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Ellie Hutchings

School summer holidays should be shorter, new report recommends - we share what this could mean for the rest of the school year

Children in rucksacks running down a corridor.

A new report has recommended that the school summer holidays be cut to four weeks to improve pupil and teacher wellbeing, according to a new report. Here's everything you need to know...

The start of summer might seem like a long way off for most, but a new report from the Nuffield Foundation about the six-week summer holiday has got everyone talking about it. Though the research isn't due to be published in full until next month, we do know that it recommends the long holiday should be cut down to four weeks.

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