Caroline Stagg, governing chair of the curriculum at Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form, explains how her team works with their school governors to improve all aspects of their school curriculum

Evidence on the benefits of homework might best be described as inconsistent. If we just measure time reported to be spent on homework it tends to link to higher achievement, but largely ignores other factors that might be more influential. Some argue that homework is incompatible with modern family lives, while others that it forms an important link the home-school relationship. We asked our discussion panel what they think…