Homework

Homework is an important part of your child’s experience at Merchants’ Academy and as such it will be set for students of all ages. Homework is a significant part of education because it promotes self- discipline and responsibility, skills that will support students to succeed throughout their lives. In addition, it reinforces work started in lessons, extends knowledge and understanding, gives opportunities to practice and develop skills and allows you, as parents and carers, to become more involved in your child´s learning. Finally, homework is extremely valuable in ensuring students´ progress and in raising achievement.  

Homework will be set via a timetable and will be checked on the due date by classroom teachers. Students are expected to complete homework by the deadlines set by their teachers and detentions will be given for failure to do so; all detentions will take place the day after the missed homework deadline.  

If your child is absent from school for an extended period of time, due to illness, please ask them to speak to their tutor (on their return to school) who will discuss ways of supporting them. Absence for an appointment or short-term sickness will still require homework completion.

From Monday 15 January 2024, homework is set and managed through Class Charts. 

2023/24 Academic Year Timetable

Art and Geography run termly homework projects aimed at reinforcing learning. Topics will be shared by their subject teacher at the start of each half-term.

	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10	Year 11	Post 16
Monday	7V IT 7M3 Tech 7M Science 7M English 7V English	8M1 Tech 8V Spanish	9V Spanish 9V IT	10ABUS 10A Con 10A Art 10M and V Science, Chemistry,	10A H&S 10A H&B 11A BUS 11A BTEC SPORT 11A Art 11M and V Science and Chemistry	CP Business H&S Construction C6D/Ma Physics History
Tuesday	7V Spanish 7V Maths 7V Science	8M Maths 8V Maths 8M and V Science	9M Geography 9V Geography 9M History 9V History 9V Maths	10BBUS 10B Con 10C Con Spanish 10C Art 10 Biology	11BH&S 11 Biology 11 Physics 11M English 11V English	Chemistry Biology Applied Science
Wednesday	7V3 TECH 7V Geography 7M Geography	8M Spanish 8M IT 8VIT 8M English 8V English	9M Maths	10M English 10V English	11M Maths 11B H&B 11D IT 11C BUS 11B BUS 11C Con 11B Con 11B BTEC SPORT 11C Art
Thursday	7M IT 7V1 TECH 7M Spanish 7M Maths	8V Geography 8M Geography 8V History 8M History	9M Spanish 9M and V Science 9M English 9V English	10B H&S 10B H&B 10M Maths 10V Maths 10M/V History 10M/V Geography 10 Physics	11V Maths Spanish 11A H&S 11C H&B 11 CS 10B BTEC SPORT 11M/V History 11M/V Geography
Friday	7M History 7V History		9M IT	10C BUS 10A BTEC SPORT		H&B CS Psychology Physics