“The father of a pupil who tried to sue exclusive public school Marlborough College for expelling his son has had his case thrown out. A judge at Southampton County Court ruled against Russell Gray, who claimed the school was trying to get rid of his son to boost its league tables”. “[He showed] an almost total disregard for school rules and the failure to understand the effect his behaviour would have on others”
Judge Anthony Thompson QC
Nice to see that maybe, just maybe, we are seeing some sense creep into disputes regarding the right of a school to decide what happens to disruptive scholars. The pupil in this case had a extremely poor disciplinary record. This was not just in minor matters but involved incidents such as being arrested at 13 for being drunk and disorderly and had called a police officer an ‘idiot’. Statements attributed to the juvenile showed that he had a most obnoxious manner and appeared to consider himself to be above normal social rules and expectations. Part of the father’s case was that his son had a good scholastic result in his GCSE. This was revealed as 4 A levels, 3 B levels and 2 at C grade. Given that we now know that 40% marks gained an A classification, the C pass should only require a student to write his name and exam number. If he got both right, he would get a B.
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