Finish lessons at lunchtime from September

Plans for primary schools to finish lessons at lunchtime from September, attributed to the London borough of Newham in news reports last week, have been denied by the local education authority. A spokesman for the education authority said, 'At this point, the interested schools are researching the implications of this change and no schools have made definite proposals.' He added that timescales for possible implementation of the proposals had not been clarified, while practical aspects such as the cost and provision of school meals had yet to be considered, and parents and staff would have to be consulted. Carlene Hutchinson-Norris,...