Private schools opening over summer unfair on year 10s and 12s

[sunshineanddaffodils]

I’d just about got my head around the fact that even though my year 10 is missing a load of GCSE teaching, all dc are in the same boat and allowances will have to be made. Now I hear private schools are changing term dates and/or opening over summer so they can teach the syllabus as normal. How on earth is this remotely fair and what impact will it have on dc in state schools?

GrumpyMoonMain, my DC are getting that at their state school and state college as well

Because we pay a lot of money for it! Our school hasn’t said they are reopening but if they did mine would be in like a shot.

Tbf ive been blown over with the schools support whilst we’ve been off- live real
Time classes, recorded classes, lots of work, recorded reading sessions, time to speak to the teacher, junior school assemblies on google meet so she actually might need the summer off as she is posting on classroom google all day in accordance to the school timetable!

I certainly don't wish to denigrate any individual student's particular achievements - just as I am sure @Baaaahhhhh didn't intend to undermine the achievements of the approx 50k students who take standard English Language GCSE every year (many from private schools, of course) by labelling those examinations a 'joke'.

@TheHumansAreDefinitelyDead - that’s good. I think it’s the bare minimum schools should have provided to be honest.

I think that working through the summer is a bad idea

Kids will have burn-out by Christmas after a 6 month term teachers too!

Best to try and do the best they can in distance learning for a bit

This was before the 'reforms' but our state comp offered IGCSE English to those who repeatedly failed their standard GCSE English re-sits in the period when passing English and Maths GCSE was a pre requisite for remaining in sixth form.