1,200 kids are banned from school 10 times in a year

An “unteachable” army of 1,210 kids were suspended from school at least TEN times last year, figures show.

Britain’s worst-behaved pupils were barred for offences including drug-taking, boozing and attacks on teachers and classmates.
Other “crimes” by the tearaways — who got five per cent of all suspensions nationwide — included theft, racism, sexual misconduct and bullying, the Department for Education said.

Of the mob, 130 were at primary school, 940 at secondary — most aged 13 to 15 — and 140 at special schools for troubled children.

Christopher McGovern, from the Campaign for Real Education, said: “Some children are unteachable — so disruptive that the education of classmates is being seriously damaged.

“They require help, not constant exclusion. We need to see more pupil referral units to support and rehabilitate them.”

The official figures show there is just one expulsion for every 64 suspensions, which last three days on average.

Critics insist the figures show teachers are now so powerless to discipline disruptive pupils that they are left with no option but to suspend children again and again.

The Department for Education said permanent exclusion was a “more effective sanction” as the decision, once made by a head, cannot be overturned.