In a column for the Telegraph, the Education Secretary says he would “back schools” in imposing “detentions, suspension or – as an absolute last resort – expulsion” on pupils “when faced with persistent bad behaviour” after months of closures due to lockdown.
“Maintaining good discipline is an absolute must in any classroom and is one of our key priorities,” Williamson writes, adding: “Out-of-control behaviour will also destroy the wholesome and happy environment that every school should be.”
He also calls for blanket bans on mobile phones in schools as the Department for Education revealed the 22 schools chosen to take part in the government’s new £10m “behaviour hub” scheme led by behaviour tsar Tom Bennett.
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