The stigma is that its a place for naughty children. Theyre not naughty children. Theyre wonderful, bright, intelligent, just amazing children, but theyve made poor choices, and thats a big, big difference. This morning, weve been given incredible access to this school, some of its pupils, some of their mums and dads and to the teachers here. And the reason were here is because we can exclusively reveal that theres been a big rise in the numbers of Primary School children being educated in pupil referral units. Morning, welcome to hawkswood primary pupil referral unit in Waltham Forest, north east london. Were broadcasting to you live here all morning. This is where children come when theyre kicked out of Mainstream School or in danger of being kicked out. It isa it is a pretty small screw, this is the main corridor, the main thoroughfare, a0 pupils, and it is at capacity, and this is a place where children come when they have been kicked out of mainstream education, or where they are
Response from you to our Programme Live from a pupil referral unit yesterday, that today we want to hear from you, your experiences of prus, whether you were taught at one yourself or your child goes to one. Please do get in touch throughout the programme this morning and well speak to some of you on air after 10am. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Throughout the morning well have the latest breaking news and developing stories. A little later in the programme, well be hearing how another 100 schoolgirls have been kidnapped by the Boko Haram Militant Group in nigeria and asking why it isnt leading to another massive outcry. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today snow is falling across parts of the uk as cold air begins to sweep in from russia. The met office has issued amber warnings for large parts of the south east and