Sentence examples for on term time from inspiring English sources

But there's no time for that, the classroom has to be set up, a task that could perhaps be done as effectively by teaching assistants, but most teaching assistants are on term time only contracts, which means they're not paid to come in during the school holidays.

Leaving the decisions on term times in the hands of individual schools will lead to chaos.

The increase comes after a crackdown on children missing school, including strict new rules on term-time holidays introduced two years ago.

The Unison and GMB unions held consultative ballots with their members over Durham county council's plans to fire 2,700 classroom assistants and re-employ them on term-time only contracts.

Gove made his point as MPs debated relaxing the rules on term-time holidays in the wake of an e-petition signed by 170,000 people condemning exploitative holiday companies.

In 2013 the government cracked down on term-time holidays and changes to the law mean that head teachers will only grant leave to pupils during term time in exceptional circumstances.

However, Huw Lewis, the Welsh education minister, has written to all local education authorities in Wales, advising them that blanket bans on term-time holidays are contrary to Welsh education regulations, emphasising that headteachers can still legally exercise their discretion in relation to authorising absences for up to 10 days per year.

In total, 16,430 parents in England were prosecuted for failing to ensure their children went to school in 2014, up a quarter on the year before and largely attributed to strict new rules on term-time holidays introduced two years ago.

But the government's "behaviour tsar", Charlie Taylor, has called for a clampdown on term-time holidays.

The union has published its detailed guidance on term-time holiday requests.

The government introduced tougher regulations in September to crack down on term-time absence for holidays.