Tell us if you think school summer holidays should be cut to four weeks

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

With the school holidays almost upon us, the Manchester Evening News is asking readers whether they would prefer a shortened summer break of just four weeks.

Some Greater Manchester schools will have almost seven weeks of holiday this summer. However, over the border in Wales a public consultation is due to begin over whether the summer holidays should be shortened.

A report commissioned by the Welsh Government has presented three different options for a shake-up of term times. All of them would see the summer break slashed. READ MORE: The huge impact hay fever can have on your child's exam results, explained by Manchester hay fever expert This comes amid concern that disadvantaged pupils lose progress over the long summer break.

The alternatives mooted include a four-week summer holiday, with three weeks at Christmas and two-week breaks in October, February/March and May.