To insist dd go school everyday between now and GCSE exams since school has no official study leave period?

The schools I've worked in haven't had study leave for nearly 20 years! Mainly because we couldn't trust the kids not to run rampage locally.

Currently, kids get to drift off when they've got a couple of exams left. But it's early March! Think I've been doing mocks at this time in the past.

I’m still teaching content to even my top sets - strongly suspect she is trying her luck here!!

I can kind of understand parents allowing the odd day during exam season in May maybe when they’ve started exams, and there’s a day they don’t have an exam but with an important one the day following. Especially for the highly motivated kids who you know will work - there’s always a mysterious handful of ‘migraine’ etc on the register on those days I’ve noticed in top sets especially! But it’s WAY too early for study leave in any form. We keep ours until June half term at work.

DD is year 12 and she had study leave and her school went the earliest of any schools

and she went on Tuesday 6th May

she is having you on.

DS did his GCSEs last summer. They were expected in school every day until May half term. Exams started 2 or 3 before half term, but the timetables carried on as usual. Obvs students with exams went to those. Lesson time was used for taught revision. Study leave started after half term, students only had to come in for exams. School put on a lot of before and after school interventions during this time, also during half term.

My sons school ends 24th April. Study leave/exams but not expected in after that apart from exam times

You could get fined and she could be barred from the prom or something

Plus, there are just so much more distractions for kids now. When I did study leave in 1991 there were only 4 tv channels and no phones/ internet so you were so bored you studied !

DS sat his GCSE’s last year. They do have study leave but not until exams started. He got 8’s and 9’s and no way would he have achieved that without all the superb revision his teachers were doing about now. I think your DC is having you on personally.

Did ours last year. They were absolutely in school and lessons every day until study leave started shortly before the first exam. There were some revision sessions during the Easter holidays. Mine was a high achiever too and highly motivated but it wouldn’t have occurred to her not to attend. I think some subjects were revising towards the end but not in March.

If they do have study leave I'm sure it will be early May, not March!

Same here. She's having you on. Why not email the school and check? But I'd be confident I know the answer.

I think a lot of schools have belatedly realised that for many pupils, study leave = sitting around on their arses at home doing nothing.

They don't have study leave anymore. They should all be in school.

That was 20 years ago. Study leave rules have changed since then.

DS' school are in until summer half term.

But easiest to check. Email the school office and ask.

I teach year 11, with the exception of a couple of very disruptive kids who are on part time timetables they are all expected to be in. Most of them are, I’d be upset if parents were keeping them off at this stage. Once the exams start fine. I’ve not yet covered all the curriculum content.

I agree. Our DS did his last year. They were in school every day right up until the exams started. Then they had specific revision ie if you had amaths exam on pm you were in maths study am, unless uou had another exam. Exam in the morning , study period the afternoon before. There were a couple of session they did not have to attend but lots did to revise.
What have the school said?

My ds still has to be in every day as normal. Plus extra revision for 45mins every day after school. You have to have 98% attendance plus attend at least 30 sessions of the extra revision in order to be able to attend prom.
Can you check with the school what is expected?

I suspect she's talking rubbish. I would not have finished the syllabus for my subject by now and even subjects that have will be doing useful exam practice and revision. Most schools abandoned study leave years ago as research proved that for most children it didn't work and they were much more productive in school.

I think you need to check - I left school more than 20 years ago - we had some study leave around this time and then was on study leave from may onwards.

My DS did his GCSEs last year. He had to go into school every day including every Saturday in year 11, in 2-3 days during half terms and early starts leading up to exams. No such thing as study leave in his school. Told us no holidays until summertime. One of the top boys comps in London.

DS left last year but they were definitely still expected in school until May. She’s having you on

Call the school and get clarification. My Ds had study leave around mocks I think.

DS in year 11, it's business as usual for attending so she is surely trying it on!

I have only just found out they don't finish in advance of exams - they're basically in as usual until they start!

She is lying to you.

Kids are expected in school as usual and lack of attendance will be followed up as usual.

I'm personally still teaching the syllabus so any pupil bunking off would be missing out on new content.