Is silence golden? School in England bans talking in corridors - and they say it is improving results.

Oct 22, 2018, 09:24 AM

Should children been seen and not heard? A secondary school is banning pupils from speaking between lessons or face detention as part of a new "silent corridor" rule. Students at Ninestiles in Birmingham, will be expected to move around the building in silence from 5th November. Katharine Birbalsingh has been doing this in her North London school for several years - she spoke to Stephen - and we got the views of former head teacher now commentator Simon Warr and the commentator Emma Woolf.