Y11 2025-26 Exams have started - chat, support & drink of choice if needed here.

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New thread for all of us with lovely Y11s to support them and us through the coming weeks.

@whereonthestair that's nonsensical. I could understand if he was messing around and disturbed other students sitting their exam, but just not finishing a paper? Surely that's a common occurrence and hardly a behaviour issue.

the issue on the exam is that DS has 50% extra time and rest breaks due to a disability. So he was still legitimately doing his exam when they did the assembly. He keeps up in lessons, is very very well behaved but if none of your muscles work funnily enough even typing takes longer, and his brain needs rest to manage

Lucky you! You’ve got an adequate school management team. Our south London state school got a toxic management, they are self righteous, obsessed with control and frequently bully parents. We receive passive aggressive threatening emails on a regular basis. All pupils have to be in school - no study leaves! Can’t wait for my child to finish his GCSEs and leave this environment.

Any news from AQA PE children? Son having final assembly and then all year 11s must be off site at 12pm - no shirt signing on site allowed!!!

Hope everyone with exams has a good day. Think DD will largely have the weekend off, we're going to the theatre this afternoon, she has the usual Saturday activities and got a little treat event for Sunday morning too. Not back to exams until the 2nd so still lots of time to revise.

I’m so relieved, DD just called to say economics was a beautiful paper and everything she wanted came up and everything she was dreading didn’t! Phew!!

Hope all your kids with PE have had a good paper too x

English Language went well yesterday so we're heading into half term in a good frame of mind, though she has 4 tutoring sessions next week at home.

Got a message from school yesterday saying that they were aware of a rumour that Yr 11's were all just off to the beach today (we're in Cornwall) and that it would be classed as unauthorised absence if they did. ⛱️ 🏄‍♀️

What fun sponges!!

My DD has been on study leave since start of May but tbh, if she wasn’t I think I’d take the fine to let her have some R&R!