How much time does your DC spend revising

[Leibham]

DS has had an awful year. Doing 4 A levels and has fallen behind.

Working out a schedule for him and form tutor at sixth form has said he’ll need to study 5 hours a day + school.

He struggles at the moment with 2+ hours as I think he’s really lost the motivation and got out of good habits. 5 hours seems a lot after school?

I want to push him and make sure he does it but I’m worried about fatigue.

How long do your DC spend of an evening studying?

Is he able to
drop an A level as 4 are generally not needed? It will make a huge difference to his workload.

My DD is not quite at this stage yet. But does he need to do 4 A'levels? My understanding is that 3 is now standard and even the most competitive unis only ask for 3. Would it help if he could drop one?

Most A level students have around 5 hours of structured lessons per subject each week which gives them plenty of time to fit in 5 hours of studying per subject during their free periods. Perhaps you've misunderstood his form tutor. My DD didn't used to get home from college until 6pm.

5 hours after school does seem like a lot!

Thanks all, I’ve encouraged him to drop 1 and this might happen.

Form tutor said 5 hours after school each day, that top students do this. I think 3 or max 4 but wondered how much other kids are doing in the evenings.

How many hours of lessons does be have in school & what sort of school is it? DD did almost all of her studying in college around her lessons. She usually played tennis in the evenings & had a tennis coaching job on Saturdays. She's at Oxford now & certainly never did 5 hours in the evenings for her A levels.

If they have fallen behind then continuing with 4 A'levels is not wise at all. By dropping one, he will automatically free up lesson slots at school which he can use as study time.
Also my DD who did 3 A'levels never did 5 hrs extra after school. She got 3x A stars and a place at Oxford. She probably averaged about 2-3 hrs after school (solid work not faffing around sort of working) and always used her study/free periods at school for actual work. She also used to give herself a night off now and again. However she was consistently working throughout the 2 years so he might need to up it a little to catch up. Remember also, it's the quality of work he does in that time not quantity of hours. No point spending 5 hrs a night if he spends half that time looking out the window or messaging.

Would treating it like a working day help?

i.e. 9am-5pm, including lessons and breaks.

I don't have DC this age (mine are a lot younger) but I remember a teacher suggesting this when I was doing a levels.