Were you a school prefect?

No. Never interested in sport or 'house spirit' - whatever that is - and always got the best exam results. Hated the Head and it was probably mutual. He made another Head's son Head Boy!

Being a prefect (boys and girls) in Year 6 (top juniors) meant, among other tasks, washing up staff cups in the staff room.

Looking at the way I’d choose prefects if that was part the job, I think we were the people who could afford to miss the first part of the lesson and catch up easily.

Our prefects are voted for by peers, though staff have the final say, after some children were found to be using dubious methods to ensure they got votes.

I was one of the less affluent in my class but yes I became a prefect Not sure if it was chosen by teachers or pupils I can’t remember I was nt sporty or top of the class, very middle of the road in everything so not sure why I was chosen but I still have my green prefects badge

My secondary school was an odd place. It has in recent years, been described as a cross between Hogwarts and St Trinians. I was made a prefect in the 4th form and eventually became Deputy Head Girl.
I was reasonably bright but didn't achieve much academically. I wasn't in the least bit sporty and my parents were working class and had as little to do with the school as possible.
Not a clue why I was chosen. Possibly in order to instil a sense of responsibility as in my early days at the school I wasn't a model pupil.
I think it worked. I haven't been in trouble with the police since I was 8. 🙂

I was at a boarding school run by nuns and I was goody two shoes, good at most sport, loved it and was middle of the road academically but could have done anything if I had applied myself.

I was a prefect but cannot remember if it was the pupils or nuns or a mixture who voted me in.

I loved it there, the best years of my life.

Yes, I liked to help organise things and always volunteered. Not that sporty but liked to take part

Now I remember that what I really wanted was the prefect's badge (silver with small school badge in the middle) and the opportunity to stitch gold cord all round the edges on my blue blazer. The latter was important because several of my classmates were in the first XI and had silver cord on their blazers and now gold as well. I was only in the second XI,

Mine's a red and gold pin on badge shaped like a shield.

In fact, I'd forgotten all about it until this thread.

Nope! Nor did I ever want to. It would mean standing out and I’d have hated that.

Wasn’t a prefect at primary school, possibly because class teacher didn’t like me and the feeling was mutual. Fast forward 5 years, was Head Girl at High school, felt vindicated although I’d done nothing ‘wrong’ in the earlier years!

I was a sixth form prefect bu not one of the lordly ones who stood on the platform with the Headmistress and senior staff.

Choosing prefects many years later I looked for pupils who were sensible, reliable and always completed jobs they were asked to do, (which explains why it was a long time before I became a prefect.)

No, all they seemed to do was roam the school making sure everyone was outside at lunchtime

I wanted to be in the library, they were the enemy

Reading about people’s badges - mine was blue with Prefect written on it in gold (brass) but it wasn’t a shield, it was long, with rounded corners. Out of curiosity I typed prefect badge into Google, and I entered a time warp because I swear that you can still get the exact same badges, they haven’t changed at all in over 40 years!

I was made a prefect but I can’t remember why, they thought I was a goody two shoes, but I just hadn’t been caught, exciting duties like supervising meals and detentions.

Yes, I was a prefect in the 6th form (year 12 these days). I was also Games Captain in years 10/11. Certainly not a perfect prefect, as we used to sneak off for a smoke in the lunch hour! 😳

I was a Prefect, why, I don't know, I hated school.

No pretty much finished with school by 14 😮

I was, I wasn’t sporty or ‘well turned out’ but I worked hard. I was chosen by my ‘Years’ pupils and my name sent to the Headmaster who said Yes, I think there were 6 of us elected.

I enjoyed it, I could do my homework whilst I sat at the front door of the school, in case anyone came in late or we had visitors. No one ever came in late whilst I was on the door 🤫 and we rang the 3 minute and then the end of lesson bell.
I couldn’t stay late to do detention as I had to get the school bus back home to my far off village.

Lol deff not! spent some of my time in the Headmistresses office.

When I was in the Fifth form, the sixth formers used to laugh at me (not maliciously, at least. I didn't take it that way) and say I'd never be a prefect because I was always running up and down the corridors, flapping my arms.

Well, on the first day in the Upper Sixth I was all the more amazed to find I had been made a prefect. I was also House Captain. I don't know who designated the perfects nor on what criteria, and I can't remember having a badge. I did try and remember not to run any more.

We didn’t have prefect badges. We had “girdles”, woven belts about an inch thick that went round our waists and hung down to just above the hems of our skirts at the back. Green for prefects, pale blue for the committee. Badges in addition for the head girl and her deputy.

JackyB it's ok to run these days but try not to flap your arms!

Maggiemaybe

We didn’t have prefect badges. We had “girdles”, woven belts about an inch thick that went round our waists and hung down to just above the hems of our skirts at the back. Green for prefects, pale blue for the committee. Badges in addition for the head girl and her deputy.

We had different coloured girdles according to which house you were placed in.

Yes a was a prefect, my parents were no different to others I was a bit sporty but nothing big, I think it was because I was well liked by most kids and teachers, something that tbf followed me through life too, they did ask me to be head girl, but I felt that may put people of me a little bit so I declined but continued to be a prefect

I was chosen to be a prefect in Year 6, my friend was made Head Girl, she was very bright but quite rebellious, maybe the teachers saw that as confidence. Her older sister had also been Head Girl.
We wore a nice enamelled prefect badge & got to pull the naughty boys out of the line when they were walking back into school after playtime