To think too much is expected of teachers these days

The situation for children with special needs in previous times was awful. The idea that there was some Golden age of education is not true. My children received a much better education than I did, and certainly much broader in terms of experiences.

Part of the challenge of teaching is recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of the students so they learn better.
The bond between student and teacher should facilitate identifying red flags.

The items in the original post are reasonable.
Now, if a child has a condition that the teacher recognizes and she/he is not trained to deal with, different arrangements are needed.

Bodily autonomy should the the rule everywhere, not just at home.
Sex education is just biology class, not all kids get this info at home, or the proper one.

The lack of Special schools and units has contributed to many more classroom problems; mainstream schools are not suitable for the needs of all pupils.

EllanVannin

There was none of this in the 40's/ 50's what's happened, what's gone wrong with the world ?
In the " leaner " years I had a brilliant education in both primary and secondary school which I'm sure many others will vouch for and the majority left school with jobs to go to.

In the40s &50s if you had a problem child you shipped them off elsewhere. Special needs schools for children who were different. Grammar schools sent children to secondary moderns, sec mods sent children to special or approved schools(if they were really bad). Now I am 100% for inclusion, the problem is it's been done on the cheap and instead of the expertise and services found in special schools being moved into mainstream they've just disappeared.

Not to mention toilet training and knowing how to use a knife and fork.

Yes yes and yes. As long as the non teaching people are properly trained and spend time in classrooms to see how teachers interact with students and the difficulties they face .

There was none of this in the 40's/ 50's what's happened, what's gone wrong with the world ?
In the " leaner " years I had a brilliant education in both primary and secondary school which I'm sure many others will vouch for and the majority left school with jobs to go to.