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The job advert for Director of Isolations and Detentions on the school's website.<br />
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A former headteacher has slammed an Academy School which is advertising for a 'Director of Isolations and Detentions', describing their methods as 'Dickensian' and giving students 'a sample of prison'.<br />
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Magna Academy in Poole, Dorset has posted a job advert on its website for the full-time position which will require the successful applicant to enforce 'tough love' to the students and 'demand obedience at all times' while running a newly created 'Behaviour Correction Unit'.<br />
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Disruptive students who persistently talk out of turn in class or distract others will be taken out of regular lessons and schooled at the unit so that no learning time is 'stolen' from the rest of the class, the academy says.<br />
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The job advert for the role states: "If you believe in a strong 'tough love' approach to discipline, no excuses, and that children should be respectful and obedient at all times then this may be the role for you."<br />
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The academy, which has been rated as 'outstanding' by Ofsted, prides itself in its hard-line approach to discipline and has introduced silent lesson transitions, summer holiday work packs and extra lessons.<br />
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On one occasion, it is alleged that more than 40 students were removed from lessons because their pencil cases were too small and their rulers were too short.<br />
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However, former headteacher Andrew Mears, who was headteacher at five schools during a 26 year teaching career, including the nearby Montacute School in Poole, said the academy's 'authoritarian' methods could affect the students' mental health.