[HPforGrownups] School Year Length

[karen mcvicker]

No: HPFGUIDX 44124

Hi Uncmark,

> Do English schools stay in session that long? It would mean a summer
> holiday of barely 2 months!

The grammar school I went to in the UK ran from the beginning of September
to the last day of June.  We had 2 weeks off at Christmas (return date was
January 7th, after the 12 days of Christmas were officially over) and one
week off at Easter.  Also, because it was a convent school, we did get the
Holy Days of Obligation off, as well as bank holidays, but that was it.  8
weeks was it for Summer Holidays and a pretty intense courseload during the
school year.

Karen