Warning over reduced timetables being used as disciplinary tool

Schools may be inappropriately using reduced timetables as informal suspensions to deal with behaviour deemed difficult to manage in the classroom, the Ombudsman for Children has warned.

Dr Niall Muldoon is due before an Oireachtas committee on education and skills today as discussions continue on the use of reduced timetables, which sees schools reducing the number of hours a child may attend.