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What are after school detentions given for at your DCs school?

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LynetteScavo · 19/11/2015 19:12

DS2 has been given an after school detention for not having his book in class. Personally I think it's a bit harsh as it's his first offence, but then I'm the one having to re-organise my plans and spend a couple of hours collecting him.

My friends son in Y11 (at a different school) has been given an after school detention for getting an A on a past GCSE paper, when he was expected to get an A*.

What's normal at other schools?

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LynetteScavo · 20/11/2015 19:18

That's harsh, nicp123 - what type of school is it?

The teacher who administered the detention has emailed me to say while it may seem harsh, she was following school policy - school policies are constantly reviewed and I may wish to contact the principle with my views.

I will be contacting the principle. Grin

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nicp123 · 19/11/2015 22:35

At DS's school, after school detention can be given for anything such as: not bringing items of stationary, learning diary, lab coat etc. or even forgetting to add the form name next to their name on pieces of work done during lesson and taken for marking or assessments.

insan1tyscartching · 19/11/2015 19:22

At dd's school not having a book in a lesson would be a strike, three strikes would be a lunchtime detention the first time and then after school detention the second time and head of faculty detention if it happened a third time. Head of faculty detention automatically means parents have to attend to discuss behaviour.Strikes happen for missing equipment/ homework/ breaking class rules etc.

Luxyelectro · 19/11/2015 19:20

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noblegiraffe · 19/11/2015 19:18

Neither of those things would get an after school in the school I teach at.
After schools are for serious misbehaviour or continued disruption, missing a lunch detention, missing several homeworks, defiance, that sort of thing. Not poor organisation or missing a target grade.

Yankeetarts19 · 19/11/2015 19:18

My dc had detention for forgetting a calculater