Submitted on Wednesday 5th February 2014
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Change the School Holiday pattern
This is a request for the government to change the current pattern of National School Holidays (can only be implemented by the dept. of Education)
We want the government to:
- Reduce the school Summer Holidays to 4 Weeks (currently 6 weeks)
- Increase the Christmas Holidays to 4 weeks (Currently 2 weeks)
It will not only markedly improve school attendance as parents will have better choice in deciding when to take their children for a holiday, it will also prevent missed school days lost due to usual extreme weather in January.
Also, 6 weeks over summer is too long for some children/ young people to remain out of formal education and inevitably gives rise to them getting into trouble.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/behaviour/attendance/a00221847/school-day-school-year
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