The latest confirmed development in ward school slates is that a field check has compared the written rule with the place where it is used. The update comes from the slate room at North Rise school; officials have not announced a permanent change to the rule.

Ari Deth, teacher responsible for the evening slate room, confirmed 10 evening lessons held with a full teaching pair in the latest file. The previous count was 13. The figures do not yet resolve whether the school can add language lessons without taking the only writing hour from apprentices.

The unresolved point is specific: Families ask for more lessons after the work bell; teachers say the same hour is already promised to trade apprentices. No finding has established that either account is final.

The current arrangement remains in place. The office has not said whether it will change before the next review.

NEXT UPDATE: The school table will test a split session and record who can attend each half. The file will be updated when the second check is complete; until then, the confirmed record is narrower than the claims around it.