A growing number of schools are moving to a two-week October break, creating a patchwork of provision that education experts warn is leaving families to navigate childcare without a national strategy.
A growing number of schools are moving to a two-week October break, creating a patchwork of provision that education experts warn is leaving families to navigate childcare without a national strategy.
Remember the extended-school-day pilot? Big announcement, glossy launch, then a survey nobody filled in and a quiet burial. This one’s different: no pilot, no announcement. Hundreds of heads are simply doing it, and the department is pretending not to notice. Last time we got nothing for free. Now we get a fortnight of panic-booking holiday clubs — at full price.