y8 Grandparent, St James
such as not tracking with a ruler when reading, not having a pencil sharpener. The list is relentless."
QE Parents
They wouldn't give her a chance, just send her to reset. I regret sending them to ISCA."
Y9 Parent
over subscribed. Starting to see why now."
QE Parent
are always blocked by teachers so unable to use them between lessons. He has to hold his pee for hours. Unbelieveable."
West Exe Y8 Parent.
from a confident happy child to an anxious wreck. Staff unfortunately are more worried about the contents of a child's pencil case than the quality of their education."
QE Parent
I don't think he has a very nice home life and at school they punish him for stupid stuff and nobody stands up for him. It makes me angry."
St James's Student
and got a day in reset and detention because he hadn't shown the workings out on one question. He is a Grade A student, never been in any trouble. Why is he missing class when he did nothing wrong? I can't make the school listen. This is so unfair."
Y8 Parent, West Exe
organisation and remembering things. He is really chaotic. But he was never anxious before the school started punishing him for it. I mean, reset for not having a calculator and a green pen?"
Y7 St James's Parent.
started at West Exe but now it is a challenge to even get her out the door in the morning, she finds it all so stressful. She maybe makes it in half of the week if it's a good week and all the school do is threaten fines. They don't get it, they don't see that they did this..."
she couldn't complete 1 question on her sparx homework even the teacher couldn't answer the question but had completed all other questions."
Y10 Parent.
out of his bottle in the corridor on the way to lunch...."
ISCA Y8 Aunt
her toilet pass but on her way to use toilet she also filled up her water bottle."
Y7 ISCA parent
forgetting glue but they did f all about her being bullied so pulled her out of school now home schooling her."
West Exe Parent
for really stupid reasons, like, because I can't do sparx maths even though I told them I can't do it, and I got reset for that, now I don't care. I hate school, they aren't fair at all."
Pupil, Y7
3pm on a school day because he is too worried he won't be allowed the toilet if he needed to go. He won't even take a water bottle when it's hot."
Y7 St James's Parent
To confirm your support of the New Deal please complete this form.
Still waiting for the Ted Wragg Trust to email us to discuss how we can work together to implement the following positive amendments to their Behaviour & other policies.
If the Trust continues to double-down on its awful policies - we will double-down on our campaign.
Shouldn't we work together for our children, instead?
No more Reset or 'Right to Learn', which are just different names for the same punishment : removing children from taught classes for a whole day. Detention and standard school suspensions where warranted. Nothing else.
Incomplete or inaccurate homework is not a 'behaviour' and is not punishable. Reward those who do the homework instead of punishing those who don't.
Reset / RTL are finished and so are 'exclusion rooms' and sending children to another school in the Trust. We do not consent to these archaic punishments.
We trust our children to know when they need to use the toilet and to do so without a teacher guarding the door. Sometimes it is necessary to go to the toilet during a lesson, and it is always allowed.
Twenty Minutes for lunch and to use the toilet? It's an insult. The absolute minimum we will agree is 45-minutes. School is about more than just work. Socialising and exercise are important, too.
Time Out is only allowed when the lunch-break has been extended, and then it is limited to actual bad behaviour and is not to be used for uniform or equipment failures.
Thanks so much for reading our new website and supporting this grass-root campaign to improve the Ted Wragg Trust's treatment of our children. We will be in touch if / when we have campaign up dates.
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