Are Junior schools allowed to keep children in after school.

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Due to see the teacher today, not happy that my sons whole class was kept in by the teacher/headteacher because there wasn't enough marks for early readers.

i am annoyed that my son was punished because he reads at home almost every day, we do not go to school to read as I have a LO at home and we read in the evening when she asleep.

Before I go in there, someone made a passing comment that surely thats not allowed, it might have only been 15 mins, but still.

I'm confused as to what "not enough early reading marks" means.

Were they kept in after school. If so then that isn't on due to issues of children getting home, maybe they walk with friends, a childminder or go on a bus. I'm fairly certain 24 hours notice has to be given but it is very, very unusual at primary level.

Sorry if not clear, basically if children go in early to read they get ticks, but for this period hardly anyone in Ds class had gone in and in other classes others had gone in. So from what DS said his class was kept in by the head teacher after assembly as punishment.

I live opposite the school gates so lucky enough to know he was still there, and none of his class came out till 15 mins later.

I am a bit by this tbh. Perhaps it is personal circumstances, rather than "laziness" (my words) that mean the dcs in his class haven't gone in early. e.g. my dd goes to a before school club, I can't imagine that they could facilitate dropping her to school earlier than usual. Ditto if a family uses a childminder, or has other small children to get up and ready, not just the school child.

In secondary schools they have to give 24 hours notice if keeping a child after school, however, I am not sure if 15 mins is long enough to warrent that. Having said that, parents should have been informed. A lot of parents would find that hanging around after school would cause another child to be in danger (ie one collected from amother school, walking home after secondary school etc).

This is not on IMO. Bad behaviour by the school - and don't even get me started on the reason

Totally not on. For a primary chilbeing kept 15 mins behine could cause major problems for otheres in their family. Also why should they all be punished for what is an optional activity.

I would make an appointment to see the head about this.

My daughter's school only does detentions after several warnings and agrees the date in advance with parents. Don't know whether that's normal, but it seems reasonable. I'd be furious if DD was kept in for 15 minutes with no advance warning.

I'd be even more furious if she was kept in for such a silly reason. Why is reading early in the morning supposedly better than doing so after school? There is no way I could get DD in early to do "extra" reading. We get up early enough as it is, so that we get the opportunity to spend 30 mins walking to school together. But perhaps your head teacher would prefer that people like us didn't waste time on meaningless fresh air, exercise and conversation

Eh? They get marks for going into school early to read in the morning you mean? Or do you mean if they go in early from their playtime?

If it's early in the morning, then it's not they who make the decision whether to go in, it's the adult in charge of getting them to school. Punishing children for something an adult is control of, is outrageous.