| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/29/17 |
| Title | 'Holidays' |
| Date | 1938 - 1957 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), NUWT members, and various Local Education Committees regarding arrangements for teachers to take their holidays following the outbreak of war. The NUWT sent a statement to the Board of Education deploring the disparity in holiday arrangements throughout schools in England and Wales and requesting the Board of Education issue definite guidelines on minimum holiday periods for teachers and pupils. The correspondence covers:
Reports from NUWT members on the restrictions being place on teachers in their region regarding school holidays
Reports of areas where evacuee children are being told to stay at school whilst the local children get to take their school holidays
Replies from Local Education Committees detailing their decision regarding school holidays for pupils and teachers
NUWT Circular letter to London County Council protesting against the differentiation between holidays for primary and secondary schools, 1945
NUWT Statement 'deploring the disparity in holiday arrangements being made throughout the country' and requesting establishment of minimum holidays for teachers and children
NUWT Circular letter criticising the decision of the Burnham Committee to place limits on which teachers qualify for a war bonus and calling for equal war bonus payments to all teachers
Board of Education Circulars and Administrative Memorandums regarding:
'Care of children during school holidays'
'Industrial Workers - summer leave amenities'
'School holidays at Easter'
'Holiday periods in 1944'
'Holiday periods in 1945'
'Holiday periods in 1946'
'Evacuation and school holidays'
'Programme of Short Courses for teachers and others engaged in the educational service in England and Wales, 1957', Ministry of Education
Press cuttings and typed extracts regarding:
Reports from various regions of the staggering and shortening of summer holidays for both pupils and teachers
Reports of decisions made by various LEAs regarding any restrictions being places on teachers school holidays in terms of whether they can leave the county and for how long they can leave the county
Protests from teachers about decisions in many areas to keep schools open during the usual school holiday periods |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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