[quote Inastatus]@Woolff - well I’m just glad that the teachers at my DD’s school think differently to you. Our year 11’s have been told they’ve got the next few months to make a difference to their grades so they obviously haven’t made any decisions just yet. It is helping to keep them motivated otherwise I think many of them would just give up now![/quote]
They have still got chance to keep learning, because they probably won't finish as early as year 11 usually do. I'm just sure that they can spend a bit longer working at home compared to others.
As I said, they've been prioritised for a long time. We can't ignore the needs of all the other children who will go through exams in a couple of years.
In our school, year 9 have been a concern. They come from a wider catchment area, due to expansion during theirnijtake year. There's a wider range of SEN and disadvantage. They did little work as year 8s, due to lockdown. They came back and resented basically being back in a primary style setup/class, behaving badly and stopping lessons. They've had fewer opportunities to socialise this year because they're too young for parents to let them out if not in a big group. They have been in trouble with the police and there has been horrific online bullying.
The content I'm teaching them as of after Feb half term is what they'll be assessed on for GCSE in 2023, whixh we assume will run as normal.
Even if year 11 have to be the ones to come to sit in front of me in a classroom, that won't stop my boss making it clear that we are to spend PPA on marking year 9 work to thr best standard, CPD time on year 9 curriculum, directed duty time calling their parents, registrations completing one-to-one coaching, etc.
It might not sound fair, but it's about equity, not equality, and decisions like this are made all the time.