School Detention

[kirstybeebee]

At school last week, my son was told to attend a detention by his form teacher, she said he had misbehaved in class, I was informed about it and I had no issue with it. This was the first detention he has been made to attend. During the detention he was given a 4 page essay to start writing and to finish later at home. Again I don't have any issue with that.

He has now completed the essay and handed it in to her. I just wondered if this will go on his record and the essay kept on file or is it more likely that exact details of detentions aren't kept and she will just destroy the essay?

[woofgang]

I guess that will depend on what the detention was for and what the school policy is. Why don’t you ask the school?

[MallyJ]

The fact that he has had a detention may be noted ... but will probably never be mentioned again if he avoids any further punishment...I filed detention slips in childrens files but if there weren't many no one would hold it against the child and they do not get onto references etc...only worry if he keeps getting them.

[kirstybeebee]

Thanks for your answers, I spoke to another parent who had inquired with the school around what details they actually recorded about individual detentions.

They have some set procedures which teachers are instructed to follow, such as recording that a child has attended a detention and what they were given to do during the detention. If a writing assignment is given as in my sons detention, teachers are instructed to check that the writing assignment has been completed to a satisfactory standard and to then dispose of the assignments by tearing them up as they are not required to be kept and they are of no further use. If the teacher considers that the assignment has not been completed to the best of ability, they can ask for the assignment to be re-written.

This seems like a fair procedure to me, though I 'd be interested to hear if anyone else agrees or has different views.