An Edinburgh mum has hit out at the city's school timetable, calling it a "stupid system".
The woman took to parenting forum Mumsnet to vent her frustration with the "long" autumn and winter school term. She stated she felt her children "do very little learning" in December because they are "knackered".
She wrote: "I hate hate hate the long autumn / winter school term. It's too long, the kids are knackered by the end of November, it feels like the kids do very little learning after this.
