1.Homework is a valuable learning opportunity particularly in the opportunities it presents for independent learning, extension and for teachers to monitor boys’ progress and learning.

2. Homework set should be meaningful and challenging for all boys. To this end, it may be necessary to be differentiated by task, i.e., not all boys in a teaching group are set exactly the same task. It is also good practice to set extension activities periodically to ensure that there is opportunity for all boys to be challenged regularly.

3.Homework instructions and purpose should be clear. Teachers should avoid setting homework in a rush as the end-of-lesson bell goes. It is good practice, where possible, to set homework at the beginning, or, during the course of a lesson, and to allow time to confirm instructions with boys.

4.Homework should be marked and returned promptly to boys, ideally at the next available classroom opportunity.

5. Feedback, usually in the form of written comments, should identify strengths of the work produced as well as giving clear guidance as to how it could be improved or developed and may include the setting of targets for future work. Written, or detailed verbal feedback, is richer than just a mark or grade.

6. Where homework is not produced, this should be followed up immediately, in the first instance, by the teacher who has set the work. Boys who have not produced homework without good reason may be detained either at lunch time or after school when they will be required to catch up the work that has not been produced.

7. Boys should record homework carefully and in detail in their issued planners at the time at which it is set. Replacement planners may be purchased from the School Office.

8. Parents should review their son’s planner at least weekly and initial it to show that they have done so. Form tutors will also review boys’ planners at least weekly.

9. Homework should be completed to the best of a boy’s ability and handed in on time. The extent to which this is successfully achieved will be reflected in the regular grades sent home to parents.

10. As the boys grow older and undertake more extended project work such as GCSE coursework, particular tasks may run over a number of homeworks.

11. As a guide, boys should expect the following amounts of homework:

In Year 11, 3 subjects x 40 minutes each

In Year 10, 3 subjects x 40 minutes each

In Year 9, 3 subjects x 30 minutes each

In Year 8, 3 subjects x 30 minutes each

In Year 7, 3 subjects x 30 minutes each

In Year 6, 3 subjects x 20 minutes each