Changing the school year has been mooted for years - is it actually going to happen? It looks likely that a new standard school term will be widely introduced in 2005. It is a decision for individual local education authorities but what has changed is that a clear proposal now lies on the table following the work of a commission established by the Local Government Association (LGA).
Why is change needed? The three-term system can create long autumn terms and short terms in spring and early summer. This makes it very difficult to plan and deliver a whole syllabus curriculum in a sensible way. But with so many pupils and teachers crossing LEA boundaries to go to schools, it is important that change happens nationally.
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