Brighton & Hove City Council considering changing school term times - what do you think?

[JaneMumsnet]

Hello,

We've been asked to comment about a news story about changes to school term times, and would love to hear your views.

You may have read that Brighton and Hove City Council is considering changing school term times to make it more affordable for families to go on holiday.

The city council is exploring the possibility of cutting the summer holidays and creating a "standalone" week's holiday when parents could take advantage of cheaper prices without having to take their children out of school.

What do you think about how this will affect parents?

As always, we'd love to hear what you think, and whether or not you think these changes would work.

Many thanks,

MNHQ

I can envisage holiday companies upping their prices during the weeks that authorities tend to choose though. There will probably be "favoured" weeks.

holiday companies can't beat the market though. They are priced high during holidays because there is enough people to fill the rooms at the price because EVERYONE is looking to go away.

if only brighton is looking to go away, they won't have that critical mass. They won't sell out those rooms.

Holiday companies are just doing exactly what a company should do: make profit. they aren't the problem.