Cutting Summer holidays in Wales?

The BBC News article (1/7/2022) headlines that Welsh schools could have their summer holiday cut by four weeks. A market research company's report, commissioned by the Welsh government, made three suggestions:

A five-week summer break with three school terms of about 13 weeks, with a one-week break halfway and three weeks at Christmas
A four-week summer break with five school terms of about seven or eight weeks. Three weeks holiday at Christmas and two weeks between the other terms
A three-week summer break with terms lasting about six or seven weeks with fortnightly breaks in between

There has been concern that disadvantaged pupils in particular lose progress over the long summer break.

By: Mike Aylen
On:02-07-2022

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