The Government should help to provide children with stability by allowing schools to open for more than 38 weeks a year while reducing the number of days per week. This could allow children more time with family, help to safeguard them from negative environments, and reduce stress for parents.
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This could also:
- Make it easier for parents to find reliable options of child care to allow them to work
- Give children year-round access to a stable environment where teachers can better safeguard them
- Give children things to do throughout the year, reducing risk of destructive behaviours and boredom
- Ease pressure on services by reducing the numbers of staff taking time off to care for their children at any one time