Evidence of Lennon’s ‘cheeky’ side on sale

The documents uncover his antics at Quarry Bank High School for Boys in Liverpool where he was renowned as a “class clown”.

Reasons for punishment given by his teachers include “sabotage”, “fighting in class”, “nuisance”, “shoving” and “just no interest whatsoever”.

On two occasions the Beatle even managed to receive three detentions in one day.

The sheets cover the periods when he was in Class 3B between May 19 and June 23 1955, and in Class 4C from November 25 1955 to February 13, 1956.

They were from a class detention book that was rescued from a bonfire at the school in the late 1970s, say auctioneers TracksAuction.com.

The sheets have been authenticated by Lennon’s close school friend, Pete Shotton, who wrote a book. John Lennon: In My Life.

Peter Beech, Lennon’s general science teacher at the time, said: “The sheet is typical of John Lennon; he was an extremely cheeky boy. He did, however, know his limits. In the classroom, if you settled John down, you generally settled the class down. His chemistry teacher, Eric Oldman, said that John could actually go far.”

The detention sheets are estimated to fetch between £2,000 and £3,000. Online bidding at TracksAuction.com starts on November 22.