Clarification please - joining the circuit
I hope maybe someone could clarify something for me. I did a check flight at an airfield and, after doing the usual practice EFATO, stall recovery, I was asked to return to the strip to do some circuits. I had taken off and received info concerning QFE, runway in use and that the circuit was left hand. Th runway take off direction was south westerly and I was now north west of the field. To return to the field, my intention was to head south, pass the airfield with it on my left (ie, with seperation from crosswind), then turn north east, report downwind etc and join the circuit.
Perhaps I should add: the plate for the airfield said specifically "parachute jumping possible" - and they were jumping yesterday - hence under no circumstances are overhead / deadside joins allowed, only base / downwind. So far so good.
However the FI checking me out said to me: why so difficult? Just turn SSW and join RIGHT DOWNWIND. I asked the question twice: The airfield information is: circuit is lefthand, parachuting in place, hence no deadside joins. I headed south and went around the circuit - maybe took 4 minutes longer but I felt more at ease doing it that way.
Now to my question: Surely the join I was expected to do was contrary to what was written in the plates? Or can you join a circuit to land on a right downwind, even if deadside joins are forbidden and the circuit is lefthand?