Additional Bank Holiday

Dear Parent/Carer

Additional Bank Holiday - Friday 3rd December 2021

I am writing to inform you of how the additional bank holiday this academic year will affect our term dates.

You may be aware, an extra bank holiday has been recently announced for 3rd June 2022 for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. As on previous similar occasions (e.g. the 2012 Diamond Jubilee or 2011 Royal Wedding), the DfE has amended the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations to reduce the school year 2021/22 for schools to 189 days. Schools are, however, already on half term at the time of the bank holiday, and therefore we are required to place the additional day elsewhere in this academic year.

There will never be an ideal time for all schools and all families to adapt to this change. We therefore feel it is important to situate the day at a point when we will gain the maximum benefit to well-being for staff and students in what has been a highly challenging time for us all. Leicestershire has the longest Autumn term (16 weeks) of any authority nationwide. This leads to fatigue and illness in late November and December for both staff and students. We also expect that Covid cases could well be very high at this time. The local authority is yet to decide when they recommend the day is taken. However, the majority of Leicestershire schools are academies and will make their own separate decisions; we believe it is important to give you the maximum notice of this change.

Consequently, all schools within the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust have determined that our schools will be closed for the additional day on Friday 3rd of December 2021. 

Yours sincerely

Mrs C Aitcheson

Headteacher

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