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National Maths Challenge - compulsory?

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toopissedtotalk · 04/02/2015 23:57

Is it compulsory for schools to participate. I'm cross that my Y11 DS is being made to participate in this tomorrow morning instead of having regular classes. Mocks start on Monday yet the maths class is losing 3 lessons tomorrow morning because they have been told by the Head of Maths that they have to participate in the challenge. I feel that I should object to the school but it will fall on deaf ears.

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noblegiraffe · 05/02/2015 00:01

If your DS's mock results are so perilous that he can't miss a single lesson, then perhaps he should have done more revision.

The school have paid for him to enter, they are unlikely to let kids drop out on a whim.