A NEW website has been launched which will provide parents with easier access to school term dates.

It is said that www.termdates.co.uk will make it much quicker and simpler for teachers, parents and pupils to view when school terms finish so they can plan family holidays.

It has been aesthetically designed to be user-friendly, highly functional and mobile responsive providing users with a simple system to search by region or school name.

It comes as new legislation is set to come in in September 2015 to give head teachers the power to set school holidays instead of local authorities.

However, this will only be implemented by English schools as the Welsh government has decided not to make the change.

Jason Korinek is directly involved with the new website and lives in Penarth where his daughter also attends school.

He said: "Despite the law only affecting England, the relevance of the website for Welsh parents and children is when they travel to England on holiday.

Being able to find out the holiday dates in particular parts of the UK will enable parents in Wales to book holidays and go to attractions when their children are out of school but children in England are in school."

He added: "We had 4,100 unique visitors to the website on one of the first days of the website being up. We are generating a lot of interest considering it is very early days."

The site visitor can view, download or print the information that is relevant to them.

From September 2015, the website will also have the facility to show unexpected school closures due to bad weather, in addition to inset days, parents' evenings and school sports days.

Parents can be assured that the website information is accurate and correct as every date added is checked by the Term Dates Verification Team. An additional level of verification will soon be available enabling schools to verify the dates themselves. It is hoped that having this information to hand, whether at work, home or on the go will help parents to arrange childcare, plan holidays and take days off work.

Term Dates will also be a valuable resource for teachers, foreign visitors to the UK and those involved in travel and tourism.

A number of Penarth schools term dates are included on the website:

Stanwell School - https://termdates.co.uk/school-holidays-stanwell-school/

St Cyres - https://termdates.co.uk/school-holidays-st-cyres-comprehensive-school/

Evenlode Primary - https://termdates.co.uk/school-holidays-evenlode-cp-school/

Victoria Primary - https://termdates.co.uk/school-holidays-victoria-primary-school-the-vale-of-glamorgan/

Albert Primary - https://termdates.co.uk/school-holidays-albert-cp-school/

Cogan Primary School - https://termdates.co.uk/school-holidays-cogan-primary-school/