I've just got a letter from our secondary school, stating that students should be revising "1-2 hours every day, in short 20 min bursts, using the techniques mentioned above." (Honestly, that last bit makes it harder!)
IABU to think that this is too much for year 7s? (Not to mention SEN kids. Mine are undiagnosed, but still.) I'm just not sure when they are supposed to find the time!
(Our circumstances won't be the same as everyone else's, but they are:
They get back from school at 4pm. They are encouraged to do lots of extracurricular activities which they do a fair number of and these take up time on three days after school. They also get a fair chunk of homework that they are expected to do during the week (at a guess, 3-4 hours a week on average, but it takes my kids longer). So there are only two days where they get a full 2 hours between school and tea time, and they can't go straight into school work once they get home, and after that they are often trying to do homework. So, I'm not sure when in the day they are supposed to revise, when they also require a family mealtime, and wind-down time before bed (they still go up at 7:30 but read for 20 mins before going to sleep).)
I'm not ever going to prioritise revision over good sleep or taking time out to de-stress or whatever after school... so I'd be interested to know what other people do at this stage of school.