Homework

Homework is an important and integral part of the learning process. We place strong emphasis on homework and the contribution it makes to successful achievement.

Homework

Homework is an important and integral part of the learning process. We place strong emphasis on homework and the contribution it makes to successful achievement.

Why do we do homework?

Homework:

enables students to consolidate skills they have learned in their lessons at school
enables students to memorise facts, vocabulary, and spellings
enables students to engage in individual problem-solving at their own pace
encourages reading for itself and reading around subjects
encourages students to find information from a variety of sources, for example in libraries, in newspapers, from other people, from television, and from safe use of the internet
enables students to understand the need for work outside the school day so that they can cope more easily with the demands of coursework in Years 10 & 11

Frequently Asked Questions

When is homework set?

homework is set every day throughout the school

How much homework is set?

Homework is set weekly for Maths, English, Science for KS3

KS3 – set homework every two weeks for Art and Technology subjects, History, Geography, RE, Languages, Computing, Drama and Music.

KS4 – set homework for all examined subjects weekly.

The amount of homework per evening increases with each year.

December 2024 – March 2025

Year	Homework time per night
7	1 hour 30 minutes
8	1 hour 30 minutes – 2 hours
9	2 hours – 2 hours 30 minutes
10	2 hours 30 minutes – 3 hours
11	At least 3 hours

In addition to this set homework, every student must do at least 30 minutes of reading every night.

Where can homework be completed?

Homework is meant to be done at home although at some stages students may attend homework ‘clubs’ held during lunchtime at school. Research tasks may require homework to be done in the learning resource centre or in libraries. The learning resource centre is open from 8am, at lunchtime and after school until 4.30 p.m to allow students to come early and/or stay late. It is supervised at these times.

When and where should homework be handed in?

This varies according to subjects and the type of homework tasks. In subjects such as Mathematics and French, homework will be set twice a week and will mostly need to be handed in the next day. In subjects such as History and Geography, students will mostly have a few days to complete one larger piece of homework set each week.

In all subjects, especially in higher years, students will occasionally be set larger homework projects which are to be completed over a longer period. Students will be given guidance to pace themselves and their progress will be monitored.

Students will be told by their teacher where to hand in their homework.

Written work may be placed in the teacher’s locker or taken to his or her classroom, or brought to the appropriate lesson. Oral work or work to be learned will be presented or tested in the appropriate lesson.

Problems?

Students are advised to begin long-term tasks, including coursework, early so that they can seek help should they find difficulties with the work. Where students meet problems with homework that has to be completed by the next day, they should do as much of the work as they can. They should ask their parents/carers to confirm in their diary that they have made a genuine attempt to complete the homework. (Parents/Carers agree to do this in the Home-School Agreement).

Homework Diary

Students note in their diary the tasks to be done for each subject’s homework. Some homework is also recorded in the student’s class book. This record, with the homework timetable, where appropriate, enables parents/carers to check homework.