What are the advantages and disadvantages of centralised, whole-school detentions?
Turn to education Twitter, and you’ll find polarised discussions, with one or two branching off into disputes, blocking or pile-ons. Such is the nature of the platform, I wanted to offer some nuance to the discussion on centralised detentions.
Centralised detentions are nothing new
Firstly, centralising sanctions is nothing new in our schools. I was doing this as a middle leader in 1999.
