No, not pupils. Parents. It's a phenomenon that's becoming ever more noticeable - hospital rage, school rage, junior football match rage. David Hart, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, drew attention to it at his union's annual conference recently: "As pupil behaviour starts to improve, parental behaviour deteriorates. The Government still has no answer to the impact of violent parents on school communities."
Behaviour such as that of Shawn Gladding, 36, sentenced to a four-month evening curfew and 180 hours' community service after being found guilty of attacking a headteacher. He said he lost his temper because the school had not done enough to stop his son being bullied.
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