Bryan Slater

Director of Education

Distribution

Headteachers of LEA Schools

All other LEA establishments.

The attached document requires your action as detailed below:

ACTION

Title

School Term/Holiday Dates and Staff Training Days

Summary of contents

The attached letter informs schools:

  • about a change to the 2001/02 published holiday dates that will reduce the school year by one day;
  • of the term dates for school year 2002/03 as agreed with the JCC Teachers’ Panel;
  • of a national consultation exercise by the Local Government Association (LGA) to obtain the views of a wide cross-section of teaching and support staff on the findings of the independent commission on the organisation of the school year;
  • that the LEA wishes to encourage schools to schedule staff training days to coincide with the Royal Norfolk Show and Election days, where relevant.

Associated documents

MI 91/99: School Term Dates 2000/01 and 2001/02

Date

February 2001

Summary of action required

Headteachers are requested to:

  • inform staff and parents of the change to the published summer half-term holiday dates in 2002 and to note that the 2001/02 school year will be reduced by one day – date to be determined shortly;
  • inform staff and parents of the agreed dates for 2002/03;
  • take into account the impact on pupil attendance during the Royal Norfolk Show and Election Days when setting dates for future staff training days.

To be completed by

 

LEA Contact

Malcolm Reeve

Tel:

01603 222228

Document reference

MI 31/01