How long is acceptable to be kept in at lunch yr6

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My son is being kept in on his lunch on an almost daily basis and is telling me he only gets 10mins to eat and he has to rush it and has had sore throat and belly aches cos of this. He has epilepsy and is currently on 3 strong meds, we have recently had him assessed at the school and they have targets in place for his progress as he is very behind also due a behavioural assessment at the hospital in a few weeks. Not sure that this is really constructive for him anyway but in terms of what's he's entitled to any ideas?

Why is he being kept in?

Same question as SpanielEyes - why is he being kept in ?
I think the not having long enough to eat is something I would want to approach the staff about if it were a regular thing, but I'd go in calmly and ask what actually happens as dc's perception is not always the whole picture.

he's entitled to be safe & to eat if hungry, playing out is not his right & deprivation of playtime is one of the few motivators staff have with many.

Does he need longer to eat because of his health problems? Most yr6s easily eat all their lunch in less than 10 minutes (am a former MSA).

He was kept in for what was suppose to be 10mins to catch up on work he had missed when he was off sick, this turned into a whole lunch plus the next day as he struggled to complete the work, this would of been due to his frustration of being kept in for something that wasnt his fault to start with, when I questioned it they said they would keep him back at another time rather than lunch to complete it then.
More recently its been for talking or not completing work to an acceptable standard or not finishing(even though we have been fighting for help for him for over a year)
I don't think ten minutes is enough to eat personally and he does have regular 'belly' complaints due to his meds

To be honest, even with our most challenging pupils behaviour wise, we find keeping them in at lunch is counter productive. I personally never go over 20 minutes.

Letting them go out but banning them from football/ basketball normally works better

You could ask the teacher to send work home instead. I've done this and has the same effect as missing lunch- they soon get the message that its better to do it on class. Also- shy is he not getting work done? Who is he chatting with? Could he move tables? Has the teacher done this?

Keeping him in to do work he missed due to absence is very unreasonable.

We have a few kids a school that are not allowed on the playground with others as they are far too violent, however, they are taken out 1:1 when the others are in class.

That's really the only reason kids should be kept in at break and lunch IMO. If my Y5s don't finish a reasonable amount of work (different for each child) they have the choice of doing it at break or choosing time. I'm a bit soft like that though.

Sounds mean to me bit then I teach kids thy would be next to uncontrollable if they'd not had a 10 min run around and a proper lunch play.