{"id":145372,"date":"2023-11-24T21:45:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=145372"},"modified":"2023-11-24T21:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:45:16","slug":"parents-slam-schools-prison-like-detention-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/parents-slam-schools-prison-like-detention-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents slam school&apos;s &apos;prison-like&apos; detention policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Parents slam school&#8217;s &#8216;prison-like&#8217; detention policy and say they will defy orders to send their children in for punishment on a weekend<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Towers School, Kent requires badly behaved pupils to do Saturday detentions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But parents say it&#8217;s &#8216;family time&#8217; and refuse to send their children on weekends<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Does YOUR child&#8217;s school have &#8216;prison-like&#8217; policies? Email emily.davies@mailonline.co.uk\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parents have slammed a school&#8217;s &#8216;prison-like&#8217; detention policy and say they will defy orders to send their children in for punishment on weekends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Towers School in Ashford, Kent, has been criticised for the &#8216;ridiculous&#8217; policy of demanding children come in to school on Saturdays for detention.<\/p>\n<p>Headteacher Richard Billings said its detention policy is meant to sustain a &#8216;focused, calm environment&#8217; for children and minimise disruption at the school.<\/p>\n<p>But parents hit out at the policy, saying weekends are for &#8216;family time&#8217; and &#8216;teachers are there to teach, not to instill discipline.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One mother said she would refuse to send her children in on a Saturday if they ever received the detention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/11\/78154773-0-image-a-6_1700739662695.jpg\" height=\"479\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Headteacher Richard Billings said its detention policy is meant to sustain a &#8216;focused, calm environment&#8217; for children and minimise disruption at the school<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/11\/78154771-0-image-a-5_1700739660862.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Towers School in Ashford, Kent, has been criticised for the &#8216;ridiculous&#8217; policy of demanding children come in to school on Saturdays for detention<\/p>\n<p>Under the school&#8217;s disciplinary policies, if a pupil is removed from class during periods one to four, they will attend a one-hour detention from 3:15pm to 4:15pm on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>If a pupil is removed from class during period five, the detention will be served the following day.<\/p>\n<p>However, if a child is given a &#8216;reset&#8217; &#8211; which is when they are sent out of class until they are ready to return &#8211; four times in one week, they will be required to attend detention on Saturday.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE &#8211;\u00a0Ofsted warns &#8216;social contract&#8217; between parents and their children&#8217;s teachers has broken amid spiralling bad behaviour from pupils in classrooms\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>These run from 9am to 10am and are overseen by senior leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Leanne Kirkin, 32, who has two children at Towers School, said: &#8216;The policy is ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would not send my children in if they ever receive a Saturday detention. Weekends are for family time and for children to rest after their week at school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If I feel my child has been bad at school, I can punish them the way I see fit and the school can punish them in its own time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the policy online, Jimbo Kirk remarked that Towers is &#8216;a school not a prison&#8217; as he argued that parents, not teachers, should be responsible for reprimanding children.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: &#8216;All of my kids are now very successful adults and that did not come about by them being given sanctions by the school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If kids mess about, schools should notify parents to let them discipline the kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Teachers are there to teach, not to instill discipline.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Many times we have told kids not to go to detention and to come straight home. We the parents will decide what happens to our kids, not bloody teaching staff.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/11\/78154769-0-image-a-4_1700739657895.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One mother said she would refuse to send her children in on a Saturday if they ever received the detention because weekends are &#8216;family time&#8217;. Pictured: Towers School<\/p>\n<p>Anna Tsarvouli added that staff should &#8216;check the reasons why a child has been given four resets&#8217;, adding: &#8216;I find it very hypocritical and this attitude towards teenagers doesn&#8217;t teach them anything.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Daniel Ambler said he would not let his children attend a weekend detention as &#8216;it is family time&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Linzi Nutley however suggested that the punishment was appropriate. She said: &#8216;This is for four or more resets in one week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If your child is given a Saturday detention and your attitude is not to send them, no wonder there is a behaviour issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A teacher is giving their time out of their weekend with their own family because there is a behavioural issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you want what is best for your child then teach them right from wrong in the first place.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Jake Lynch echoed these thoughts, writing: &#8216;It takes four or more resets to get a Saturday detention. [These children] obviously need some discipline.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE &#8211;\u00a0Schools are discouraged from letting pupils change their pronouns as ministers toughen up long-overdue transgender guidance\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>In response to the backlash, Towers headteacher Mr Billings said in a statement: &#8216;As a school, we fundamentally believe that every student has the right to learn in a disruption-free environment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We know that families choose our school as they are looking for a focused, calm environment where their child can learn effectively, free from distraction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Saturday detentions have been included as part of our Behaviour Policy since 2017 and are only used when a student has disrupted the learning of others on multiple occasions in a school week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our sanctions system is balanced by a much wider programme of support, care, and celebration, all aimed at helping our students to become the best versions of themselves.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In the email sent out to parents last week, the school stressed that its ethos on behaviour was &#8216;built on certainty and not severity.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We appreciate this is sometimes a delicate balancing act to get right because some actions will require a more significant sanction compared to others,&#8217; it continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Students who get more than one reset in a day will still only be required to sit a single detention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;However, all resets will count towards the sanction for multiple resets, with the system being wiped clean at the end of every term so that all students have a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The detention will be overseen by members of the senior leadership team because students need to understand that this is a serious infringement, and the school takes it very seriously.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Education Act 1997, detention outside of school hours is lawful even without parental consent.<\/p>\n<p>Towers School&#8217;s move comes after Folkstone Academy, also based in Kent, announced plans to introduce Saturday detentions back in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The rule, designed to boost attendance, also attracted a largely negative reaction from many parents.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12783811\/Parents-slam-schools-prison-like-detention-policy-say-defy-orders-send-children-punishment-weekend.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents slam school&#8217;s &#8216;prison-like&#8217; 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