GCSE parents?

[Leanne1977]

Originally Posted by 400ixl

If they haven't completed all of their course work to support the exams they they won't get signed off at my DD school and will be kept until they do or term ends.

The last Friday in June is the official school leaving date. This means the school has the DISCRETION to mark students as authorised absent from this date, it is not a date at which they must release students.

They can of course decide they are not releasing them and continue as normal as the school roll does not end until the normal term end. If parents decide not to send them against the schools wishes I can only assume they mark it as unapproved absence.

Does seem a bit harsh for a high school. Some private schools do keep students until the end of their term (which is often before public schools break anyway).

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Then surely they should only keep the students who still have coursework to complete? My sons school have strict deadlines for coursework and they were weeks ago.
Sounds totally ridiculous to keep them for the sake of it. I’ve never heard that before.
Thankfully my sons school have common sense and will be releasing them into the wild after exams finish 🤣🤣

[400ixl]

Don't disagree at all. Just posting what the schools can and can't do based on the last Friday in June date.

Can see no point in keeping them longer unless they have work to complete, but can if they want.

Don't know of any non private school that does keep all students beyond that date.

[kathrynmc]

My daughter has 3 left this week, Maths, Chemistry and Physics.

They have leavers assembly/afternoon on Tuesday 18th June

[JediMuM]

On a side note my sons headmaster was in the news the other week for sending letters out telling the kids that if they want nice cars and holidays etc they need to work hard to do well in their exams.
I feel a bit sorry for him as he's been hauled over the coals but it's the same thing I've been telling the boys from then being yay high.
I always said our nice holidays to Orlando etc are because I've worked hard so if they want to go when they are older they will need to as well .. what do you guys think ?

[hilz22]

Originally Posted by JediMuM

On a side note my sons headmaster was in the news the other week for sending letters out telling the kids that if they want nice cars and holidays etc they need to work hard to do well in their exams.
I feel a bit sorry for him as he's been hauled over the coals but it's the same thing I've been telling the boys from then being yay high.
I always said our nice holidays to Orlando etc are because I've worked hard so if they want to go when they are older they will need to as well .. what do you guys think ?

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I have always told my boys this. They have nice things because mum and dad work hard. If they want nice things they have to too. Some people will take offence though.

[Michyloulou]

Originally Posted by JediMuM

On a side note my sons headmaster was in the news the other week for sending letters out telling the kids that if they want nice cars and holidays etc they need to work hard to do well in their exams.
I feel a bit sorry for him as he's been hauled over the coals but it's the same thing I've been telling the boys from then being yay high.
I always said our nice holidays to Orlando etc are because I've worked hard so if they want to go when they are older they will need to as well .. what do you guys think ?

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I tell my kids exactly the same!

[DiszeeBelle]

Originally Posted by americangal

What about those kids that are doing NCS? That programme starts 24 June as most kids would have finished by then. I have no idea how they would keep their attention and let’s face it what are they going to teach them!

The kids have had enough and ready to leave.

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My daughter is actually attending her new sixth form on the 21st June so if they haven't released her then she won't be going into school but to college instead.

I'm hoping they are just winding them up but they've not released the leavers hoodies, constantly 'blackmailing' in my opinion that if they don't do this or attend that they can't go to prom. My daughter said all they seem to be going on about is if they keep them in school then they won't go out drinking, in leavers hoodies ? , to celebrate leaving, errr yeah they will, on Friday night, when exams are finished. Glad my daughter won't. Originally they were leaving Friday lunchtime but no-one knows what is happening now. I'll just be glad when her exams are over and she can relax.

[Hopefulholiday]

Dd can leave after her last exam (Friday) but won’t get her prom ticket until she has her form signed to say she has handed in her books, I think that is fair as lost books must cost the school money that they really haven’t got to lose. I can’t believe the teachers would want the yr 11s in the school after the exams as they will just be a distraction.

With regards the Headmaster’s letter I’m not sure that is the message I would want sent out to everyone. There are many people who work and have worked extremely hard but can’t afford nice things, those families won’t feel great getting a letter like that and it’s also materialistic...although when I’ve been nagging the kids I’ve said similar it’s really hard trying to find something to motivate them

[Leanne1977]

Good luck to everyone today! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

[Edie ray]

Aaaagh!

Well my daughter just text and said literallly nothing came up on the maths paper that she had revised (as in the topics that were not on paper 1 and 2)

She was predicated 5/6 and she feels that she has now not passed

If she hasn’t then they will not let her into sixth form so not quite sure what she will be doing in September

She tries so hard as well, I could cry

Edie