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A struggling school plagued by unruly pupils has called in the Royal Marines to patrol classrooms and the playground to help curb disruptive behaviour.
Staff at South Shore Academy in Blackpool are hoping the military presence in the corridors will improve discipline and attendance.
Three former Marines and Navy personnel will take part in one-on-one sessions, teach physical activities and remove disruptive pupils from class.
The war heroes have swapped the battlefields of the Helmand province in Afghanistan for the school playground, as they prepare to wage war on bad behaviour.
The move is part of a £40,000 plan to improve pupil discipline at the academy.
A recent Ofsted report found baheviour at the school ‘required improvement’ and that pupils’ achievement was ‘inadequate’.
The school has enlisted the help of Commando Joe’s, a company which recruits former military personnel to work with challenging children.
The three former servicemen and women will be at the academy for the next 39 weeks, keeping pupils in line.
Students said they respect the camouflage-wearing teams, who they claim are ‘scary’.
Year Seven pupil Jake Heathwaite, 12, said: ‘They’re scary if you’re badly behaved but people are better behaved in the classes they’re in.
‘If someone’s bad in lessons then theyll take us out so the teacher can get on for the rest of the class. We respect them because they’re here to help us, not just to teach us.’
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