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Quote: Originally posted by ldpdmp on 18/1/2013

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Seems odd to me -  but I was only an oldfashioned Head.  The 'free' time is study time - we had it when I 'were a lad'.  At this age the majority of students can cope with some study time during a day, but not a full day.  Looks like sloppy timetabling.

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Sloppy timetabling is very apt.

His twin brother's Monday is almost as bad, scheduled for first period 8.45 - 9.45 then nothing till twilight lesson ( after school)

So rather than fitting the lesson in somewhere else in the week he has to sit around all day.

Oh and the head of sixth form and I almost came to blows when twin 1 couldn't attend  6th form open evening, as he was working. She told him his full time job should come first always.

I could fill a book with my rants about this school, however the boys enjoy it there on the whole, which always helps. And they are achieving so cant really grumble.

But boy do they go round things in a stupid way, all so the books balance :(

Quote: Originally posted by ldpdmp on 19/1/2013

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Probably employ a lot of part time staff so they do not have any real flexibility in timetabling.  But parents never look at that when choosing the school/college.  They tend to look at exam results and little else -unless they take into account of where the child's friends are going.  It is a real shame for the youngsters concerned because post y11 is such an important time in a child's career 

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Nope not many pt to my knowledge. It's just a combination of the subjects he's choosen, plus the fact the teachers also have to teach yrs 7 -11 as well.

The boys chose to go to the 6th form attached to their school, both did look at other but wanted this choice. One twin did apply and get offer two other places but prefered this one