However, a school in Scarborough is being criticised for giving students detention for holding a pencil or moving their chair too loudly.
The school located in North Yorkshire introduced the new system to tackle “low level” disruptive behaviour, according to the Dailymail.
Reports have also claimed that some 60 students were given detention in one day, with parents claiming they were for “nothing”.
"Some of the reasons are just so silly, like holding a pencil when you are not supposed to be or putting a chair under the table too loudly.Last Wednesday there were about 60 pupils kept back, the night after about 40, and some pupils are getting a detention nearly every night," one parent said.
"We arrived back home on Thursday and there were three letters through our door, telling us about detentions that they'd already had. They can't give them out quick enough."
Another mum admitted that she was worried about the impact all these detentions will have on her child: "It's quite distressing and I'm worried if my child keeps getting detentions for silly reasons its going to have a major impact on them. Some of the children admittedly aren't angels, but some of the reasons are just pathetic."
The system works by giving the kids a warning (C1) which can then be upgraded to a C2 or a C3. Parents have said their kids were given a C1 but when they challenged the decision they were automatically given a C3, which means detention.
The school’s head teacher, John Senior, has said that teachers needed to get tough because the current behaviour is “not good enough”.
However, parents are claiming that some of the teachers just don’t understand the new system properly, something that John Senior disagrees with: “For some students the new system with its new expectations has proved challenging. Because it is a new system we know there will be teething problems and we are always happy to discuss concerns with parents."
"We are motivated by the fact we want every child to succeed and that will only happen if we have the highest expectation and aspirations for every child - and I can make no apology for that."
