To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether an academic review day counts as one of the 190 days per year on which a teacher is required to teach pupils and perform other duties, as referred to in paragraph 77.3 of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 2008. (225056)

The term ‘academic review day’ is not a legal term, but is commonly used to describe a day on which a school closes to pupils so that staff may hold progress-review meetings with parents and pupils. Though the Department does not collect data on this practice, we understand that schools using such review days have adopted for this purpose one or more of the 190 days upon which they are required to meet each academic year.