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Your Year 11 child - when do they finish school?

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LauraLovesLemons · 13/05/2021 22:40

Year 11 DD feels hard done by as her state school is keeping them in full time until Friday 11th June, whereas her cousin (also a state school and in the same local authority) breaks up for the summer tomorrow, 14th May. The disparity is crazy! Are these the two extremes of the spectrum?

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NotDonna · 16/05/2021 17:05

Exams finish on May 21st but are in school until the usual end of year in July. No idea what they’ll be doing though. It’s usually DofE, activities, residential etc but who knows this year.

MayaFey · 15/05/2021 22:08

28th May and tests right up until the end. By then they'll have done 46 assessments in 6 weeks!

lakeswimmer · 15/05/2021 22:04

28th May here. She has exams/tests up until 26th. They've got a prom on 24th June but otherwise that's it. No sixth form so they're all leaving.

Foosterin · 15/05/2021 22:00

Wish we knew! Last exams on Wednesday 26th May and we have no idea what's happening after that - when the kids are finishing or if there will be any events after half term. School are still refusing to comment and teachers are telling the kids that they don't know what's happening. It's making it very difficult to plan anything and actually stressing me out more than DD.

DrMadelineMaxwell · 15/05/2021 21:32

2 more weeks for dd, finishing on the 28th. All assessments done so they will be kept busy with sex ed, financial ed, preparing for the world of work and other such stuff. An email saying that missing it would be going down as unauthorised absence.

Valenciaoranges · 15/05/2021 21:28

Private school - full programme available until the end of summer term....

PotteringAlong · 15/05/2021 14:39

Secondary school teacher - we’re keeping year 11 for the first 3 weeks after may half term so also 28th June here.

worriedatthemoment · 15/05/2021 14:36

27th may for mjne , exams next week then 4 days in and all over

1805 · 15/05/2021 14:04

11th June. Then in for a leavers do on the 18th.
Private school, Oxford.
I don't mind the fee's issues, as I get that the fees are spread evenly over the 5 years/ 15 terms.
DD thinks it's SO UNFAIR she has two keep doings tests until then Grin

ZeusandClio · 15/05/2021 13:59

28th May here too.

charliechew · 15/05/2021 13:55

28th May, finished assessments a week ago, DD can’t wait; I think she’s had enough.

Twinkie01 · 15/05/2021 13:53

This coming Friday. He's not at a state school though. They can go on for another month but won't be doing much, although we have to pay for the whole term.

tinytemper66 · 15/05/2021 13:46

17th June for my school. Babysitting then for the next few weeks as they have done their assessment for my subject.

Lampzade · 15/05/2021 13:45

@Hoppinggreen

Mid June. It’s a Private school and as they are charging us until the end of term I suppose they have to justify it somehow
Dfriend’s ds is at a private school and they finish on the 28th May. She pays 6k a term. So she had worked out that she has paid £1k a week for the Summer term
Lampzade · 15/05/2021 13:40

28th May

KateTheEighth · 15/05/2021 13:38

Last assessments on 8th June and that's it

BernardsarenotalwaysSaints · 15/05/2021 13:19

Yesterday in all 5 schools in my area although they may be called in up until Whitsun break so don't officially finish until then.

karenb40 · 15/05/2021 13:17

@BBOA I think our children may be at the same school as mine also finished yesterday and we are in Wiltshire.
Far too early, mine's only 15 and can't find a job

TeenMinusTests · 15/05/2021 13:02

DD will be doing

  • weekly therapy/counselling
  • 2 week holiday if we can get her onto the ferry
  • pushing her boundaries around going places
  • finding a cat
  • catching up on eye, dentist, haircuts, sorting college uniform
  • possibly some biology tuition in prep for college
  • and after 12 August probably some maths

We would have looked at NCS if it were a normal year.

Iamsodone · 15/05/2021 12:55

What will your Y11 DS do over the summer ? Mine in school until 18th June then DofE expedition.
But otherwise nothing except for our family holiday and some babysitting.

Is NCS a good idea at that stage ?
Looking for ideas

BiBabbles · 15/05/2021 12:36

June 29th (state, in a KS4 specialty vocational programme at a college where he's in one day a week and learning at home the other 4), though he's completed his assessments and they're mainly doing activities that they missed - like, they were doing Formula One car school challenge when things were locked down, and now they're getting a chance to finish theirs alongside the Y10s doing the same along with more time discussing next steps and careers and things.

chilledteacher · 15/05/2021 11:45

State, forgot that bit.

chilledteacher · 15/05/2021 11:45

11th June for mine but the last week is a very selective timetable where some will be in and some won't. Prom sometime in July I think.

I've organised him some work experience as he missed it in year 11 and I think he's got some college induction days.

Comefromaway · 15/05/2021 11:37

My daughters vocational school always ran until 9/10 July as well. However it’s an exception to the rule. Following the end of exams the kids went into a full rehearsal timetable for the summer show. Even last year they continued a full timetable of online dance classes for Year 11 & Year 14.

There would be nothing stopping anyone leaving after June. At the local private school there is a big shift around for 6th form. Lots leave for a very good local college who offer a wider range of subjects but others join from local state schools.

So apart from an induction day it would be pointless keeping the kids after exams.

Hoppinggreen · 15/05/2021 11:33

Mid June.
It’s a Private school and as they are charging us until the end of term I suppose they have to justify it somehow

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