The following
document is given to teachers at Barrington Secondary School, Bishop
Auckland by its headmaster.
'Black Marks' are given to children for the 'offences' outlined
below. Each 'offence' is followed by its 'Black Marks' score.
Three Black Marks in one week and the child is sent to detention.
Detention usually entails copying from the Bible during normal school
working hours.
If a child is sent to detention twice in one week he is then put
on 'Solitary'. This entails a child working on his own outside the
headmaster's office with his door open all the time.
| Date |
¼ |
| 2
in a toilet |
¼ - ½ |
| Receiving
with knowledge of theft |
1 |
| Smoking
or possessing cigs |
½ |
| Mild
cheek, bad manners |
¼ |
| Insolence |
1 |
| Fighting (serious) in class |
1 |
| Malingering |
¼ - ½ |
| Disobedience |
¼ - ½ |
| Rings
or earrings |
¼ |
| Gum
or chewing other sweets |
¼ |
| Disturbing
a lesson shouting |
½ -
1 |
| Bullying |
½ -
1 |
| Foul
language to teacher |
1 |
| Foul
language heard incidentally |
½ |
| Dangerous
play in yard |
½ |
| Breaking
up a game |
¼ |
| Truanting |
1 |
| Lying |
½ -
1 |
| Destruction
of property |
½ -
1 |
| Disfiguring
walls |
½ -
1 |
| Climbing
in toilets |
½ |
| Over
wall without permission |
¼ |
| Loitering
outside school |
¼ |
| Misbehaviour
at dinner table |
¼ |
| Spitting
on other child |
1 |
| Staying
out of lesson |
1 |
| No
absence note |
1 |
| Forged
absence note |
1 |
| Talking
in assembly |
1 |
| Stealing |
1 |
| Not
reporting after being absent |
½ |
| Leaving
PE strip at home after washing |
¼ |
| No
apron for domestic science |
¼ |
| Borrowed
articles not returned next day (marks per day) |
¼ |
| In
toilets after 5-min whistle |
1 |
| Snowballing |
½ |
| Elastic
bands, possession or misuse of |
¼ - ½ |
| Fireworks |
1 |
| Wearing
outer coats in class |
¼ |
