Sunday, 7 July 2013

Should schools set their own term dates?

Most schools in the country still have a long, six-week summer holiday. But that might all be about to change. Photograph: Rex Features

The government announced plans last week to allow schools to set their own term lengths – potentially ending long summer holidays, and risking a free-for -all according to critics.

One of the biggest challenges we face in our school system is how to narrow the gap between disadvantaged children and other pupils. Research from the Sutton Trust has shown

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