GCSEs, year 11 and study after Easter . Does your school state or private give them study leave ?

DS did GCSEs last year. No study leave - in right across the Easter holidays unless they were away and through the exam period up to the May half-term. If they didn't have an exam they were in revision classes.

After half term they only went in for exams.

I don't know any schools that start much before the first GCSE (not including things like language orals which tend to be early). I had done 2 GCSEs before mine started 30 years ago because I had some early exams.

Dc's school doesn't start study leave until after half term. They do have an altered time table., so as subjects finish they stop.
Even after half term they are expected to go in for some study periods.
This was because about three years ago they had a year that "lost" the study leave due to bad behaviour and they found the results were way up on what they expected. So since then they've cut study leave (and been very pleased with the results from that). If anything I think they might go to even later.

Ours students don’t get study leave until after May half term and even then there are still revision sessions for subjects that have exams left to do. We got rid of study leave about 8 years ago and our students get much better results. When the Head made the decision I thought it would improve A-Cs but have a detrimental impact on the A and A students who I believed revised better independently at home. The Head was right and I was wrong.

My two (different schools) had to be in all the time until after half term - they went to lessons as timetabled or revised (if the subject had been completely examined).

Even when I did GCSEs (which was bloody ages ago) we did get study leave until a couple of weeks before exams started. And no one did any studying.

DD has study leave from 1st May. No lessons at all are run after that, but they can come to school if they wish and use the library to revise. Teachers are also available on a one to one if required.

We have no study leave.

My DC private school gave study leave, I thought it was a bad idea as felt like we were paying for nothing, I’d have preferred them to have stayed in school and been given supervised revision.
It’s too hot and miss just sending them home.

Dd had no study leave last year. She was expected in lessons until all exams for that subject were over.

I'm not sure for ds (he goes to a different school)

Ours starts the day before the exams start! They are not required to go into school during this period but the lessons will be running as normal for those who want to have teacher on hand to help. Some students have been told they must attend all lessons!

Our school does the same.
It considers focussed revision in school better for most pupils than what they may or may not actually do at home.

When DD did GCSEs 4 years ago, they had to be in full time until half term, and then they only had to attend for lessons not yet examined after half term. They tweak details a bit each year.