The Unteachables: The violent pupils who have sexually assaulted teachers - yet are being let back into the classroom - 16th Apr 2011

Pupils who have sexually assaulted teachers, threatened other children with knives and attacked police officers have been allowed back into the classroom, a shocking dossier reveals.

In most cases, exclusion orders were lifted by their head teachers, school governing bodies or independent appeals panels.

In a handful of schools, the child was not even removed in the first place.

The dossier on the 16 ‘unteachable’ youngsters was compiled by teachers who warned that their authority is being undermined by allowing such children to return to school.

In all the cases, ballots for industrial action were launched last year by members of the NASUWT and the National Union of Teachers in an effort to force schools to protect staff from troublemakers.

They threatened to refuse to teach the child involved, and in most instances the boycotting tactic resulted in the pupil being transferred to a different school. Read More