Quote by kentswingers777
Mrs777's Daughter is actually off for seven weeks minus one day. There is a bakers day thrown in and also as she will be in her final year there, they are the last ones to go back. The first years go back one day then the second and third years, and finally year 11 students. Does that answer your question Northwest??
Nothing wrong with my facts in this instance!
So it's one year group that has 4 days over 6 weeks, not the school. Thank you for explaining that.
You got a touch of heatstroke?

Did I mention schools? I was talking about the ammount of time the kids have off, on top of the time those that opt out of work experience get.
One year group ( which in case you had not noticed )was the only year group I thought we was talking about will have 6 weeks and four days off plus......wait for it.....in some cases a further 2 weeks if they opt out. That is 8 weeks and four days off.
I thought I already said this.

Yes, you mentioned schools:
Quote by kentswingers777
Sounds like he has a fantastic time Varca. There are obviously some great placements out there.
I could not believe though that schools do not provide any alternative for those that do not go, or the ones that drop out.
This right on top of what is it...seven weeks summer holiday? So some kids are allowed to doss for two weeks, then go back for a week or two, and then have seven weeks off. Which means that in a space of 11 weeks some kids are allowed 9 weeks off. That is over two months at an important time in their lives of working towards GCSE grades.
What a lot of time to simply doss wonder so many leave school with very little. That is an obscene ammount of time to not be at school.
A kid should be MADE to do work experience and if they do not want to do it, or drop out then they should be forced to attend school.
What I would like to know is in those two weeks of work experience what are those teachers doing? They have no year 10 lessons to do and then they also go back for two weeks and then off for a further seven.
I bloody wish my business could operate like that, I could spend me days walking the golf course, or blasting on me bike.
Sounds as if Mrs. K's daughter is at a poorly organised school to me. The work experience programme run by my kid's school was very well organised - there was no option to drop out.
Oh, and the teachers of Year 10 children will teach other year groups as well as the other work they have to do.