Hi,
First time poster, bit of a long time on and off lurker.
My son is in GCSE year and his school have added two compulsory extra lessons to his week. A Session 0 for an hour before school, and a session 6 for an hour after school.
They're calling these "interventions". My son is amongst the top students in the school. His results/reports all show hard work and project good achievement at GCSE. His maths is exceptional. There has been no evidence that he is underperforming in either of the two subjects.
He thinks that the better students are being hot-housed to try and boost the school's results. I don't know about that, but I do wonder if this intervention is more for the school's benefit.
My question: where do we stand legally? We don't want to burn him out. He's doing fine at school. Work-life-balance means a lot, and education is a long long run (life long ideally). I think these sessions will be counter-productive, both short and long term. I've emailed the school to explain this, ask for him to be excused, and offered to meet and discuss. However, forewarned is forearmed: does anyone have some prior experience, legal advice, or links to same for me?
Many thanks in advance
Russell