A mum has spoken out about 'military-like' secondary school rules which have caused her son to suffer nightmares. Samantha Gleadow described the regulations at the school as "excessive" and claimed that her 12-year-old son has been struggling with stress-induced migraines and sleepless nights due to the pressure he faces daily at school.
Since her son started in Year 7 at Walbottle Academy in Newcastle this September, he has received 11 detentions in the four weeks and has been excluded twice, reports Chronicle Live.Ms Gleadow said that so far he has received warnings and been punished for holding his hand up in class without permission first and talking in assembly.Walbottle Academy use an 'expectations system' which ranks negative
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