It has been well established in Scottish education legislation that education authorities and schools have a duty to ensure good discipline in schools, by making rules and applying sanctions if pupils or parents fail to comply with those rules, as follows: In the day-to-day conduct of every school under their management, an education authority shall ensure that care is taken to develop in pupils “reasonable and responsible social attitudes and relationships; consideration for others; good manners …”Regulation 11 of the Schools General (Scotland...