The Cabinet Secretary for Education confirmed that plans to change the school holidays will not happen this Senedd term to give teachers and staff space and time to deliver other reforms.

This follows a mixed response from the biggest Welsh Government education consultation on record to spread school holidays out more evenly across the year.

• Plans to change the school year will not happen this Senedd term to allow schools to deliver other reforms and improve attainment.
• Decision on timing to be deferred to next Senedd term.
• Confirmation that changes to the school year will not take place in 2025 to 2026.

Thank you to those of you who informed our response to this consultation.

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