My daughter is in year 9 at my local secondary school. She is generally a well behaved teenager, she has her moments but don't they all!, but generally keeps her head down and doesn't engage in negative behaviour.
However despite being a child who doesn't get in much trouble she has been put in isolation 3 times!
Once for drinking out of a water fountain - she apparently broke covid procedure ( this resulted in a full day of isolation) when I complained and said there were no cups or a warning on the fountain they said tough basically.
I accept she maybe should have been punished but maybe a warning of even a detention could have been used not isolation.
The other two times she was placed in isolation for a uniform issue and couldn't come out of isolation until I brought the correct uniform ( I work part time so if I hadn't have managed to bring the uniform in she would have been in isolation a full day)
The first time was a genuine mistake she thought she had to go in her pe kit in face she was told to by a teacher who got it wrong and the second time her shoes were broke so she had to wear trainers.
I get she should have had some sort of sanction but when I was at school isolations were for severe disruptive or aggressive behaviour and not for minor offences.
My friends son had been bullied for weeks violently and the culprit wasn't given a lesser punishment than my child.
Should I just suck it up? Am
I being a precious parent? Or is the school misusing isolation?