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Change the school holidays

Submitted on Friday 14th July 2023

Rejected on Tuesday 18th July 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Change the school holidays

Petition Details

Cut school holidays to 5 weeks and give parents the option to take there child out any 1 week of the year at any time. Makes holidays more affordable cuts down on fines and increases attendance

Additional Information

Help parents, increases attendance and makes summer holidays more affordable for childcare.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

The dates of school holidays are a matter for individual schools, but we have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Allow school children 5 days of absence: for family, holidays & mental wellbeing: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/632846

Scrap fines for taking children out of school in term time: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/631546

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