Leeds School Let 11-Year-Old Students Smoke

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A school which allowed pupils as young as 11 to smoke in the playground has been forced to end the policy after receiving heavy criticism.

Elmete Central School in Roundhay, Leeds, gave permission to children aged between 11 and 16 to smoke cigarettes in the grounds.

It is understood cigarettes were confiscated at the beginning of the day but then given back to pupils, by staff, during lunchtime and other breaks.

The school provides specialist education for pupils with behaviour, emotional and social difficulties and has around 75 pupils.

It is thought the students were allowed to smoke to keep them at school throughout the day.

It is understood the policy was put in place by a past head teacher, as some pupils were not attending school and were occasionally leaving the premises when they did attend.

The current head teacher has been in charge for only a few days, but has agreed to ensure the policy does not continue.

A teaching source at the school, which educates "some of the city's most challenging young people", said: "Youngsters have been allowed to smoke between 11.10-11.20am and again over lunchtime from 12.20-1.10pm, until Wednesday this week.

"Pupils handed in their cigarettes and possessions each morning and were handed back their cigarettes, at the allocated times each day.

"Considering the youngest are only 11, it does not seem right. Staff have to go some way off the school grounds if they wish to smoke."

http://news.sky.com/story/1155990/leeds-school-let-11-year-old-students-smoke

 

[noharmdone]

Have you seen how much it costs to smoke ?

Fair play if they can afford it.

 

[Allezfan]

Kids smoke, they always smoke. Every school has a smoking area and a loose agreement that the teachers don 't make too big a fuss about it.

No reason to get upset.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Pigs/schoolchildren, its all the same.

 

[Groucho]

Elmete Central School in Roundhay, Leeds, gave permission to children aged between 11 and 16 to smoke cigarettes in the grounds.

So they illegally permitted kids to smoke?

The article says the new Headteacher has stopped it. Good on him.

 

[Brennan]

So they illegally permitted kids to smoke?

The article says the new Headteacher has stopped it. Good on him.

It's illegal to buy cigarettes at that age but not to actually smoke.

 

[Allezfan]

So they illegally permitted kids to smoke?

The article says the new Headteacher has stopped it. Good on him.

It happens at every school.

There's a corner where the kids smoke at and the teachers make like one sweep a day at set hour so noone takes the piss but otherwise let it be because it's not worth fighting over and it keeps them in one place. It's the brown paper bag the drunks use.

 

[Groucho]

It's illegal to buy cigarettes at that age but not to actually smoke.

Now your just being technical!

 

[EFCNIK]

Not even joking a teacher at school hid in a bin and caught loads of people smoking up the tennis courts. Alit was one of those big yellow ones with a lid. He actually hid in a ****ing bin the utter douchebag.

 

[Moomin]

Not even joking a teacher at school hid in a bin and caught loads of people smoking up the tennis courts. Alit was one of those big yellow ones with a lid. He actually hid in a ****ing bin the utter douchebag.

Should have set it on fire, only tramps and nonces hide in bins.

 

[Pat's Van]

Should have set it on fire, only tramps and nonces hide in bins.

I actually hid in a bin once, and I'm neither vagrant nor paedophile.

My dad was gonna fk me up though and get all up in my business.

So I hid in a bin. It was the right decision.

 

[Kurt.]

Not even joking a teacher at school hid in a bin and caught loads of people smoking up the tennis courts. Alit was one of those big yellow ones with a lid. He actually hid in a ****ing bin the utter douchebag.

Tennis courts a school ffs ..... Tell us more posh boy xx


I bet your school was so posh that they called Gym James too.

 

[SingBlue]

Er, the school's in Roundhay, ergo, they're probably post-coital cigarettes.