There's already a discipline policy

In the course of work (setting a one hour detention for a shockingly poorly behaved pupil) it was pointed out to me that a discipline policy already exists at school. I was questioned as to whether I'd set a 10 minute, then 30 minute first!!

Now I'm all for doing the right thing and blending my policy to fit in with school's, BUT - this one is awful! It looks as though it was put together purely for our OfSTED inspection late last year. It doesn't seem to allow for major disruption to a lesson and setting a meaningful length detention. It states 10 minutes. If the pupils sits the 10 minutes, the matter is closed! If they fail to attend, 30 minutes, then one hour, etc!

So to my mind, effectively, this means that a pupil could mess up repeatedly and get 10 minutes every time. As long as they turn up for the 10 minutes (and let's face it, that's easy enough to factor into your day), they can continue to misbehave!

Well, I'm sorry. The system MUST allow for entry onto the structure at greater than 10 minutes for more serious behaviour! I'm quite happy with my version of a discipline structure and would prefer to run through mine than the school's one!