school holidays to be reduced from 6 to 2 weeks in summer

[Nottelling]

does anyone know more about the school holidays being reduced to 2 weeks during the summer in the UK from 2006

if this is correct that will kill the gite market for those that rely on UK based clients and the ferry companies too.

mike

[Baz]

Mike,

I think you may refering to the proposed alteration of the number terms per year from 3 to 6. Obviously each UK Council sets their own terms but most are very similar. There is no evidence that the Summer holidays will be restricted to two weeks and in fact the summer holiday will remain the same length.

To give you an idea how the the 6 term dates work from September 2005, I have given you the published list for East Sussex as an example:


"Changes to the school year from September 2005
From September 2005, East Sussex moves to a standard school year with terms of more equal length than before. There will be a fixed spring break rather than allowing Easter to determine the date of the holiday. Good Friday and Easter Monday will remain school closure days as at present. As before there will be a one week holiday in autumn, February and early summer. The summer holiday will remain the same length.

September 2005 to August 2006
Term 1
Monday 5th September to Friday 21st October
Autumn Holiday Monday 24th October to Friday 28th October
Term 2
Monday 31st October to Friday 16th December
Christmas Holiday Monday 19th December to Monday 2nd January
Term 3
Tuesday 3rd January to Friday 10th February
February Holiday Monday 13th February to Friday 17th February
Term 4
Monday 20th February to Friday 31st March
Spring Holiday Monday 3rd April to Tuesday 18th April
Term 5
Wednesday 19th April to Friday 26th May (Monday 1st May, Bank Holiday)
May Holiday Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June
Term 6
Monday 5th June to Wednesday 26th July


September 2006 to August 2007
Term 1
Tuesday 5th September to Friday 20th October
Autumn Holiday Monday 23rd October to Friday 27th October"

So I think both Gite owners and Ferry companies have nothing to fear.

Baz

[Tasha]

Hi

We are in area covered by Gloucestershire LEA and are just starting the 6 term year from September. This year the summer holidays are 5 1/2 weeks. Hope this helps.