I have always wondered why so many schools use their most expensive human resource, their senior leadership team, to patrol corridors during lesson time with a walkie-talkie for hours on end, picking up students who have done something contravening the school’s behaviour policy.
“Get SLT!” I would hear staff cry, “they will sort it out!” Or: “If you don’t behave, I will get the deputy head to remove you!”
How have these situations escalated to such an extent that only a senior leader is able to resolve the issue? At the same time, how have staff become so wound up that the only thing they can do is to have a child removed from their class or, in some cases, for schools to exclude their students?
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