DS is in year 11. Good state comprehensive - motivated head teacher, school is generally well run, good range of subjects, teachers always seem involved and enthusiastic at parents evenings.
DS is a good student - not a star but predicted mostly 6s for GCSEs. He always hands in his homework on time, but I’ve noticed that less than 20% of his homework is ever actually marked. He just shrugs when I ask him about it, and says “no teachers ever mark homework”.
Is this normal? My homework was certainly marked back in the 80s. And I used to have friends who were teachers who seemed to spend a fair amount of time marking. But that was 20 years ago, so maybe it’s changed. Is there generally an expectation that homework isn’t marked any more?
I’d be interested in hearing from other parents and also teachers.