When do Year 11s finish school?

[amy56]

Hiya,

I’m looking to book a trip for my son and his mates when they finish their GCSEs next summer, and I’m trying to work out when they totally finish school.

I realise that all schools will vary slightly with proms etc, but in your experience will things be done by the end of this week?

We are looking at booking to go away on Monday 10th July (we are looking at that week as it’s cheaper due to the majority of the school children still being at school) 👍

Many thanks for any info! 👍

[JessBlu]

Yes they will be finished by then.

[novocastrian]

def be finished GCSE by then but prom date needs to be taken into consideration as you say

assuming your son & his mates are bothered ?

fwiw where are they going ? I went to Blackpool for a week with 5 mates after O levels ... one of whom was still 15 ... not sure what our parents were thinking

[shack69]

Generally all exams are done by around the 25th June. The full schedules are generally published around October.

[youre-nicked]

Mine finished on the 28th June but went in on the 1st July for a leavers assembly once that was done I got an e mail saying that she had officially finished school. Her prom is tonight.

[JoJo88]

Mine had their last exam on the 23rd June. Prom was the 30th. But there's another local school who don't have their prom until 15th July!

[amy56]

Originally Posted by novocastrian

def be finished GCSE by then but prom date needs to be taken into consideration as you say

assuming your son & his mates are bothered ?

fwiw where are they going ? I went to Blackpool for a week with 5 mates after O levels ... one of whom was still 15 ... not sure what our parents were thinking

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They were looking at Cornwall or Spain! But my son will still be 15, so I wasn’t convinced he’d be able to go abroad on his own, and a lot of his friends are avid cyclists and he isn’t, so don’t think he’d of enjoyed Cornwall as they would of had to get around on bikes I expect.

So we’ve offered to take them to centre parcs - we will have to stay in the lodge with them, but DH & I will go off to the spa whilst they go off zip lining and swimming etc. Seems like they are all keen on that plan so we will just see what their parents all say now!

[mason1]

Technically the last date in school is the last Friday in June. However, as has been said before, there are other considerations: prom, leavers assembly, 6 form/college induction etc. Next year, hopefully exams may not go on as long, they normally finish by mid June, but this year has been more spaced out to allow for additional teaching due to all the disruption.

[munmun]

Originally Posted by amy56

They were looking at Cornwall or Spain! But my son will still be 15, so I wasn’t convinced he’d be able to go abroad on his own, and a lot of his friends are avid cyclists and he isn’t, so don’t think he’d of enjoyed Cornwall as they would of had to get around on bikes I expect.

So we’ve offered to take them to centre parcs - we will have to stay in the lodge with them, but DH & I will go off to the spa whilst they go off zip lining and swimming etc. Seems like they are all keen on that plan so we will just see what their parents all say now!

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My daughter and friends went to CP after GCSEs, this was 25 years ago, I booked it dropped then off and left, went back to collect them a few days later!

[novocastrian]

Originally Posted by amy56

They were looking at Cornwall or Spain! But my son will still be 15, so I wasn’t convinced he’d be able to go abroad on his own, and a lot of his friends are avid cyclists and he isn’t, so don’t think he’d of enjoyed Cornwall as they would of had to get around on bikes I expect.

So we’ve offered to take them to centre parcs - we will have to stay in the lodge with them, but DH & I will go off to the spa whilst they go off zip lining and swimming etc. Seems like they are all keen on that plan so we will just see what their parents all say now!

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no point in aiming low... are they all paying themselves then...

again fwiw i went to magaluf aged 17 with the same mates one of whom was only 16 at the time

£174 two weeks B&B incl flights

happy days