College and High School: Student Monitoring
Verified 20 February 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)
The school must supervise the pupils entrusted to it. He must therefore ensure the safety of your child. Wondering how this monitoring is done in middle and high school? Here are the rules to know.
At the college
All staff of the school must ensure the supervision of students.
The head of establishment is responsible for the order, security of persons and property in the institution. It ensures respect for the rights and duties of all members of the school community and ensures the implementation of the rules and regulations.
The senior education advisor (CPE) organizes the service of supervisory personnel (educational assistants, also called supervisors). Together, they ensure discipline and rules and regulations by pupils outside school hours.
The teachers shall supervise students during school hours and other activities supervised by them.
Other people also have an obligation to supervise when participating in the supervision of pupils. For example: a communal agent placed at the disposal of the establishment, an external intervener during a sporting activity, a volunteer accompanist during a school trip.
Monitoring must be carried out during all school time, i.e. for the duration of your child's care in the institution.
Surveillance is continue regardless of 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 supervision differs depending on whether your child is external, half-boarded or internal:
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External
The monitoring period corresponds to the half-day of school activity, defined by the schedule of each day of the week.
Half-boarders
Monitoring must be ensured from the beginning to the end of the school activities of each day in the timetable.
Internal
The obligation to monitor is permanent outside school holidays.
Entrances and exits of students
The school must inform you, via the correspondence book, of any foreseeable change in the entry and exit times of your child. For example, in the absence of a teacher.
If this advance information is not provided, the institution must supervise students at the usual class times. This monitoring is usually organized in the form of hours of permanence or monitored studies.
In case of unforeseen absence with a teacher at the end of the school term (half-day for students outside the school, half-day for students), you can allow your child to leave the college. This authorization must be in writing. The rules and regulations specify the classes concerned and the conditions for such authorization.
During school periods set by the schedule, your child cannot leave college, even if these periods include free time.
School activities in the establishment
Pupils must be supervised during all school activities which take place in the establishment.
Surveillance right so be insured during the teachings mandatory and lessons learned optional that your child is enrolled in.
It must also be insured during the directed or monitored studies, the perms, the recreations, the interclass, the meal (except for externals) and overnights for the interns.
Special Safety Plan (SPP)
The school must also set up a specific security plan (PPMS). This device must allow the securing pupils and staff in the event ofintrusion into the institution in particular.
Each year, 2 PPMS exercises (sheltering or confinement) are organized in the establishment.
Students must be monitored during collective travel organized outside the establishment.
Travel during school time
During school time, movement of pupils between the college and the place of a school activity (for example: the swimming pool, the gym, the conservatory) must be framed.
However, if the rules and regulations As provided, 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 between the home and the place of the activity is then considered as the usual journey between the home and the college.
School outings and trips
Pupils should be monitored during the entire duration of the outing or school trip.
Student supervision includes a immediate vigilance and preventive measures.
The expected monitoring is not the same depending on the age of the students and the nature of the activities. The younger the students are, the more important supervision must be.
It must be direct and continuous in the case of young middle school students. For example, a teacher should not leave a class of 6 unsupervisede.
However, supervision does not consist in placing each student under the permanent supervision of the school's staff.
During risky periods of school time (entrances and exits, recreation, interclasses) and certain activities (e.g. practical teaching in workshops, sports activities), surveillance must be strengthened.
If your child is victim damage caused by a lack of oversight, you can ask repair before the courts.
Depending on the circumstances (fault of the agent, lack of organization, etc.), it is the responsibility of the agent or that of the State that will be engaged before the civil courts or administrative.
In exceptional cases, she may be brought before the criminal court.
Compensation may be awarded to your child for damages caused (injuries, damaged property, etc.).
In high school
The rules and regulations defines the conditions for the supervision of students in high school.
Please note
The major pupils must respect the rules and regulations like other pupils.
All staff of the school must ensure the supervision of students.
The head of establishment is responsible for the order, security of persons and property in the institution. It ensures respect for the rights and duties of all members of the school community and ensures the implementation of the rules and regulations.
The senior education advisor (CPE) organizes the service of supervisory personnel (educational assistants, also called supervisors). Together, they ensure discipline and rules and regulations by pupils outside school hours.
The teachers shall supervise students during school hours and other activities supervised by them.
Other people also have an obligation to supervise when participating in the supervision of pupils. For example: a communal agent placed at the disposal of the establishment, an external intervener during a sporting activity, a volunteer accompanist during a school trip.
Monitoring must be carried out during all school time, i.e. for the duration of your child's care in the institution.
Surveillance is continue regardless of 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 supervision differs depending on whether your child is external, half-boarded or internal:
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External
The monitoring period corresponds to the half-day of school activity, defined by the schedule of each day of the week.
Half-boarders
Monitoring must be ensured from the beginning to the end of the school activities of each day in the timetable.
Internal
The obligation to monitor is permanent outside school holidays.
Entrances and exits of students
The school must inform you, via the correspondence book, of any foreseeable change in the entry and exit times of your child. For example, in the absence of a teacher.
If this advance information is not provided, the institution must supervise students at the usual class times. This monitoring is usually organized in the form of hours of permanence or monitored studies.
In case of unforeseen absence with a teacher at the end of the school term (half-day for students outside the school, half-day for students), you can allow your child to leave the college. This authorization must be in writing. The rules and regulations specify the classes concerned and the conditions for such authorization.
The rules and regulations may provide for pupils to leave during free time between classes.
School activities in the establishment
Pupils must be supervised during all school activities which take place in the establishment.
Surveillance right so be insured during the teachings mandatory and lessons learned optional that your child is enrolled in.
It must also be insured during the directed or monitored studies, the perms, the recreations, the interclass, the meal (except for externals) and overnights for the interns.
Special Safety Plan (SPP)
The school must also set up a specific security plan (PPMS). This device must allow the securing pupils and staff in the event ofintrusion into the institution in particular.
Each year, 2 PPMS exercises (sheltering or confinement) are organized in the establishment.
The rules and regulations sets out the conditions for the supervision of pupils during their travel and outings outside the establishment.
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Travel during school time
The rules and regulations may stipulate that pupils will travel only short distances between the high 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 their own behavior.
School outings and trips
Pupils should be monitored for the duration of the outing or school trip.
Student supervision includes a immediate vigilance and preventive measures.
The expected monitoring is not the same depending on the age of the students and the nature of the activities. The younger the students are, the more important supervision must be.
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.
However, supervision does not consist in placing each student under the permanent supervision of the school's staff.
During risky periods of school time (entrances and exits, recreation, interclasses) and certain activities (e.g. practical teaching in workshops, sports activities), surveillance must be strengthened.
If your child is victim damage caused by a lack of oversight, you can ask repair before the courts.
Depending on the circumstances (fault of the agent, lack of organization, etc.), it is the responsibility of the agent or that of the State that will be engaged before the civil courts or administrative.
In exceptional cases, she may be brought before the criminal court.
Compensation may be awarded to your child for damages caused (injuries, damaged property, etc.).
Civil liability (Article 1242)
State responsibility (Article L911-4)