The Jane Austen Academy in Norwich, when it opens in September next year, will encourage students to study during the school day.
“Rather than setting homework that students could go home and struggle with, and where there may be limited access to computers, they will do that in the school day,” prospective principal Claire Heald explained in an interview with a national newspaper.
“We are saying that when they go home they should enjoy quality family time. There will not be any traditional homework and that has been really well received by parents who respect the fact that family time will be family time.”
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