Schools also need to look at their discipline policies in regard to how they affect classroom assistants. I have worked in two secondary schools and both jobs have been a nightmare as I am not allowed to give detention or any other form of discipline.
I am now at the stage where I feel like looking for another job away from schools altogether.
Charles McCullough, Belfast
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