Decision Maker: Corporate Director Children and Young People's Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To approve the school term and holiday dates for community,
voluntary controlled, community special schools and maintained
nursery schools for 2018/19, as set out in the calendar identified
at Appendix 1 to the report.
*PLEASE NOTE This decision was originally published on or near the
date of the decision and so call in no longer applies. It has been
re-published as part of the change in committee management system
that we use.*
School employers are required to set the term dates of their school
year. Employers are: the local authority in community, voluntary
controlled and community special schools and maintained nursery
schools; the governing body in foundation and voluntary aided
schools; the academy trust in academies and Free Schools. The
Education (School Day and School Year) (England) regulations 1991
require all maintained school to educate their pupils for at least
380 sessions (190) days in each school year. These regulations do
not apply to academies and Free Schools; the academy trust is
responsible for deciding the length of the school year but it is
hoped that for consistency across North Yorkshire all schools will
adopt the recommended term dates. In addition to these teaching
days each school has five professional development (PD) days for
teaching staff. As in previous years the Authority has proposed
three of these days. The remaining two days will be identified by
each school from the calendar.
A consultation to determine a school calendar for 2018/19 was
launched on 1 February 2017 and closed on 28 February 2017. All
maintained schools and academies, teachers’ associations,
trade unions and 26 other local authorities across Yorkshire and
the North East were consulted. The proposed calendar is broadly in
line with proposals from our neighbouring LA’s in which the
majority of cross border pupils reside.
Publication date: 17/05/2021
Date of decision: 23/05/2017