Pupils at a secondary school in Cornwall are being sent to isolation for acts as minor as dropping a pen or looking out of the window, claim angry parents who say the discipline is too harsh.
The students are reportedly being "needlessly" punished at Launceston College, with one parent saying the school wants "an army of soldiers not children" and another calling its treatment of youngsters "disgraceful".
A Facebook group has been set-up protesting strict new behavioural policies introduced by Ben Parnell, the CEO of Athena Learning Trust, which runs the school.
