Nursery World - Teachers reject six-term year plan

Members of the second-largest teaching union have reaffirmed their opposition to the introduction of a six-term school year in England. At the NASUWT's annual conference in Llandudno, north Wales, last week, deputy general secretary Chris Keates said the union's membership was 'steadfastly opposed' to the plan and would 'continue to resist piecemeal approaches by individual local authorities to change the pattern of terms'.

At the NASUWT's annual conference in Llandudno, north Wales, last week, deputy general secretary Chris Keates said the union's membership was 'steadfastly opposed' to the plan and would 'continue to resist piecemeal approaches by individual local authorities to change the pattern of terms'.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has recommended a standard school-year framework to all local education authorities. It said the terms of roughly equal length, with a fixed break at Easter, regardless of when the religious occasion occurs, would 'prevent excessively long Christmas or summer terms which can lead to higher levels of stress and absences among teachers and pupils'.

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