Parents' annoyance at 'lazy' school after students are required to put on Identity BADGES to class

Parents & guardians have labeled a high school as 'lazy' after it requested its pupils to put on identity badges to class. Cambourne Village College, which opened in Cambridgeshire 24 months ago and has 317 enrollees, announced labels to help children to become familiar with one another, maintain behaviour and assist teachers. Should pupils neglect to wear the colour-coded labels featuring the pupils' year and initials of their tutor class, they would face detention. The high school's web site states the badges are aimed towards building a 'family feel' and claim they 'decrease the probability of any student being unkind to individuals since all of them are identifiable.' However parents & guardians have criticised the high school for not learning student's names and say the idea is 'foolish'. Ruth Swain, whose daughter in Year Eight has been given with three identity badges, stated: 'It is the most dumb notion I have ever observed. 'I appreciate the school is expanding and they would like to retain that family feel so that everybody knows one another however it is just the height of laziness. Why can't teachers just learn the names just like they always have? 'Pupils become familiar with one another by inquiring one another's name instead of reading a name badge. It could actually have a counter-effect. 'My daughter forgot her badge and was given a strict telling off. It makes them feel as if they're just machines and it's unbelievably uniformed.' While some other parents & guardians have taken to social media to hit out at the idea. Hasan Osman said: 'They really should make more time and effort in schooling them, than worrying about who has a name tag on. Ridiculous.' Vicki Rose submitted on Facebook: 'Professors ought to learn to remember their pupils' names or can they simply not be bothered that's bloody stupid!' Fiona Porter added: 'It's just bloody laziness on the high school's behalf. It is not a very good idea.' The Campaign for Real Education spokesperson Chris McGovern reported: 'This is a sluggish approach, it's terrible. 'It implies the teachers are clearly struggling to learn the children's names despite it being midway through the year. It's very, very important that staff learn the name of the children. Individuals that neglect to put on the ID badges can face detention. Parents have named the coloured labels as 'very lazy' 'If they can't be bothered to learn the name of the students they may as well quit teaching. 'It will make teaching impersonal and teachers should develop a relationship with the students they educate whereas this creates distance. 'With computers generating tailored educating there's less 'whole-class' learning and it is indeed a depiction of the times that tutors do not feel the importance to learn the kids' names.' Also, he cautioned that the badges may encourage intimidation: 'It's a breach into their identity and privacy and in case any child walked out of school with it unintentionally still on it is also a security issue.'

The high school's policy is that badges, which show their first names, are left in the children's lockers through the night and not put on out of school. Sarah Smith, who has a kid at the school, thinks that the policies of leaving them at school is not sensible. She mentioned: 'It can make it much easier for strangers to approach pupils if they see their name. I know they are supposed to keep them within their lockers, however if they forget it is rather distressing.' Another mother, Laura Peat, whose son is at the school, is concerned the badges could potentially be used as a weapon. 'They are extremely sharp and although they are meant to be kept at school, lots of students wear them home. I spotted no less than 20 stroll past me the other day displaying their name.' One mother, who did not wish to be named, said her 13 year-old son has been given countless detentions after making a stand against the rule. She claimed: 'My son wore the badge and caught it in his jacket and tore his sweater. He wont wear his and that is his decision, I've urged him and attempted to be positive regarding it however he just won't wear it. 'He has had a detention during break and lunch over the past week therefore hasn't been able to get any fresh air. The deputy head said to him he is fighting a fight he just will not win. 'My son is quite a silent child and does not want all the pupils calling his name all of the time. I am satisfied for my son to put on the uniform and i'm rather rigid over it, but the badge is a bit over the top.' The high school, which is the newest to start in Cambridgeshire, received it's 1st intake in September 2013, and at present has two year sets aged 11 to 13. This coming year it will have an intake of One hundred and eighty students and the school is built for an eventual capacity of Seven hundred and fifty students and 100 staff members. Headmistress Claire Coates mentioned students who purposely fail to wear identity badges are going to be 'sanctioned as for a intentional uniform violation'. She stated: 'In keeping with many other schools, Cambourne Village College introduced identification badges for students this term. 'In our previous parental survey, 97.5 per cent of parents & guardians concurred with the statement "this school guarantees its students are behaved" and name badges help to promote favourable practices in our pupils and to maintain the pleasant, community feel of our developing college. 'The vast majority of our students have taken to donning an identity badge in their standard well mannered and supportive fashion.' The £20 million pound building has state-of-the-art I.T, sports and performance halls, music and drama studios and massive playing fields.

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