School stand-downs at record levels

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English - March 04, 2024 18:10 - 4 minutes - 3.96 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratings
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School stand-downs have spiked to record levels after dropping away during the height of the pandemic.
Schools used the formal punishment more than 25,000 times in 2022, or nearly 3.3 times for every hundred pupils.
Both figures are the highest in more than 20 years of records.
Education correspondent John Gerritsen has been looking at the figures.