ThinkStockStarting school an hour later could help teenagers get better results, as well as improving their health, a sleep scientist has claimed ahead of a major trial in British schools. Dr Paul Kelley, a neuroscientist, argued at the British Science Festival in Bradford that teenagers have different circadian rhythms, or body clocks, to adults, meaning that they are more suited to later starts. Starting the school day at 10am instead of 9am could improve exam results by as much as 10%, he said.
A major trial is to begin in Oxford next year.
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