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CHOOL boy Jared is telling his teacher that his hands want to blow up the school with explosives. He was just four when he was excluded from school for the first time, and has been excluded a further 10 times since then.

Meanwhile Jordan confesses: “Oh yeah, I nearly broke a teacher’s back”, while Adam hurt someone when he flipped a desk over, but he refuses to talk about it.

The number of children being permanently excluded from primary school is on the rise – with horrifying incidents of violence and damaging property.

But there’s a short stay school in Norfolk, The Rosebery, that takes in the kids that no one else will, believing that every child deserves a second chance.

This documentary follows six excluded seven-year-olds, who make up the school’s youngest class.

The children are often disruptive, rude and abusive, swearing and shouting at the teacher. But this is not a documentary to make us gasp with outrage at the naughty kids.

Surprisingly, it’s hugely emotional and mostly, you’ll feel desperately sad for these children, many of whom have a condition like autism or ADHD – and thankful that there are schools like The Rosebery.

Alfie explains that the reason he hit his classmates is because they all laughed at him when he got an answer wrong.

Harvey says he feels lonely and angry because kids call him stupid. He says: “I’ve given up making friends, I play on my own.”

And Adam spends every Monday morning lying crumpled on the floor in a corner because he misses home after a weekend with his family.

But watch out for the moment when the children are all tasked with saying positive things about each other – it will make your heart burst.