To think that school isolation shouldn't be used for uniform errors.

[LondonElle]

Hi all my son has been given isolation on two
Separate occasions for not having the correct school shoes at his secondary school ( the first time was because he had sprained his ankle and due to swelling had to wear trainers) the second time because his shoes had broken, I ordered a pair they didn't fit so ordered another pair which took a few days to arrive) both times he had a note and the ankle injury happened in school.
Both times he was given a full day of isolation, this is standard practise at his school.
To me personally this is excessive, both times he was placed in isolation with pupils who had physically attacked others.
I fully accept and expect punishments if deserved but this doesn't sit right with me?
Is it standard practise in other secondary schools?

I'm not even saying don't punish them but isolation to me is like using a sledgehammer to break an egg especially with minor uniform
Misdemeanours.

@C8H10N4O2 didn't say it does, but it enables me to be tolerant of it, don't fix what isn't broken I suppose.

Interestingly we have one of the simplest and cheapest uniforms in the area, no blazers. Don't have to have everything branded, but do have to wear what's on their list eg black shoes, no trainers.

Yanbu, the shoe thing in particular is just pathetic. But yeah isolation for uniform issues just sends the message to the students that isolation as a punishment is not a big deal/no worse than detention.

It is ridiculous but then I think IE for many of the reasons it is used doesn't work. It is a plaster but not the treatment I.e the angry child still carries on being angry, same old same old at the schools I work with.

They did this with my DD and I was furious. It was a few days before the summer holidays and she'd fell over (she has a disability) and wrecked her shoes. The next day she wore black plain trainers (part of her PE kit) and they put her in isolation. Why punish kids for something they have no control over? It was my decision to not replace her shoes till after summer, not hers

Glad those days are behind me - trying to support school decisions when they're clearly being ridiculous was difficult at times.

Read that back to yourself and think about the type of society that would have those views.

OP, it's not just excessive, it's abusive.