Schools, parents/carers and other interested parties to give their views on the proposed school holiday and term dates for 2019/2020. Thank you to all those who responded.
During the period of the consultation 505 responses were received. 368 (73%) were in favour of the proposals whilst 137 (27%) disagreed.
The Local Authority is currently responsible for setting school term and holiday dates for all Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools. In the case of Foundation, Voluntary Aided Schools and Academies, Governing Bodies are responsible for setting their own term dates. Where possible we have taken into account feedback received during the consultation period including aligning dates with neighbouring authorities. Following consultation the school holiday and term dates for 2019/2020 have been determined and are available on the East Sussex County Council website.
East Sussex County Council is consulting on school term and holiday date patterns for the academic year 2019/20 and we would like to know your views on the proposed dates. These are summarised below and set out in the document attached.
The Local Authority is currently responsible for setting school term and holiday dates for all Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools. In the case of Foundation, Voluntary Aided Schools and Academies, Governing Bodies are responsible for setting their own term dates.
A number of guiding principles are used to set the pattern of terms and holidays:
As Voluntary Aided schools and Academies determine their own pattern of school term time and holidays there may still be variations across the county. These schools and academies will be included in the consultation process in order that dates are unified as far as possible across East Sussex.
EAST SUSSEX PROPOSED SCHOOL AND HOLIDAY DATES 2019/20
Schools would begin the academic year on 4 September and continue through until 22 July (last day of term)
Term 1 *Wednesday 4 September 2019 to Friday 25 October 2019
October break Monday 28 October 2019 to Friday 1 November 2019
Term 2 Monday 4 November 2019 to Friday 20 December 2019
Christmas break Monday 23 December 2019 to Friday 3 January 2020
Term 3 Monday 6 January 2020 to Friday 14 February 2020
February break Monday 17 February 2020 to Friday 21 February 2020
Term 4 Monday 24 February 2020 to Friday 3 April 2020
Easter break Monday 6 April 2020 to Friday 17 April 2020
Term 5 Monday 20 April 2020 to Friday 22 May 2020
May break Monday 25 May 2020 to Friday 29 May 2020
Term 6 Monday 1 June 2020 to Wednesday 22 July 2020
Summer Holidays Thursday 23 July 2020
*INSET Day
We are inviting schools, parents/carers and other interested parties to give their views on the proposed school holiday and term dates. We hope that as many people as possible will respond.
Feedback from the consultation and information available on options neighbouring authorities are considering will be collated and presented to the Director of Children's Services to make a final decision.
Thank you for your interest in this consultation and for taking the time to look at the proposals
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