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Any schools not give study leave in year 11 for GCSEs??

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studyleavegcse · 08/03/2024 21:29

Our school have just announced the kids have to continue at school for lessons until the end of May in between their GCSE exams which start on 3rd May. We are in England. I have never heard of this before at any local school and definitely not at this school. Last year study leave started the week before GCSEs started.

Different students will be in each lesson as they have exams on different days and some will have exams on the official leaving day.

Is this just our school or a regular thing or a new government policy?

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 28/03/2024 18:10

LolaSmiles · 28/03/2024 08:49

Teachers don’t invigilate but subject specialists do have to be present at the start of exams to check for issues/answer queries. And have to be available at the end of a phone in case there’s a specific problem.
We've not been anywhere near our exams for a long time.

In most schools I've worked in there's been a morning briefing in the dining hall (or other large space that's not used for exams) for Year 11s. It's an opportunity for the subject staff to wish students good luck, remind them of timings and answer questions if anyone needs any last minute reassurance.
Once they go to the exam hall a member of SLT from a different subject area is there to oversee the start/end and it's invigilators only in the hall.

Edited

And SLT being present is only for discipline, they don't have to be there at all. After that, the only staff that will come into the exam room during an exam would be support - for technical issues with laptops/e-readers, first aid, assisting with removal of somebody misbehaving, that sort of thing; anything else such as needing the exams officer in another room or collecting the registers means standing at the doorway until an invigilator comes to you and never crossing the threshold.

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