The Welsh Government is pressing ahead with its plans to reshape term dates and holiday lengths despite a consultation showing the vast majority of people are happy with the school calendar as it is. A formal public consultation will be held in the coming academic year looking at options including shorter summer holidays and three terms of more uniform length.
Changes to the school year and school day were announced last November as part of a three-year deal between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru to work together in the Senedd. The Welsh Government was unable to say when changes would be made, but it is unlikely in the next year.
Newly-published research for the Welsh Government shows most people are happy with dates as they are and like the longer summer holiday. But the researchers who carried out the survey said people were "open" to change when shown possible alternatives for the school year.
