Sunday, 11 May 2014

PM backs staggered terms

PRIME MINISTER David Cameron has backed suggestions that school terms should be staggered to stop travel companies driving up prices in the holiday peaks. He complained in particular about budget airlines hiking ticket prices because of increased demand during school holidays.

‘This is very frustrating and I have seen it myself when you are booking on easyJet or Ryanair,’ he said in a radio interview. ‘Prices go up because of the demand and then you've got holiday companies who sometimes seem to deliberately put up prices at holiday time.’

His comments came as head teachers in Britain agreed to investigate the benefits of scrapping the six-week summer holidays. Proposals to spread holidays more evenly through the year were discussed at the National Association of Head Teachers union conference. Union leader Russell Hobby questioned whether the current 13-week term structure was healthy for staff, arguing that changing it could reduce stress and cut holiday prices for families. But head teachers wanted more evidence of the benefits of such changes.


The government gave academies and free schools in England permission to vary term-times earlier this academic year. This is due to be extended to all state schools in September.

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