PROPOSALS to allow individual schools to set their own term dates have been criticised by head teachers and labelled "mad" by a city teaching union leader.Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, wants all schools to have the right to decide term times, the same as academies.But Sue Arguile, Derby branch secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "This is a completely mad plan and part of Michael Gove's drive to deregulate education."If schools are allowed to...
