how common are detentions at secondary?

That is setting both pupils and teacher up to fail. Whilst at the same time set parents teeth on edge.

Its an amazing piece of writing that means next to nothing.

CanYouHearThatNoise

Today, one teacher kept the whole class in at break time because 2 pupils were talking. He said "if this were a real lockdown, I'd hope you'd all be killed". Needless to say, GD's parents are livid and are lodging a complaint to the headmaster.

They should complain about the whole class being kept in, but they need to talk to the teacher about what was said before going in about what was said.

That sounds silly.

DS is in Y9 and is what you would describe as a 'good lad' - he's had 2 since Yr7, one for forgetting homework and one for daft behaviour in music when sat next to a disruptive kid.

The school my 13 year old GD goes to is the same. Strict punishments for trivial things. The school is "inadequate" and has been for a few years - unfortunately, there isn't another school in the catchment area, and the schools further away are full.

Today, one teacher kept the whole class in at break time because 2 pupils were talking. He said "if this were a real lockdown, I'd hope you'd all be killed". Needless to say, GD's parents are livid and are lodging a complaint to the headmaster.

tuesday her friend got one for helping another year 7 yo class who’d got lost then today her best friend got one for forgetting to put her name on her homework.

I'm assuming that the detentions were for being late to a lesson and for not handing in homework, and these things would be in the behaviour policy. It's not unusual to give detentions for these things in schools but usually some leeway would be given for a reasonable excuse. Some are stricter than others though.

The detention for misunderstanding the homework isn't reasonable, neither is the missing lunch and not eating due to having a detention and should be addressed.

You are making the assumption that it is only one child that has forgotten.
Try 5, 10 or more.
Try to figure out which homework belongs to who and then add on top the pupils that didn't do it in the first place.

This sounds bloody ridiculous. Sounds like if they breathe in the wrong direction they’d get a detention.
My dd got one for not doing her homework, her fault completely. She completed it before the detention and apologised to her teacher so didn’t need to do it. The reasons you’ve given are down right ridiculous. These kids will end up hating school and rebelling more, it’s counterproductive 🤦🏽‍♀️

Cocostardust and others.

I wouldn't give it out for misunderstanding homework and handing it in named.
I have given detentions for not putting names on work because trying to find out whose homework it is is time consuming and a waste of lesson time.

Those that genuinely forgot didn't forget again.
And I will also point out that I always, always said put your name on it as I asked for it to be handed in.

On seeing your thread title I was going to answer........ well "how long is a piece of string?" (so Im amused that, that was your first comment!)

When I was at secondary school I dont recall anyone ever having a detention tbh. There was a system called "minus 1s" - if you got lots of those you went on report.
I was there four years and never got any minus 1s at all - I was so proud of my goodytwoshoes reputation (and yet I somehow wasnt chosen to be a prefect which stung!)

So at some schools none/few, at others they are a regular thing. What you've described op sound ridiculous and totally OTT.

If you want to give a detention to the child who didn't write their name you already know whose work it is.

That's ridiculous! I'm a teacher. - for context I've only given out detentions about 4 times in 2 years!! Last resort imo

Or the teacher could mark it and then at the start of the next lesson say “who does this belong to? Someone forgot to put their name on”

The behaviour policy should be in their website

Yes, but a warning/sanction is enough.

A detention? For misunderstanding homework, but still handed something in? Crazy.

What do they do when kids are doing things like telling the same teacher to fuck off? Or if the homework isn't even done?

Been teaching over 20 years. This is ridiculous.

My daughter received one on Monday for forgetting to remove her earrings for PE. I get the health and safety reasons, but she was told when leaving the changing rooms, and removed them straight away. She went to the detention today, to be told she was late for it, so would have to do it tomorrow. The school is big, and the sports hall is quite far from where she was. I do think some teachers are on a power trip. My DD is Y9 and has never had any issues whatsoever apart from this particular PE teacher.

My son had just one last year for not doing his homework, after being given a second chance to hand it in. He’s told me that some people get loads though!

Some schools have gone very hardline on discipline these days in an incredibly petty and counterproductive way, and it sounds like yours might be one of them. I'm a teacher and I think it's insane. I'm all in favour of zero tolerance policies when it comes to actual genuine bad behaviour - deliberate disruption of lessins, bullying, racist behaviour, vandalism etc. Misunderstanding your homework is not bad behaviour.

I'd change schools as those reasons for giving a detention are completely ridiculous. It doesn't sound like a nurturing environment at all. 😳

DS's secondary school give them out for not doing any homework at all without a good reason but you wouldn't get a detention for not understanding it and getting it wrong, assuming you'd had a go at completing it.

If you want meaningful feedback on homework (or even just marked) then it needs to have the child's name on it.

Seema over the too, but some schools are going thay way at the moment. I would get in touch with the tutor and ask for the behaviour and sanctions policy to be shared and clarified

My DD never had one in the 5 years she was there…..certainly wasn’t an outstanding student
my 2 DSs both had them…..but for behaviour issues not the minor things you have described