The Year 8 pupil was permanently excluded by Jarrow School headteacher Les Jones, but governors overturned the decision.

Now furious members of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) have voted to refuse to teach the youngster in a recent ballot.

Notice of the action that union members will stop teaching the boy from next Tuesday was given this week.

The youngster is still being educated in normal classes, but with an extra staff member present.

Members had to teach the boy when he returned to school last week, as the ballot of the 21 NASUWT members at the 60-staff school was not completed.

Mr Jones has confirmed that under no circumstances will he require
a member of the NASUWT to teach or supervise this student.

He added: "At the present time the school has just been informed about the ballot result.

"The union has confirmed that the NASUWT members will refuse to teach a certain pupil.

"The school is presently making the necessary arrangements, in preparation for the industrial action."

The incident happened at the end of a lesson late last term, when a teacher from a nearby classroom went into a room where pupils were behaving noisily.

When he asked them to tidy the room, the boy is said to have hurled abuse and headbutted him before fleeing the school through a first-floor window.

NASUWT regional officer Simon Kennedy said: "An overwhelming majority voted to refuse to teach this boy.

"The members haven't heard anything from the governors at all. We have informed them we will start action next week.

"We are not trying to deny any child their education, but we stand by the head's decision and this boy should have been permanently excluded and should be being educated elsewhere.

"We know the child is entitled to an education and we understand that, but our members will not be teaching him on the grounds of health and safety fears."