Wednesday, 3 July 2013

School holidays: making the break | Editorial

Michael Gove complained that the structure of the school term 'was designed when we had an agricultural economy'. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesThe long – for some parents, agonisingly long – summer school break in England and Wales could be about to end. From September next year, 70% of state primaries and 30% of state secondaries still under local authority control will have the right to set their own terms. Michael Gove says the current six-week summer holiday is a hangover

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