[rogerdraig]

most of that is down to schools not wanting to loose money

too many suspensions at the moment are not legal as they dont go through the proper channels which would get the child out of the school and still provide them with proper education

also they often go out of their way to avoid statementing kids which could lead to the child getting the extra help it may need in education which would likely improve their behaviour because they dont want to have to provide that help but prefers the in house non enforceable help which appears and disappears depending on their budget

in this case though it seems that it is more about the teacher maybe not getting enough support coming back from an illness which most likely though it should have happened didn't for many reasons most likely the highest of them that he didn't think he needed it as most of us don't

i cant see that all the ex pupils would be so praise full of him if he wasn't good at his job and as the school seems to be very selective in its pupil roll i don't think that the pupil will be one of the ones who every one hates either