Pupils at Sheffield's Springs Academy have been ordered to stop using slang while at school to improve their job prospects.
Teachers introduced the policy to encourage their pupils, aged from 11 to 18, to use only standard English inside the school gates.
The trust that runs the academy said it wanted children to cut out slang words and phrases such as "hiya" and "cheers" in favour of the more correct "good morning", "goodbye" or "thank you".
Abbreviated forms of words have become
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