In Belfast yesterday the police questioned 25 pupils of Ashfield Grammar School about incidents on Wednesday when it was alleged that pupils from the school went on a rampage in Holywood, co Down. Between 60 and 70 pupils were estimated to have been involved. Some summonses are to be issued.
Teachers at some Norfolk schools relaxed sanctions yesterday so that children should not be turned out into the snow during lunch hour.
Mr Fred Jarvis, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said yesterday: “I deplore the type of hooliganism that has occurred in one or two place, but it will not make us alter our plans at all.”
The teachers involved in the sanctions have opted to go to arbitration after rejecting a 9 per cent pay offer. No date has yet been fixed for the arbitration to begin. Some teachers’ leaders believe that sanctions would be discontinued once arbitration is under way.