Court threat for pupils&#39; parents

Bought to my attention whilst reading ceefax whilst listening to BBC1. I am pasting an article on BBC news. (Yes ladies, we men CAN multitask)

Parents of unruly pupils could be taken to court by teachers under plans to be announced by ministers.

The initiative will be used to support existing home-school agreements which set out what is expected of parents and their children in the education system.Schools Secretary Ed Balls says the move is aimed at a small number of parents who disregard the agreements.The proposal will be included in the wide-ranging schools white paper to be unveiled on Tuesday.

Jail sentence

Schools will have more power to get parenting orders which can include making parents go to classes on how to control their children.Further sanctions include a £1,000 fine and prison if they fail to pay.BBC education correspondent Kim Catcheside says head teachers complain that some families are able to break the rules with impunity. Mr Balls told the Sunday Mirror: "Every parent has a responsibility to back our teachers and make sure the rules are enforced. Schools already have home-school agreements which set out the school's rules and should make clear to parents what is expected of them and their children. But heads tell me that not all parents are willing to co-operate. And when pupils and parents break the agreement, it's hard to enforce it. That has to change. There must be real consequences for those parents who don't take their responsibilities seriously. The home-school agreements cover issues like homework, uniform and getting children to school on time."

Also expected in the white paper are plans for one-to-one lessons for children lagging behind in English and maths, and less centralised control over targets for numeracy and literacy. Ed Balls told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that teaching literacy and numeracy for an hour a day had "worked brilliantly" and that 100,000 more young people were now getting to the required standard."We have won the argument - everybody knows that literacy and numeracy hours work. Parents want it. Head teachers think it is hugely important," he said. But he said it was "important to evolve" and schools should have more freedom to decide how to spend the ring-fenced money.

Parenting lessons

He also said "entitlement" proposals would match a set of pupil guarantees - such as providing one-to-one tuition when a pupil falls behind - with guarantees to parents about information and reporting. A report card system would provide "more accountability," he added. I

n April, the Conservatives outlined plans to ban classroom troublemakers and give powers to protect teachers. Party leader David Cameron said schools would not be "penalised" financially for removing persistently badly behaved children. Meanwhile, there could be compulsory parenting lessons for parents of children being considered for Asbos. Home Secretary Alan Johnson told the News of the World: "I want to make sure that more consideration is given to the parents' role when a teenager gets into problems and is being considered for an Asbo. Parenting Orders are not punishments - they are a way of giving adults the skills they need to help them fulfil their responsibilities. If a teenager is in danger of going to go off the rails, then one of the best ways to deal with it is to give parents more support at an early stage."

The move is expected to be announced later this year.

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Firstly, in the mid 1980s, the education system transferred power and authority from the teachers to the pupils.
Then during the 1990s, the teacher's responsibilities of care were given to the parents. (so even though teachers were in loco parentis, they still didn't need to bother)

If pupils fail to behave... Blame the parents!
If pupils fail to learn... Blame the parents!
If pupils then end up on the scrap heap as young adults... Blame the parents!

Now in the 2010s, Teachers can now just turn up for work, sit and read "The Guardian", or whichever left wing rag they do read such as The Daily Socialist Toerag Arsehole Rant (acronym). Then they can go home and we can re-write that further:

If pupils fail to behave... Jail the parents!
If pupils fail to learn... Jail the parents!
If pupils then end up on the scrap heap as young adults... Jail the parents!

And those fine examples of manhood and womanhood, whom will be fully protected by The NASUWT union from any blame or rebuke, will carry on the widescale dumbing down of the indigenous population, reading their Guardians with their padded elbows firmly on their desks.

I recently learnt about POETS rules for local government employees. Blissfully unaware of it being in operation since the early sixties POETS is an acronym for PISS OFF EARLY TOMORROW'S SATURDAY. Something you may have been aware of but just assumed that on a Friday afternoon their phones weren't being answered because the were too busy. There must be another one that applies to teachers. How about SOYA BEANS Rules (Stay On Your Arse Because Everyone Accepts No Success) ? Not quite the same eloquence as POETS Rules eh?