Andrew, in Year 11, has a punctuality problem. Having attended the last five minutes of a lesson being observed by an HM inspector, I asked him why he was so late.
“I slept in.”
“Then why have you come in at 2pm, when school finishes at 3pm?” I asked.
“I couldn’t sleep in any longer.”
MARK COOPER.
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