Bewilderment over decision of when to begin the 2024/25 school year

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Bewilderment has been expressed over Renfrewshire Council’s decision to start the 2024/25 school year on a Friday.

Under the timetable, which has been approved by elected members, schools will reopen to pupils after the summer break on August 16 next year.

Councillor Iain McMillan, Labour group leader, agreed with the sentiment of the feedback and asked for the thinking behind the arrangements at the“I dare say the older kids will take it in their stride, it won’t make much difference to them, but particularly for the P1s starting. Consultation was carried out with staff, parent councils, pupil councils and teaching and other trade unions over the proposal.

He said: “It was raised enough in the consultation, not massively so, for me to have another look at it and to see what the options were.

 

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