A school is to consult teachers and parents on the idea of opening for lessons 364 days a year.
Teaching would take place throughout the year - even on weekends - but not everyone would be in at the same time.
Paul Mortimer, who is a government adviser and in charge of two Rochdale schools, says he wants to have a school of the 21st century, not the 19th.
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