Derby Schools

[follyfancier]

why was no one at school today in Derby

[fiction-factory]

At all schools in Derby? Were the teachers not in?

[follyfancier]

dont know about that but there were lots of families with children around 10-14 years

[Hopkirk]

Probably a Baker day.
(Teacher training)

[Tilly2]

A bit odd to have a training day in the middle of the term.

[Buenchico]

As has been suggested above, quite a few schools in Derby and the surrounding area had an INSET day today.

e.g. Chellaston Junior School
http://www.cjs.derby.sch.uk/page/term-dates-2017---2018/34133
and St Peter's C of E Junior School
http://www.stpetersschoolderby.co.uk/documents/School-Holidays-2017-2018.pdf

[Tilly2]

How daft!

[sherrardk]

Tilly - they might have been training together and sharing some outside speakers.

[Tilly2]

Indeed they might, Sherr but it does seem a bit daft to put an arbitrary INSET day in the middle of the term.

[Mamyalynne]

Most try to tag the days on to the beginning or end of a term but I suppose that's not always possible.

[bednobs]

in all honesty INSET days in the middle of term are EASIER for parents imo

[Tilly2]

That's probably why they've done it then, Bednobs.

[Voltage]

I blame Mr trump!

[Tilly2]

I blame Melania.

[follyfancier]

never heard of INSET day before, we never got any days off ,not even for bad weather

[sapelesam]

Asked a teacher friend what INSET stood for, he didn't know. God help our children.

[Buenchico]

All schools have to be open for a minimum of 190 days per year but all teachers have contracts for a minimum of 195 days per year, with the remaining 5 days being In-SErvice Training Days.

They're hardly new, as they were introduced (as part of new contractual arrangements for teachers) 30 years ago by the then Education Secretary, Kenneth Baker.

They were originally known as Baker Days, which often got shortened to B-days (bidets), on the grounds that teachers viewed them as something totally foreign, which they'd no idea what to do with ;-)