According to The Education Endowment Foundation, evidence shows that the impact of homework, on average, is five months’ additional progress, therefore; it is the Academy’s aim to provide effective homework and to develop the habit of regular completion of homework in our students.
Students will receive praise and rewards for completing homework in the form of habit points. If homework is not completed students will receive a sanction that is set by their teacher.
Homework for each year group is set via Class Charts or as a task on Microsoft Teams. KS3 students are expected to complete homework for all three core subjects weekly on Sparx Maths, Sparx Reader and Sparx Science. Alongside this KS4 students will also be set weekly assignments on Sparx Maths or Dr Frost, Sparx Reader and Sparx Science. All year groups will also be set tasks in non-core subjects based upon their own curriculum timetable and/or options choices.
We run a Homework Club in the school library Monday-Thursday at 1500-1600pm if students require homework support or IT access. This club is staffed daily in order to provide additional support to any students that may be struggling with the content or accessibility of homework provided.
