School talk ban is like ‘gulag’
PARENTS have accused a school of behaving “like a North Korean gulag” over a ban on pupils talking between classes.
Youngsters who are caught chatting will be given a 20-minute detention.
The “silent corridors” policy is being introduced at Ninestiles School, an Academy in Acocks Green, Birmingham.
The school, which caters for 1,345 pupils aged 11 to 18 and rated Cattle munched on veg “outstanding” by inspectors, wrote to parents on October 16 about the rule.
One dad said: “Parents are dead against this cobblers. Why does the school want to teach children to be mute zombies?”
The school insists pupils will be able to “relax” in allocated speaking areas.
Acting co-headteachers Alex Hughes and Andrea Stephens said it is “committed to the highest standards of behaviour”.