Teaching union calls zero-tolerance school policies 'inhumane'

The National Education Union says zero-tolerance school behaviour codes are harmful to children.Photograph: Photofusion/UIG/Getty ImagesA leading teaching union has branded increasingly draconian zero-tolerance behaviour policies in schools in England as “inhumane” and “damaging to pupil mental health”. The National Education Union (NEU), which is holding its annual conference in Liverpool this week, said zero-tolerance approaches to discipline were resulting in schoolchi