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Originally Posted by Jon T
Don't know about that one, far too many things a kid does at school needs parental permission for it to be as straight forward as that.
If no extra legislation is needed, and the inspection of kids phones is brought in, then it'll be something else that's used when it suits, and ignored when it's inconvenient, just like every other anti-bullying strategy that's come and gone.
My mum has recently retired from teaching, she thinks this is a dreadful idea. It's dangerous on both legal and moral grounds.
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As Marty says, regular school activities don't require parental permission, only those things that are beyond routine, like school trips, medical inspections/injections etc.
The thing about the proposed law is that it seems to be intended as clarifying what teachers are
able to do, not compelling them to do anything. If NASUWT members or any of your mum's colleagues don't wish to make use of the option when dealing with cyber-bullying then there's no reason why they should.
I'm somewhat suspicious of the Union's intervention to be honest. It appears to be motivated by a desire to make sure that teacher's duties are as narrowly defined as possible rather than giving them freedom to do whatever is necessary to maintain good order at school, for the benefit of the majority of pupils.