A male teacher at Ortu Gable Hall School in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, has been suspended after he was accused of making the derogatory claims during an assembly to discuss the poor behaviour of year 11 students.
A social media post accusing the teacher of the claims later went viral and headmaster Ceri Evans launched an investigation.
In a statement, Mr Evans said: “It has come to my attention that a member of my teaching staff has made derogatory comments to the cohort of year 11 students. As a school we do not tolerate or accept such behaviour.
“A formal investigation is now underway which has been assigned to a senior leader within the Ortu trust. The teacher is suspended pending the outcome of the investigation.
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“The decision of the investigation will be implemented by myself with the support of the governing body.”
Many angry parents have slammed the decision with one saying on social media she was “at a loss how this poor fantastic teacher is being suspended”.
She added: “Over 80 percent [of parents and pupils] are fed up with those kids in question and are saying what a fantastic teacher he is.”
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Another woman, who says she is a former pupil of the school, said the teacher in question is “absolutely amazing and supportive”.
She continued: “As a past student, I can speak from experience that the kids are absolutely awful and can almost guarantee they needed to be put in their places. Gable would be at an absolute loss if they lost [the teacher]."
A third said the students were a “bunch of snowflakes” and a fourth said: “Jesus! Back in my day we were all called d**k heads. No one got sacked or investigated!”
Mr Evans is expected to publish the outcome of the school’s investigation today.