Teachers hit out at six-term year plans

By Simon Vevers, Nursery World, 3 January 2002

Proposals for a six-term school year in England have come under fire from teachers' unions, who have warned that this would increase stress levels rather than reduce them and would do nothing to help recruit and retain teachers. Nigel de Gruchy, general secretary of NASUWT, warned that the proposals from the Local Government Association (LGA) would mean 'a lot of pain for no gain'.

Proposals for a six-term school year in England have come under fire from teachers' unions, who have warned that this would increase stress levels rather than reduce them and would do nothing to help recruit and...

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