Homework at Murray Park

As a school we will:

  • Guarantee equal opportunities for all students to access and complete all homework set, by ensuring resources are available, including access to IT equipment in non-lesson time during every school day.
  • Heads of Departments will help ensure subject work demands are carefully monitored to ensure that student workloads are manageable and subject conflicts are minimised.
  • Curricular and Pastoral Leaders will ensure that any parental concerns regarding homework are dealt with promptly and appropriately.

Teaching Staff will:

  • Set appropriate homework tasks in line with the guidelines for the relevant year group and subject (see Core 4 information at the end).
  • Ensure that sufficient time is provided for the completion of the task e.g do not set homework deadlines for the next day.
  • Ensure students record details in their planner and/or enter details onto homework section of Go4Schools for student and parent access.
  • Paper based homework tasks should be printed on yellow paper; however, other forms of setting and completing homework is the standard e.g Sparx Maths, Sparx Reader, Sparx Science, Seneca, LanguageNut, MS Forms, revision workbooks etc.
  • Check completion and standard of homework tasks, assess and provide feedback, using school rewards system if appropriate.
  • Return assessed homework to students within a fortnight (Week A/Week B).
  • Ensure that the non-completion of homework model is used if students miss deadlines.

Students will:

  • Record homework tasks in planner and access the homework section of Go4Schools for details of set tasks. Ensure that the length of time to be spent on the task is indicated and the deadline for handing in complete.
  • If you are having difficulty accessing the homework online, please let your teacher know in advance of the deadline.
  • Complete and hand in all homework on time.
  • Attend Sparx catch-up sessions, homework club or detention as instructed by teaching staff and RALs.

Parents will:

  • Check student’s planner or homework section of Go4Schools for details of set tasks.
  • Support students in meeting deadlines with well-presented and detailed work.
  • Support the school staff in ensuring that detentions or opportunities to do high quality homework in Homework Club are undertaken.

Homework Club

The school will provide a resourced and staffed study area for all students to access the facilities before school, during the lunch hour and after school. Staff supporting students will encourage them to work independently but will offer guidance as to where to find information or how to apply it. Staff will be supportive and motivating to develop aspirational and greater independent learning skills.

Homework timetable

Core subjects will set homework weekly for KS3 students – further details are below. KS4 homework will be set regularly.