I blame whichever Government brought in these rules, yet another way of creating a ‘Have and have not’ society.
That was far from the intention though, Pat1949. The disruption caused by children having time off in term time had the worst effect on the most deprived, particularly those with poor language and social skills. Children at some schools would disappear for weeks, sometimes back to their country of origin, often for a funeral or family illness, coming back having lost the little language and learning they’d picked up, having to be assimilated back into class, with all the trouble that caused for the other pupils and staff. The life chances of all the children in these schools improved when headteachers could just say no, without argument and being accused of insensitivity, even racism. It’s such a shame though that children like your grandchildren have been further disadvantaged by it.
In Germany they have, or used to have, a system where they rotate the main school holiday, so in one area all the schools will be closed in June, in another they’ll shut in July, and in another August. Which seems a sensible way of easing the pressure on accommodation and prices.