Teachers could be permitted to work four-day weeks giving schools more flexible working hours, according to government plans.
The Education Secretary, Lucy Powell, has received recommendations from an independent body advising ministers how to make the full-time teaching requirements of 195 days per year more lenient.
Under the new plans, teachers in council-run schools could be allowed to fulfil their contracted hours over four days, but schools must still remain open for the full week.
Flexible working hours are already a possibility at academies although government figures suggest they should still adhere to the 195 days per year framework which includes five days
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