School Term Times Set To Remain The Same

There is set to be no change to when school holidays take place in Leicestershire.

Nearly 12,500 people responded to a consultation, with 69% wanting to keep the current pattern of the ‘July fortnight’, an earlier October half term and longer autumn term.

Leicestershire has the earliest start to the summer holidays in England and the County Council wanted views on changing term times to match elsewhere.

If agreed at a meeting next week, the current pattern will be retained for the next five years.

Councillor Deborah Taylor, county council cabinet member for children and families, said: “Firstly, we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took time to voice their views in our consultation.

“We had nearly 12,500 responses in the county, which reflects the strength of feeling and importance this has to many.

“Every few years we stop and ask people for their views on school term dates rather than just automatically keep setting them.

“We do this to make sure that the dates we have in place are continuing to work in the best way possible for the majority of our young people and their families who live in, work in, or attend school in the local area.”

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