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[Nickbat]

From September, headteachers will have a legal duty to consult pupils on major changes to school policy.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263221/Power-pupils-Child-spies-allowed-sabotage-careers-teachers.html

Oh, and this is true (before people start rounding on The Mail)

Utterly stupid. 

[Entwood]

Handing the keys of the asylum to the inmates .. and instructing them on how to use them ..

[albitz]

Watched a news item earlier today which was probably linked to this. It was showing schools where teachers who are interviewed for jobs were interviewed by pupils as well as heads etc.
As RL would say - you couldnt make it up.

[ChevetteNick]

Not all teachers are fit to teach kids. My youngest lad has an evil old bag for one subject who has been leading him a dogs life till i had a word with her as he is terrified of her. My son doesn't go to school to be afraid. We're not the only parents who have had problems with this teacher either.

[Vamps]

Teachers aside, children's opinions of potential members of staff in both Public and Private providers of services, eg children's homes and respite care, holiday schemes etc have been asked since at least 1987 and continues to this day. I am not suggesting kids should run schools, but do not underestimate the views of children in sussing out a potential member of staff.......I have been there several times with no problems at all, if done properly, why should they not have an input as long is it is sensible.
I am not talking on behalf of kids rating teachers, but why not, if a teacher is poor then why should this not be considered.....

[Pitchfork]

From September, headteachers will have a legal duty to consult pupils on major changes to school policy.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263221/Power-pupils-Child-spies-allowed-sabotage-careers-teachers.html

Oh, and this is true (before people start rounding on The Mail)

Utterly stupid. 

One of lifes' small pleasures

[Plomien]

There is no harm with input from the kids, at the end of the day it affects them too, we have had student councils in schools for a while and it will still be the adult who has the final say

[Nickbat]

There is no harm with input from the kids, at the end of the day it affects them too, we have had student councils in schools for a while and it will still be the adult who has the final say

Student councils are quite different to what's on offer here. That headteachers/governing bodies should consult pupils on teacher recruitment or major school policies is plain daft. It's about time we got back to having to having teachers rule the pupils in the classroom, not the other way round.

Of course there will always be poor teachers, but it is up to the adults to sort out such problems. Quite often the "problem" of a bad teacher can be traced to a disruptive or disinterested pupil deflecting blame. And, far too often in my view, parents will come out with the "my-Johnny-is-such-a-nice-boy-so-it-must-be-the-teacher's-fault" defence.

[STMO999]

I haven't got time to trawl through all of this, but my missus is a headteacher and her kids get zero input and that's how it's staying, legal duty or not.

[BigAl]

I haven't got time to trawl through all of this, but my missus is a headteacher and her kids get zero input and that's how it's staying, legal duty or not.