内容摘要：Schools can also adapt curriculums to teach children about healthy friendships and healthy online usage, she said.

Schools can also adapt curriculums to teach children about healthy friendships and healthy online usage, she said.

Head teacher Alun Ebenezer is no stranger to headlines about his hard-line approach to discipline.Dubbed by one newspaper as the "head from hell", the latest controversy has focused on his decision to

But as the recently appointed head of 1,300-pupil Caldicot School in Monmouthshire, which has been plagued by issues in recent years including, Mr Ebenezer said he was unapologetic about a focus on "strict discipline and firm boundaries".He was also critical of what he called a culture of "hiding behind words like 'wellbeing'" and "mollycoddling" children.

"[We] have a zero-tolerance towards defiance," said Mr Ebenezer who, within days of taking the reins at the comprehensive school in June 2024, hit the headlines with"So people saying 'no, not doing it' or walking away [swearing] - zero tolerance," he added.

Mr Ebenezer told BBC News that two or three families had taken their children out of the school as they felt that his policies were too strict.

He said most parents had been supportive, but about 20 to 30 had objected to the new behaviour policy he introduced in September.Ms Chesterton's father Brendan said: "It's against protocol that Emily was seen twice by a physician associate for the same issue, and she shouldn't have been prescribing."

Her GP surgery, The Vale Practice, told the BBC it was "deeply saddened" by Ms Chesterton's death, and said it now only provided appointments with GPs, nurses and pharmacists after a "thorough" review.It added that staff had been told to ensure that "a patient understands their role at the start of each appointment".

The Chestertons told the BBC that since the GMC took over regulation, the scope of the PA role had not become clearer, despite them being told by the body that "supervision would be more defined".The GMC has said it is not appropriate for it to provide advice on how individual PAs and AAs might develop their skills over time.