Of particular concern is the issue of some Bangladeshi boys and their tendency to form strong social groupings. This only becomes a problem when a conflict, which may have started between two individual pupils (one Bangladeshi + one other ethnicity), escalates because the other Bangladeshi boys will arrive invited or uninvited to help sort out the problem; this sorting out is only occasionally done in a non-aggressive manner – too frequently however ending in physical conflict.

During interviews, some pupils have indicated that they would join in local gangs once they went to secondary school; thankfully many others (hopefully truthfully) said quite adamantly that they would never get involved with such gangs. There is a strong sense however of ‘us and them’; if you attack me you attack my culture, my ethnicity, my religion, my brothers.

Have boys only groups – through school council – discuss and debate the issues – provide a range of activities and role-plays so that the issues can be debated and discussed.