To wonder if the school day for secondary school pupils ran like a 9-5 office day

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Especially for the upper years, would this have a positive effect on children? I'm not asking about the whys and wherefores on the impact on teachers but whether running a longer school day would help?

I don't know what side I fall on this but I have noticed when speaking to colleagues that went to private school and who find the long hours 'easy' or 'manageable' say it's because they did it from a young age.

Not all independent schools have longer days.

Dd does 8:30 to 3:30. She has an hour for lunch and a 15 minute break in the morning. She also has 3 extra weeks holiday a year. So actually not much that different to many state schos.

That's shocking (the unhappy children report). Though I should point out it was specifically English children Scottish ones skip to school with a smile