It always used to be that if you were in uniform you were deemed to be representing the school & could be punished within school for misdemeanours committed. I’m wondering whether that all schools have the same policy, are their hands tied or is it individual decision.
The incident that has triggered this thought is that yesterday I was telephoned by ds’s head of year who informed me that Ds has been involved in an altercation with another boy on the way home. My heart sank & I thought he was in trouble but it turned out that a local resident had phoned to report that this other boy had attacked my Ds & he had intervened to help him.
Obviously the first concern was for me to contact Ds to make sure he was ok & had got home safe (head of year asked me to phone back to let them know). She said that because it happened out of school hours & off school premises they couldn’t do anything other than to make sure nothing continued in school the next day.
Head of year spoke to Ds this morning to find out the facts (Ds is a sarcastic little mouthy thing with an answer for everything & admitted he had been winding this lad up who then shoved him to the ground & was about to start kicking him). He was sorry for that not that it excused the reaction. Head of year said they could speak to the boy but not actually do anything but that Ds was quite entitled to go to the police if he so wished.
I just wondered where people think a school’s jurisdiction should start & end?
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AlexanderHamilton · 13/02/2018 23:24
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