Students receive some Home Learning for the majority of their subjects each week.  We have found that students benefit from home learning as this gives them the opportunity to consolidate their learning in school, practise questions, revise and prepare for the next lessons, assignments or assessments.  Home Learning also builds the very important skill of independence and helps students improve their resilience. When completed well, Home Learning can progress a child’s learning by up to five months (evidence from Education Endowment Foundation).   

 All Home Learning tasks should be recorded by the students in their planner. Teachers then set them Home Learning tasks on TEAMS, so they can add links and resources. Parents receive a weekly update email which lists the Home Learning set for their child that week. Students receive a house point for successful completion of Home Learning and after a first warning warning, are deducted a house point for failure to hand in consecutive pieces (two or more) and a 30 minute after school detention.

Tasks fit into one of the three  themes  below and are linked to what students are learning in lessons:  

•  Flipped learning – learning key facts before the lesson, so that the learning can progress at a faster rate. 
•  Retrieval quizzing – practising and recalling information that has been previously learnt.
•  Revision – use of effective revision techniques to recall and consolidate learning

As a guide, your child should receive homework in line with the table below on a weekly basis.  We encourage parents to talk to their child regularly about home learning, and review their Planner with them to ensure they are using it accurately.  We suggest students record in their planners the date each homework is due to be completed and handed into their teacher, to help them organise their time most effectively. 

Your support is invaluable. You can help support your child effectively in the following ways: 

 Create a quiet and comfortable place to study. 

• Find a routine for when to do Home Learning (not last minute).
• Make it positive! Ask them about how they are doing. Praising the effort and process, as well as the successful completion of Home Learning, is crucial to support long-term motivation.
• Let them make mistakes. Forgetting and struggling is an important part of embedding learning into long-term memory, therefore please do not do their Home Learning for them and do not let them get distressed about Home Learning activities.  If you have any concerns about your child’s Home Learning, please contact their tutor. 

Missing homework should never become a regular event. Please be aware that children can be very good at finding excuses that may well be true true, yet if you hear the same excuse regularly you may wish to question them!

Feedback and Marking expectations 

Marking and Feedback

Our feedback approach is tailored to the curriculum needs of each faculty. This is so that each faculty can provide appropriate feedback to enable our students to make progress.

All teachers give regular feedback, either written or verbal, in every lesson, as well as facilitating regular peer- and self- assessment.

In addition to this, the faculty approaches are as follows:

Homework Club

Homework club is available every day after school.  It takes place in the school library, 2.50 - 3.55pm.  It is open to all year groups and there is access to laptops.  There are also members of staff on duty to support students as required. 

Students are also able to use the library during break times and lunchtimes wherever possible.

Digital Learning

Homework Quizzing