Kids hurled abuse at me – I still didn’t want them sent home

I’ve seen children throwing chairs at staff(Picture: Getty Images)

Like most teachers who have worked in large, inner-city state schools, I can reel off tales that would make the rest of the population shudder.

I’ve seen children throwing chairs at staff, arriving for GCSEs very clearly under the influence of something illegal, and getting into fights worse than any drunken brawl you’d witness on a Friday night.

I’ve had teenage boys twice my height square up to me in the classroom...