Calls for changes to school holidays to tackle poor GCSE results
School closures during the pandemic will mean poorer GCSE results for pupils in England well into the 2030s, researchers have said as they suggested radical changes to the school year.
Children affected by the Covid-19 pandemic face the “biggest” decline in GCSE outcomes in decades and an “unprecedented” widening of the socio-economic gap, according to a study.
It suggests spreading the school more evenly across the year – by shortening the six-week summer break and lengthening the October half-term to a fortnight – would be a popular policy
