Decision details
Term dates for the 2019/20 School Year
Decision Maker: Decision Session - Executive Member for Children Young People and Education, Executive Member for Education, Children and Young People
Decision status: Decision Made
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Purpose of Report: To seek the Executive Member's approval of the draft term dates for the City of York Council schools for the 2019/20 school year. These dates have been developed alongside neighbouring Local Authorities by following regional guidelines to minimise differences for residents. It follows a period of consultation with schools from December 2017 to January 2018.
Decision:
Resolved: (i) That the draft term dates set out in Annex A to the report be approved.
Reason: To meet the statutory requirements of the Education Act 2012 (Section 32) and other related legislation.
(ii) That the principles of setting future term dates that were previously agreed between 25 local authorities, as set out in Annex B, be approved.
Reason: To mitigate the impact of varying term dates on those families who live, go to school, or are employed by schools, in more that one local authority area.
Report author: Tom Chamberlain
Publication date: 20/02/2018
Date of decision: 20/02/2018
Decided at meeting: 20/02/2018 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Children Young People and Education
Effective from: 23/02/2018
Accompanying Documents:
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