THE country’s most badly behaved pupil was ­suspended from school 51 times last year.

Two other children were almost as bad — they were kicked out of lessons 50 times at their state-funded secondary schools.

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The country’s most badly behaved pupil was ­suspended from school 51 times last year Credit: Getty
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Two other children were almost as bad — they were kicked out of lessons 50 times at their state-funded secondary schools Credit: Getty

And another three youngsters were sent home on 47 separate occasions, a Sun on Sunday investigation found.

The at a primary school was suspended by teachers 36 times.

The unruly youngsters are among a group of “unteachables” sent home repeatedly, with 1,754 suspended on at least 20 occasions.

In total 326,674 at least once in the 2024/25 academic year in state-funded primary , secondary schools and special schools.

Campaigners are now calling for a new generation of borstals to deal with the worst offenders.

Christopher McGovern, of the Campaign for Real Education, said: “Schools are reluctant to suspend pupils, so the real amount of bad behaviour is even worse than these figures suggest.

“For extreme cases we need a new generation of borstals.”

Pepe Di’Iasio, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said schools needed more help.

He said: “The fact pupils are being suspended repeatedly suggests they have significant needs schools are simply not resourced to meet.”

A spokesman said: “We are backing teachers to tackle disruption through our new national ­behaviour support offer, stronger attendance measures and investment in early intervention.”