www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jun/28/leicestershire-school-plans-four-and-a-half-day-teaching-week
Apparently this is becoming increasingly likely because of funding cuts and some schools already operate this.
I can't quite work out where the saving is - are the teachers forced to change their contracts and take a salary cut?
Could they achieve the same by adding days onto school holidays or does it have to be weekly?
What do the kids lose out on - does it translate into shorter lunch breaks etc during the week?
Dd's only in reception and seems to spend most of her week playing anyway but by Y5/6 presumably that's two hours less learning?
If anyone uses a school that moved to a 4.5 day week I'd be really interested in how it works and what the savings translated to - eg were teachers able to be kept on that would otherwise have had to leave?