Corbyn’s four-day bank holiday promise to include teachers
Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge to give workers an extra four bank holidays each year would reduce the school year to 186 days for pupils.
It would also see teachers working days reduced by four days to 191 days.
The proposed national holidays would be on St David’s Day, St Patrick’s Day, St George’s Day and St Andrew’s Day, to “celebrate the national cultures of our proud nations”, as Corbyn states.
At the moment, schools are currently required to open for 190 days to pupils each year, and an additional five days for teacher training.
However, according to Schools Week, the Labour Party has confirmed that schools and teachers would not be exempt from the additional days.
Schools would therefore only be required to open 186 days a year for pupils, instead of 190, with teachers attending school for 191 days, as opposed to 195.
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