To think that schools should give pupils time to get from one lesson to the next.

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DD is at secondary school. Lessons finish/next one starts at the same time. Normally it isn't a problem, because most teachers appreciate that it takes them time to get to the next lesson. However on Thursday mornings, she has 2 lessons before break. First lesson on Thursday, teacher always lets them out exactly on time or a slight bit late. Next teacher is on the other side of the school and hands out detentions for being more than a minute late. Last Thursday, everyone who had classes in that order were in detention at lunch, including my DD! AIBU to think they should either give them a 2-5 minute passing period or be understanding when they don't arrive completely on time?

Thank you guys for your opinions, I'll email DD's head of year tomorrow. DD is obviously very upset about getting a detention as she was trying to have a detention free year! I've tried explaining it isn't her fault, it's just a clash of teachers, but I think emailing the head of year is my next step.

sorry, x-post!

I went to a very small school but I'm pretty sure our lessons were 55 minutes to allow 5 minutes to get to the next one.

The second teacher is very dim if they don't realise the entire class arriving together suggests the lateness was outside of their control...