Decision details

To approve school term and holiday dates for community, voluntary controlled, community special schools and maintained nursery schools for 2022/23

To approve the school term and holiday dates for community, voluntary controlled, community special schools and maintained nursery schools for 2022/23, as set out in the calendar identified at Appendix 1 to the report.

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.

The consultation to determine a school calendar for 2022/23 was launched on 18 March 2021 and closed on 12 April 2021. All maintained schools and academies, teachers’ associations, trade unions and other local authorities across Yorkshire and the North East were consulted.

The calendar has taken account of consultation and feedback via both Schools and is broadly in line with proposals from our neighbouring LA’s in which the majority of cross border pupils reside.

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