Five-year-old children facing school sinbins over bad behaviour

Unruly children as young as five face being taught in "education sin bins" under Government plans to stop pupils becoming out of control.

Increasing numbers of primary pupils will be temporarily removed from normal classes and sent to special units to tackle bad behaviour at a young age.

Ed Balls, the schools secretary, said teachers would be expected to identify children most likely to “go down the wrong track”, including pupils with special needs and those with parents in prison.