TEACHERS have told of their ordeal dealing with 70-hour weeks amid a rise in parental online vigilantism and “kangaroo court” disciplinary hearings.

Delegates at the NASUWT union’s annual conference this weekend said statutory guidance on pupil restraint has never been more urgent as the damage to the social contract between parents and schools during the pandemic has led to major behavioural problems in pupils.

Junior vice-president Wayne Broom said: “I have personally intervened in a few fights and physically restrained a pupil from jumping down a flight of stairs, potentially breaking some body part.