To askthe cabinet member to agreethe school termand holidaydatesfor 2017/18for Wiltshire’sCommunity, VoluntaryControlled and CommunitySpecialSchools.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)
Notice of proposed decision first published: 29/04/2016
Decision due: Not before 18 May 2016 by Cabinet Member for Children's Services
Lead member: Cllr Laura Mayes, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children's Services, Education, and Skills laura.mayes@wiltshire.gov.uk
Lead director: Director - Families and Children
Department: Families and Children
Contact: Nicola McCann, Email: Nicola.McCann@wiltshire.gov.uk, Tel: 01225 713 757.
Consultation process
A protocolfor thesetting ofschoolterm & holiday dateshasbeenendorsed by theTeachersJointConsultative Committee andCountySecretaries(seeAppendixA). Inline with therecommendationssetoutinthisprotocol,two 195 term daycalendarswereproposedfor consultation.
Consultationswith schools, neighbouringauthorities, members,publicandotherinterestedpartieswerecompleted(see Appendix B).
The TeachersJoint Consultative Committee andCountySecretariesconsidered and notedtheconsultationresponses atits meetingon24 March(seeAppendixC). Inresponseto thenumber ofrepresentationsreceived regarding the timing ofthe Christmasbreakitwasdecidedto re-openan amended consultationfor afurthertwo weeks (seeAppendixD).
The responsesto the consultation are summarised in Appendix E.The TeachersJointConsultative Committee and CountySecretariesconsideredthesefindingsand confirm their supportfor therecommended school termandholidaydatesfor Wiltshire’sCommunity,VoluntaryControlled and CommunitySpecial Schools detailed in Option 3.