12-12-2025 19:00 via theguardian.com

Fear should have no place in a classroom or staffroom | Letters

Readers respond to a report highlighting harsh disciplinary regimes at a school in east LondonIt’s little wonder that parents at Mossbourne Victoria Park academy (MVPA) are calling on the leadership of the school “to change course or be replaced” (London academy staff instilled ‘climate of fear’ among pupils, 9 December). It was a year ago that the Guardian’s John Harris outlined the details of an investigation carried out by the Observer into two Mossbou
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