Sanctions

When pieces of work are below an acceptable standard for a particular pupil the pupil may be asked to re-do the piece of work or placed in a detention.

In both the Lower and Middle Schools poor academic performance may lead a pupil being placed on report, which means that he/she will have to present to each teacher at each lesson each day a card on which the teacher writes a comment. Pupils on report may be set targets to achieve and an interim report sent to parents by the Head of Year.

Detentions given for failure to do homework or poor classroom behaviour should be run by the member of staff involved or the Head of department. If a detention is to be held after school, the School policy is that parents shall receive 24 hours notice of the detention through the pupil’s School Diary.

The full range of sanctions is summarised in this table.

Individual Teacher’s Detention	For work offences or misbehaviour in class
Departmental Detention	For pupils who persistently offend, i.e. regularly fail to hand in work or repeatedly misbehave in class – held weekly
School Detention	Mainly for misdemeanours around the school rather than lessons – held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Head of Year Detention	Given by the relevant Head of Year for more serious offences
Deputy Head’s Detention	This detention is reserved for very serious offences and for pupils who have already had three Head of Year detentions. It is the last sanction before suspension.
Suspension/Temporary Exclusion	For extremely serious offences or for an accumulation of very serious offences.
Permanent Exclusion	If none of the above has the desired effect.