Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

to agree that the existing holiday pattern continues for the session 2020/2021 and a further consultation exercise be undertaken to determine if the summer holiday should be brought forward by a week, reporting to Committee in November 2019.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which provided feedback from the recent consultation in respect of possible changes to the school holiday pattern and sought a decision on the preferred option for school sessions 2020/2021 to 2024/2025.

The report proposed that Option 4 in Appendix A to the report be approved, namely the retention of the general pattern of holidays of previous years with the exception of bringing the summer holidays forward by one week.

The report recommended:-

that Committee note and consider the summary of feedback on the consultation on the school holiday pattern and approve the preferred option (Option 4 in Appendix A) for school sessions 2020/2021 to 2024/2025.

The Committee resolved:-

to agree that the existing holiday pattern continue for the session 2020/2021 and that a further consultation exercise be undertaken to determine if the summer holiday should be brought forward by a week, reporting back to the Education Operational Delivery Committee in November 2019.