College and high school: supervision of pupils
Verified 17 June 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The school must supervise the pupils entrusted to it. He must therefore take care of the safety of your child. Wondering how this supervision is done in middle school and high school? Here are the rules to know.
In middle school
All personnel of the school to supervise pupils.
The head of establishment is responsible for the order, safety and security of persons and property in the institution. It shall ensure that the rights and duties of all members of the school community are respected and that the rules and regulations.
The Senior Advisor for Education (SCE) organizes the service of supervisory staff (the educational assistants, also called supervisors). Rules and regulations Together, they ensure that students adhere to discipline and practice outside of school hours.
The teachers must supervise students during school hours and other activities supervised by them.
Other people also have an obligation to supervise when they participate in the supervision of pupils. For example: a communal officer placed at the disposal of the establishment, an external worker during a sporting activity, a volunteer escort during a school trip.
Monitoring must be carried out during all school time, that is, for the duration of your child's care in the institution.
Monitoring is continuous whatever the activity carried out and the place where it is carried out (during the course, recreation or outdoor activities organized as part of the school activity).
The duration This monitoring differs depending on whether your child is an outsider, half-boarder or an insider.
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For external
Monitoring duration is half day of school activity, defined by the schedule for each day of the week.
For half-boarders
Monitoring must be ensured from beginning to end of the school activities of each day scheduled in the schedule.
For interns
The obligation to monitor is permanent outside school holidays.
Pupil Entries and Exits
The school must inform you, via the correspondence book, of any foreseeable changes in your child's entry and exit times. For example, in the absence of a teacher.
If this prior information is not provided, the school must supervise the pupils at the usual school hours. This monitoring is generally organized in the form of hours of duty or supervised studies.
In case of unexpected absence of a teacher at the end of the school period (half day for day-care workers, day for half-boarders), you can allow your child to leave the school. This authorization must be in writing. The rules and regulations specify the classes concerned and the conditions of such authorization.
During the school periods fixed by the schedule, your child cannot leave the school, even if these periods include free time.
School activities in the school
Students must be supervised during all school activities which take place in the establishment.
Surveillance duty so be insured during teaching obligatory and lessons learned optional to which your child is registered.
It must also be insured during controlled or controlled studies, the permanence, the recreation, the interclass, the meal (except for external) and nights for interns.
Special Security Plan (PPMS)
The school must also set up a specific security plan (PPMS). This device must enable safety pupils and staff in the event ofintrusion into the establishment in particular.
Each year, 2 PPMS-type exercises (shelter or confinement) are organized in the institution.
Students must be supervised during group trips outside the school.
Travel during school time
During school time, movement of pupils between the school and the place of a school activity (for example: the swimming pool, the gym, the conservatory) must be supervised.
However, if the rules and regulations As provided for, you can allow your child to go there or to return alone when the activity takes place at the beginning or end of school time.
The journey from home to the place of work is then considered to be the usual journey between home and the college.
School trips and trips
Students should be monitored for for the entire duration of the field trip or school trip.
Student supervision includes a immediate vigilance and preventive measures.
The expected supervision is not the same depending on the age of the students and the nature of the activities. The younger the students, the greater the need for supervision. It has to be direct and continuous for young students in middle school. For example, a teacher should not leave a class of 6 unsupervisede.
However, supervision does not consist in permanently placing each student individually under the gaze of the staff of the institution.
During risky periods of school time (entrances and exits, recreation, interclasses) and certain activities (e.g. practical workshops, sports activities), supervision should be reinforced.
If your child is the victim of harm caused by a lack of supervision, you can seek redress in court.
Depending on the circumstances (fault of the staff member, lack of organization, etc.), it is the staff member's or the State's responsibility that will be brought before the civil courts or administrative.
In exceptional cases, it may be brought before the criminal court.
Compensation may be awarded to your child for damages (injuries, damaged property, etc.).
In high school
The rules and regulations defines the conditions for the supervision of pupils in secondary school.
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The adult pupils rules and regulations must respect the
All personnel of the school to supervise pupils.
The head of establishment is responsible for the order, safety and security of persons and property in the institution. It shall ensure that the rights and duties of all members of the school community are respected and that the rules and regulations.
The Senior Advisor for Education (SCE) organizes the service of supervisory staff (the educational assistants, also called supervisors). Rules and regulations Together, they ensure that students adhere to discipline and practice outside of school hours.
The teachers must supervise students during school hours and other activities supervised by them.
Other people also have an obligation to supervise when they participate in the supervision of pupils. For example: a communal officer placed at the disposal of the establishment, an external worker during a sporting activity, a volunteer escort during a school trip.
Monitoring must be carried out during all school time, that is, for the duration of your child's care in the institution.
Monitoring is continuous whatever the activity carried out and the place where it is carried out (during the course, recreation or outdoor activities organized as part of the school activity).
The duration This monitoring differs depending on whether your child is an outsider, half-boarder or an insider.
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For external
Monitoring duration is half day of school activity, defined by the schedule for each day of the week.
For half-boarders
Monitoring must be ensured from beginning to end of the school activities of each day scheduled in the schedule.
For interns
The obligation to monitor is permanent outside school holidays.
Pupil Entries and Exits
The school must inform you, via the correspondence book, of any foreseeable changes in your child's entry and exit times. For example, in the absence of a teacher.
If this prior information is not provided, the school must supervise the pupils at the usual school hours. This monitoring is generally organized in the form of hours of duty or supervised studies.
In case of unexpected absence of a teacher at the end of the school period (half-day for external students, day for half-boarders), you can allow your child to leave the school. This authorization must be in writing. The rules and regulations specify the classes concerned and the conditions of such authorization.
Rules and regulations The processor can arrange for students to leave during the free time between classes.
School activities in the school
Students must be supervised during all school activities which take place in the establishment.
Surveillance duty so be insured during teaching obligatory and lessons learned optional to which your child is registered.
It must also be insured during controlled or controlled studies, the permanence, the recreation, the interclass, the meal (except for external) and nights for interns.
Special Security Plan (PPMS)
The school must also have a special security plan (PPMS) in place. This system must make it possible to ensure the safety of pupils and staff in the event of intrusion into the school in particular.
Each year, 2 PPMS-type exercises (shelter or confinement) are organized in the institution.
The rules and regulations defines the conditions for the supervision of pupils during their movements and outings outside the school.
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Travel during school time
Rules and regulations The person concerned may arrange for pupils to carry out only short-distance journeys between the school and the place of a school activity (for example: the swimming pool, the gymnasium, the conservatory).
These trips can be made according to the usual mode of transportation of the students.
Each student is responsible for his or her own behavior.
School trips and trips
Students must be monitored throughout the field trip or school trip.
Surveillance of pupils involves immediate vigilance and preventive measures.
However, supervision does not consist in permanently placing each student individually under the gaze of the staff of the institution.
Monitoring should be adapted to the age of the students and the nature of the activities.
The younger the students, the greater the need for supervision.
Students 16 years of age or older have sufficient discernment to monitor themselves. For example, leaving a class of 2nde without supervision for a short period of time is not a fault.
During risky periods of school time (entrances and exits, recreation, interclasses) and certain activities (e.g. practical workshops, sports activities), supervision should be reinforced.
If your child is the victim of harm caused by a lack of supervision, you can seek redress in court.
Depending on the circumstances (fault of the staff member, lack of organization, etc.), it is the staff member's or the State's responsibility that will be brought before the civil courts or administrative.
In exceptional cases, it may be brought before the criminal court.
Compensation may be awarded to your child for damages (injuries, damaged property, etc.).
Civil liability (Article 1242)
State responsibility (Article L911-4)