DanRussell published Nottingham City Council spends £1.6 million teaching badly...

By April Nottingham City Council will have spent more than £1.6 million teaching badly behaved children – more than £500,000 over budget.In total there are 170 students in the city in pupil referral units – places organised to provide education for children who are excluded or cannot be in mainstream education.The details were released and discussed at a Schools Forum meeting on Thursday.Pat Fielding, director of education at the council, said: "We have had to...