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How much homework in Grammar compared to State schools?

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Nena7 · 08/10/2014 11:09

Hi,
Anyone who can give an indication of how much homework you receive at a Grammar school, compared to a State school, generally, especially in Year 7?

I know it's a big step up up from Primary wherever you go, and that the schools vary individually, but as a general rule?

How much time does your child spend on homework a day/week?

Thank you!

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Hakluyt · 08/10/2014 12:02

You can often look at the homework policy of individual schools on their websites. It varies so much from school to school that it's impossible to generalise.

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Nena7 · 08/10/2014 11:59

Thank you for your answers.

I apologise for the incorrect use of terms, I trust you can figure out what I mean.

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JustAShopGirl · 08/10/2014 11:47

Grammar schools are state schools tooooooo.

Ours is a comp/academy - 6 hours per subject per half term is our guideline. That includes some subjects like maths that set a bit every week, and other subjects like history that set a project per half term.

ErrolTheDragon · 08/10/2014 11:46

It depends on the individual school of either type. My DD was getting roughly an hour per evening in yr7 (GS). She was used to this amount from her primary anyway so it wasn't that big a deal - the major change was that it didn't all have to be done by the next day which is great if they can self-schedule but hard if they leave it all till sunday evening. Some kids spend longer on work than the school actually wants them to - if you find your yr7 is spending 2-3 hours you might want to check whether that's what they're really meant to be doing - a good school will actually want them to have a life, time for extra-curricular activities and sleep! Once you get further up, the amount will depend on what subjects they do for GCSE - some have more coursework than others (art and the tech subjects particularly)

TeenAndTween · 08/10/2014 11:33

I thought Grammar schools were state schools?

DD1's comp says 5hrs/week KS3, and 10hrs KS4.
DD1 now y11 has always needed longer than the guidelines though.

mumblechum1 · 08/10/2014 11:10

DS got about 2 to 3 hours a night (Grammar) in yr 7. This actually tailed off a bit in yrs 8 and 9 for some reason then was ramped up to 3 hours a night in the GCSE/A level years