Agenda item

The Cabinet Member with the Children and Young People Portfolio introduced the report of the Director of Children and Adults Services (previously circulated) requesting that consideration be given to the setting of the school term date arrangements for Darlington maintained schools for the academic years 2020/21, as detailed in the appendix to the submitted report, and to the publishing of those dates by the required deadline of the end of July 2018.

The submitted report stated that all schools within Darlington had been consulted on the proposed school term dates for 2020/21; outlined the consultation undertaken; and the results of that consultation.

Discussion ensued on the consultation process undertaken with other local authorities in the region to ensure consistency, as far as possible, with school term dates.

RESOLVED – That the proposed school term dates for Darlington maintained schools for the academic year 2020/21, as detailed in the appendix to the submitted report, be agreed for publication.

REASON - The draft dates are the ones preferred by the majority of schools and Governing Bodies following the consultation exercise which ended on 18 May 2018.