[Margaret Pilkington]

Why blacken the name of Clitheroe Grammar school by mentioning that one pupil attacked another with a bike chain (allegedly)?
Are you trying to imply that Grammar Schools are lacking in discipline?
And just because one pupil may have acted in such a manner, is no reason to generalise about all the others.

There are good schools and there are bad schools, like there are good teachers and there are bad teachers. Some pupils in school do not want to learn and they make it harder for their peers to learn, and for the teacher to get the lessons across. They act as distractors.

It is time we realised that all children are not suited to academia, and set those who aren't suited to book learning, to work doing something they are good at.
We all have a need to feel valued...and I have known some very brainy people who were absolutely rubbish at practical skills.