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INTRODUCTION
Coventry Local Authority is now seeking your views
on school terms and holidays options for the 2017/2018 academic
year.
The Governing Bodies of academies, free schools, foundation/trust
and voluntary aided schools currently have the power to set the
term and holiday dates for their own schools. The Local Authority
is responsible for setting the school term and holiday dates for
community, voluntary controlled, community special and maintained
nursery schools.
The Local Authority believes that a standard set of holiday dates
adopted by all Coventry schools will be better for school
attendance, the organisation of admissions to Year R/Year 7 and for
parents and carers arranging childcare and transport. The term and
holiday setting procedure will continue for 2017/18 as in previous
years and Coventry schools will be requested to adopt the outcome
of this consultation.
BACKGROUND
Coventry takes into account the
following principles in setting calendars for school terms and
holidays:
v a school year is 195 days, with 190 pupil days and five teacher days;
v one teacher day is determined by the Local Authority and four days by individual schools;
v statutory holidays are observed;
v schools prefer full weeks of teaching wherever possible;
v schools prefer a full week break at half term and two full weeks at Easter and Christmas;
v half term holidays are set at the same time as those of neighbouring authorities if possible.
The comments from consultations of previous years are also taken into account.
TEACHER DAYS
A teacher day (INSET day) is a work
day for teachers, but not a pupil teaching day
If a community or voluntary
controlled school decides to close to pupils on an election day
then one of the remaining four teacher days must be used for this
purpose. This is also recommended for foundation/trust and
voluntary aided schools and for academies.
There are Local Elections currently
set for 3 May 2018
Options for the 2017/2018 Academic
Year
The Academic year starts on the same
date in each option, Tuesday 5 September 2017 for pupils and Monday 4
September 2017 for
teachers.
The half term holiday dates are the
same in all three options as these are the dates agreed with other
West Midlands Authorities and Warwickshire.
The Christmas holiday dates are
different in each option.
Easter Sunday is at the start of the
school Easter holiday in each option.
The Academic year end date depends
on the Christmas holiday dates.
Until other West Midlands and
Warwickshire Local Authorities have finished their own
consultations their final term and holiday dates are unknown.
Coventry City Council is asking for
your preference from the three options below. Holiday dates are
inclusive.
Option 1
Autumn Term 2017
· Term Starts Tuesday 5 September 2017 for pupils (Monday 4 September 2017 for teachers)
· Half Term Monday 23 October 2017 to Friday 27 October 2017
· Term Ends Thursday 21 December 2017
Spring Term 2018
· Term Starts Monday 8 January 2018
· Half Term Monday 19 February 2018 to Friday 23 February 2018
· Term Ends Thursday 29 March 2018
Summer Term 2018
· Term Starts Monday 16 April 2018
· Half Term Monday 28 May 2018 to Friday 1 June 2018
· Term Ends Wednesday 25 July 2018
Option 2
As Option 1 with the
following changes:
Autumn Term 2017
· Term Ends Friday 15 December 2017
Spring Term 2018
· Term Starts Tuesday 2 January 2018
Summer Term 2018
· Term Ends Wednesday 25 July 2018
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Option 3
As Option 1 with the
following changes:
Autumn Term 2017
· Term Ends Wednesday 20 December 2017
Spring Term 2018
· Term Starts Thursday 4 January 2018
Summer Term 2018
· Term Ends Tuesday 24 July 2018
These options are shown in calendar format in the supporting document attached.
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Margaret Halpin
Email: Margaret.halpin@coventry.gov.uk or Datateam.PD@coventry.gov.uk
Tel: 02476831581
Supporting documents