UK School To Let Students Swear In Class

Students at a Northamptonshire secondary school in the United Kingdom are being allowed to swear - as long as they limit their use of bad language to five times a lesson.

A running tally of how many times the f-word has been used will be kept on the board. If a class goes over the limit, it will be "spoken to" at the end of the lesson.

Parents of children at the Weavers School in Wellingborough were told of the new policy in a letter. The astonishing policy, which the school says will improve the behaviour of pupils, has been condemned by parents' groups and MPs.

But headmaster Alan Large said "The reality is that the f-word is part of these young adults' everyday language". He added "within each lesson the teacher will initially tolerate (although not condone) the use of the f-word (or derivatives) five times and these will be tallied on the board so all students can see the running score," he wrote in the letter. "Over this number the class will be spoken to by the teacher at the end of the lesson".

The school, which has 1,130 students, also plans to send "praise postcards" to the parents of children who do not swear in class.

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