Head targets pupils' dialect
A letter has been sent out to the parents of pupils at Sacred Heart Primary School in Middlesbrough urging them to correct any mispronunciation and dialect.
Full Report: Head targets pupils' dialect
We have some of the strongest dialects in the country, but that isn't stopping a head teacher from Teesside taking one of them on.
Sacred Heart Primary in Middlesbrough has written to parents asking them to correct their children's English.
They say that telling pupils when - and when not - to use their dialects, will help them in the future.
Watch the full report from Dan Ashby below.
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