Below you will find two booklets, one aimed at students and one at parents and carers. These give both theory and practical strategies to help students become better independent learners and give them the tools to shape their own opportunities and futures.

Homework varies vastly from subject-to-subject, as what works for one subject is not necessarily best for another. All faculties and departments have their own policies that comply with Soham Village College’s homework guidance set out below.

1. IMPACT: Homework must be challenging, meaningful and help students make progress through consolidation, deepening understanding or preparing them for work to come.

2. DIFFERENTIATED: Homework must be differentiated and appropriate for the student for whom it is set.

3. REGULAR: Homework must be consistently set by all teachers.

4. TIME TO DO IT: Students must be given sufficient time to complete a task.

5. HOMEWORK SETTING: All homework should be recorded on Go4Schools.

6. RECORDING HOMEWORK: Students will be awarded a +1 for completing homework or a -1 for not completing it.  Additional points may be awarded if necessary.

7. SANCTIONS: Where no reasonable explanation is forthcoming a student will receive a sanction for not completing homework. If there are problems with homework repeatedly not being completed, contact with home will be made and support put in place.

We offer a homework club after-school from Monday to Friday, 3.00-4.00pm in the library as well as homework club at lunchtime in The Hub which is supported by staff members. The library is accessible before school, at break, at lunch and after school and has a suite of computers and a printer that are available for students to use if they require them to help with their homework.