Schools Alwal, Hyderabad SR Digi School (Alwal)

When does class 9 really finish at SR Digi School in Alwal, and is there stay-back study?

rose_quilt_962921 May 2026

My younger brother goes into class 9 in June, and the family is weighing a move to SR Digi School in Alwal. It is close to my clinic, and on most days I am the one who collects him, so the practical side falls to me as much as to our parents. The admission desk was helpful but gave the answers every school gives. What I would like to hear from families with a child in the higher classes is the ordinary part: when the day really ends for class 9, whether there are regular stay-back study hours, and how much homework comes home on a normal weekday. He is a reasonably organised boy who plays cricket in the evenings, and we would like to keep that if we can.

5 comments

dusk_diary_685621 May 2026
I have no experience of this school, so this is only about method. I have visited a fair number of schools through curriculum work, and the most reliable picture always came from standing outside at dispersal on an ordinary day and watching which classes left when, and how tired the older children looked. That is not possible in May, of course, but the first week of June would tell you more than any brochure. I would also ask the desk to put you in touch with one current class 9 parent. Some schools will do that if asked directly.
fern_sketch_486421 May 2026
don't know this school. but my son has just finished class 9 and what changed his class 9 wasn't the school day, it was everyone signing up for tuition after it. by october he had about an hour of his own in the evening. if cricket matters to him i'd think about that more than the bell times
- rose_quilt_962921 May 2026
  That is useful, and not something I had thought to ask about. Was the tuition something the school suggested, or did it come from the other parents?
- rose_quilt_962921 May 2026
  Also, did he manage to keep up any sport through it? My brother would give up most things before cricket.
fern_bottle_488421 May 2026
'Ordinary day' will get you ten different answers. Ask the desk three specific things: what time class 9 leaves on a normal Tuesday, whether Saturday is a full day, and how many study hours there are after school. Then ask a parent the same three and compare.
fern_pigeon_341421 May 2026
Is he coming from a CBSE school? If you do go ahead, I'd be interested to hear how that change goes at this stage. We may look at state board schools for our son for class 7, and I have no real idea how big the jump is.
olive_diary_155421 May 2026
Late reply after a long clinic day. One thing that helped when we compared schools for our son: ask to see an actual class 9 timetable, not the brochure version. You can tell a lot from how many periods go to maths and whether games survive in the senior classes.