Caller Ayube: 'Sending my son to strict school was the best choice'
A school in Hackney is being rebuked for its strict environment.
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Mossbourne Community Academy has had several online allegations about its environment.
Students were found to be routinely shouted at and publicly humiliated under the school's "rigid behaviour policy", in a report commissioned by the academy.
It also found a lack of support for pupils with special educational needs, with sanctions routinely given for behaviour linked to their conditions.
A probe into the school's practises was launched after a series of allegations were raised by parents and teachers last year.
But these concerns were dismissed as "vexatious", the report found, as compliance and control were often prioritised above pupil wellbeing.
As well as being "routinely" shouted at, students were placed at desks in corridors "as punishment for minor infractions", with some practitioners reporting that the school's approach had "exacerbated some pupil's mental health".
LBC caller Ayube told Ali Miraj what it's like sending his son there.