§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of
Quantity (Schools) Relevant legislation Innovation 3 The Changing of School Session Times (England) Regulations 1999 To extend the length of the school day mid academic year, rather than wait until the beginning of the new school year. The purpose of the innovation was to provide extra curricular activities for pupils, freeing up time for teachers to work on planning, preparation, and to draw up education plans for individual pupils 1 The Changing of School Session Times (England) Regulations 1999 To change the timings of the school day without the requirements set out in regulations to give the minimum of three months notice to parents and to consult parents at a meeting (instead parents were consulted by correspondence). The purpose of the innovation was to end the school day one hour early on alternate Wednesdays from September 2003, allowing staff to have a dedicated two-hour period once a fortnight for planning, preparation, assessment, and to hold meetings.