Two-week half-terms in the autumn term are becoming more commonplace in schools around the UK. While for students and teachers, this is welcome respite in the middle of a gruelling, dark and long term, the challenge arises for parents (and many parent-teachers with conflicting school schedules) in organising childcare.
The benefits for wellbeing and workload are clearly reported by those schools that have already adopted this as the norm… but does it create more problems than it solves?
Tonight, the panel will debate the pros and cons of a two-week October half-term. Is it necessary to improve staff and student wellbeing in schools?
Should it be an “all schools or no schools” approach to prevent conflicting schedules and demands within families? Is this the start of a reform of the distribution of school holidays?
Join Maud Waret, Michael Wright, Ollie Bayliss and Liz Webb on tonight’s panel, live at 8 pm, to share your thoughts.
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