AIBU to consider booking a holiday for a week during the Easter school holidays when DD1 is studying for GCSE's?

[kslatts]

DD sits her GCSE's next spring, school have told the pupils they will be running revision classes during Easter holiday. We are considering the following 3 options.

1. Stay at home so DD can revise all through the Easter holiday and go to the extra revision classes if she wants or needs to.

2. Go away for one week of the two week holiday, but somewhere that DD will easily be able to continue revising but also have some time away from the books.

3. Go away for one week, leave revision at home to give DD a proper break from the revision.

We already have a holiday booked for next summer after the GCSE's are finished, so am not really bothered whether we go away at Easter it not, but I was thinking option 3 would be good to give dd a break for a week. Genuinely interested to hear what other people think.

I can't understand the English system at all where students are expectd to study for 2-3 months solid. It's total madness.

I got top marks in university & only revised a few weeks, alongside working all possible hours because I mentally needed a break from having worked hard all term. Can't muster any respect for the English system.

Easter is quite early next year - I would say YANBU. We have done option 2. Get up early - do 3 hours revision in the morning, get it out of the way and then enjoy the rest of the day
There are still weeks to go - her brain will be fried if she is solidly working for months without a gap

Another vote for a long weekend. They do actually need some time off.

I think we will wait and see, dd is unsure at the moment. She is already revising so if she is on track we might try and do a couple of nights away.

A long weekend somewhere very relaxing is, IME, the right amount of holiday at Easter before high-stakes exams.

Why don't you just do a couple of days away in a b&b a couple of hours away.

Oh and OP, please ignore all the "I went away and didn't study at all yet walked my GCSEs" comments, particulary if they are from posters who also state they have multiple degrees, masters, doctorates etc - I assume if your DD was very gifted accademically and likely to get straight A*s even if she doesn't do any revision, then you'd have mentioned it in your OP.