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Behaviour report at school.

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SingleRing1235 · 27/02/2019 18:24

I’m absolutely fuming at DD12 ( year 8). Phone call yesterday off her tutor informing me she’s going on report and I have too sign the document every night.on the first day she’s failed most targets and borderline on a few.She has also passed a few targets ( at least 1 or 2/3 each lesson).DD has assured me many go on report and that it’s not that bad ? Am I being blagged here , how serious is being put on report

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Tissunnyupnorth · 27/02/2019 18:52

It’s serious at my DC’s school, a step up from detentions and used to track behaviour across all subjects. I think the issue I would have is that all your DD’s teachers all become aware of behaviour issues, whether it occurs in their class or not. It’s not so common at DC’s school, I would come down on it like a ton of bricks.

Jackshouse · 27/02/2019 18:58

It’s rare. One or two kids per form class will go on report throughout school career. And some times that will just be to track homework quality or only for positive comments if the student lacks confidenceS What is very worrying is that she has failed her targets - how are you supporting school with this? What consequences are you putting in place?

caughtinanet · 27/02/2019 19:03

I'd imagine it means different things at different schools it's not a national system but ime it's not true that everyone goes on it, it's very much the exception rather than the rule.

Are you able to find out the facts from the school?

LIZS · 27/02/2019 19:05

Why is she on report? Does she understand the targets and expectations? I doubt there are that many on it at any one time , imagine the workload if so.

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SingleRing1235 · 27/02/2019 19:07

Phones , electronics etc gone unless homework such as online quizzes needs to be done. I do allow her to take it on the bus to school as she did tell me many people got put on report but I’m debating that if I’m honest.

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SingleRing1235 · 27/02/2019 19:08

She has 3 targets , she is on it for ongoing behaviour issues I think is what her tutor said. They are pretty simple so I’m guessing she understands them

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LovingLola · 27/02/2019 19:09

Call her bluff. Ring her tutor and ask them how many go on report.

MrsPworkingmummy · 27/02/2019 19:11

In our school, we have around 1-3 students per year group of 130 on report. Usually, reports are given out when students misbehave across most of their lessons, arw generally rude and/or dusruptive. The fact your daughter has achieved low ratings suggests her teachers have been waiting for an opportunity to comment on her bad behaviour. You really need to help nip this in the bud by supporting the school and giving her meaningful consequences.

MsAwesomeDragon · 27/02/2019 19:12

I have 2 kids on report in my year 8 class. One of them is on it to monitor homework, as he is disorganised but also telling parents that he doesn't have any. The other is on it due to behaviour. That child has specific targets that they should be aiming to achieve. Sometimes they meet their targets, sometimes they don't.

So no, it's not common. One or two in a class, maybe three if it's a particularly difficult class. And it IS supposed to be taken seriously. It would be taken very seriously at my school of she is not meeting targets within a couple of weeks of going onto report. She would be getting detentions every day she was failing targets at my school, with those detentions escalating to removal from lessons for a time if her behaviour doesn't improve.

TeenTimesTwo · 27/02/2019 19:14

Did this come out of the blue as far as you are concerned?

At our school everyone gets a stamp in their planner after every lesson or an indication of why not (eg disruption, missing equipment). So you see issues before they increase.
For more serious issues there are detentions.
Going on report is a step up from there.

RippleEffects · 27/02/2019 19:14

Quite rare. Just think of the admin involved. If half of each class were on report the majority of each lesson would be spent filling in the reports not teaching.

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SingleRing1235 · 27/02/2019 19:16

Not out of the blue as parents evening was in December so I was made aware of concerns then

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Hamsternauts · 27/02/2019 19:18

DD has assured me many go on report and that it’s not that bad?
Could you suggest to your dd that when you next contact the tutor to discuss it you'll mention that your dd has told you many go on report and it isn't that bad? I bet she won't be keen on that

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SingleRing1235 · 27/02/2019 20:29

Great idea HamsterNauts! Lol she won’t be very happy at that one 🤣.

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Frlrlrubert · 27/02/2019 20:49

It really depends on the school. At ours they go on report for any two written warnings within a week (so it could be no ruler one lesson (straight to a written) and being too chatty three days later (would be a verbal warning and then a written within one lesson). In an average week I probably have 1 out of 23 of my tutor group on report (unusually the same handful of repeat offenders).

They then get targets to meet each lesson with are general school expectations, but tailored to what they need to work on, and each teacher fills it in, they report to me at the end of each day for one week.

If they get more writtens that week or don't meet targets they stay on report. If they get worse, or still haven't improved in the second week they go on head of year report. Head of year report is the point where it's seen as being really serious at our school.

wearenotacodfish · 27/02/2019 21:02

We have stages of report. The first one with the form tutor isn't that serious and is more of a way of getting a pupil back on track and ensuring the parent is aware of what is going on. There are currently five pupils on this report in year 8 at my school.

The next one up is with the head of year and is more serious we have two of these.

I wouldn't get distracted by how many pupils are on report, the point is that school have said your daughter's behaviour isn't good enough and even on report she isn't meeting her targets. It sounds to me like she's deflecting. What consequences does she get at home when she has a bad day on her report?

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SingleRing1235 · 27/02/2019 21:06

She’s only been on it one day and has got good scores but mostly satisfactory or bad. There is mostly just the 1 target possibly 2 that I’ve noticed she seems to do bad in. The third target she passes with flying colours. For her bad day today I grounded her until Friday unless she gets good scores thurs or Friday this will increase

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Heyha · 27/02/2019 21:07

I generally have a 'hard' form (through choice, much more fun and better if they are with someone that wants them) and at most I'll probably have one or two on report to me, maybe one on head of year, and odd times one on senior report out of the 27.

In a teaching group it's generally from nobody to up to four reports to fill in per lesson (doesn't automatically come from the lower groups, either!) from 30ish.

So being on report in my school is Not Good but there may be a higher % in other schools. Mine is a tough but normal school in my opinion.

Heyha · 27/02/2019 21:08

And OP sounds like you're backing up school well 🙂

wearenotacodfish · 27/02/2019 21:09

Which target is she struggling with? I would ask her what would help her to meet it and then if it's realistic I would speak to the school about it.

Grounding sounds good. Short term sanctions always work best.

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 27/02/2019 21:13

At my last school behaviour reports were a stage up from detentions. If you failed them over a period of time they led to a short exclusion. Return from exclusion would also lead to being on report. If failed again you are starting to build up evidence towards longer exclusions leading to a managed move, which is a move to a different school to give them a fresh start. If a managed move fails it can lead to a permanent exclusion. Your DD is at the very start of this process, however, but she needs to start taking it seriously if her school is similar.

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SingleRing1235 · 27/02/2019 21:14

The target she is struggling with is ‘no distractions within the classroom’

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LIZS · 27/02/2019 21:17

Does she cause the distractions or is she struggling to focus? Has this been an issue previously?

wearenotacodfish · 27/02/2019 21:18

What a terrible target I would want that to be much more focussed e.g. no turning around, stop shouting out, less chatting etc. That's very open to interpretation and it may be difficult for her to know what's expected. I'm not suggesting you challenge the school but a chat about the targets if she keeps doing badly might be an idea.

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SingleRing1235 · 27/02/2019 21:23

Honestly , parents evening in December was the big eye opener for me. I’m not exactly sure whether she causes the distractions or struggles to focus. I think it’s that she gets distracted as most teachers commented on the fact she needs to work on getting less distracted by things such as conversations and things that just aren’t the work.

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