The initiative has been proposed as part of the government’s education catch-up plan but 55 per cent of head teachers have no plans to run summer holiday catch-up programmes, research by education policy provider The Key shows.
A further 23 per cent of respondents were undecided about whether or not to run summer schools while just five per cent of school leaders reported they will be asking pupils to complete additional work at home over the summer.
When asked to choose their three main reasons for not running summer provision, 88 per cent of leaders said that their staff needed a proper break over the summer, and 70 per cent said their pupils needed a proper break.
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