Allow students to be taken out of school for two weeks a year without penalty

• Petition
• Statistics

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 254,530 signatures in total, with signatories from all 650 constituencies. That makes it the 50th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 83% (average) and a Local Issue Rating of 17% (average).

Signatures by Constituency

• 2,000 - Great Yarmouth
• 1,834 - Castle Point
• 1,650 - Rayleigh and Wickford
• 1,611 - Waveney
• 1,339 - Barnsley East
• 1,333 - Sheffield South East
• 1,328 - Hornchurch and Upminster
• 1,297 - South Basildon and East Thurrock
• 1,283 - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• 1,276 - Doncaster North
• 1,244 - Harlow
• 1,217 - Basildon and Billericay
• 1,215 - Cannock Chase
• 1,202 - Hemsworth
• 1,191 - Thurrock
• 1,183 - Broadland
• 1,143 - Rother Valley
• 1,119 - Rochford and Southend East
• 1,111 - Barnsley Central
• 1,104 - Norwich North
• 1,080 - Romford
• 1,080 - Sittingbourne and Sheppey
• 1,052 - Bassetlaw
• 1,043 - Maldon
• 1,031 - Sherwood
• 1,016 - Southend West
• 1,010 - Mansfield
• 1,006 - Dartford
• 991 - Wentworth and Dearne
• 987 - Chatham and Aylesford
• 967 - Brentwood and Ongar
• 966 - Ashford
• 958 - Sheffield, Heeley
• 956 - Braintree
• 936 - Don Valley
• 927 - South Norfolk
• 914 - Rochester and Strood
• 913 - Witham
• 896 - North East Derbyshire
• 893 - Morley and Outwood
• 892 - North Norfolk
• 892 - Penistone and Stocksbridge
• 877 - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
• 872 - Heywood and Middleton
• 871 - Gedling
• 869 - North West Norfolk
• 865 - Bootle
• 864 - Saffron Walden
• 859 - Bristol South
• 838 - North West Cambridgeshire
• 831 - Redcar
• 829 - Mid Norfolk
• 826 - Bexleyheath and Crayford
• 822 - Dagenham and Rainham
• 800 - Bolsover
• 799 - Torbay
• 797 - Doncaster Central
• 779 - Batley and Spen
• 778 - Ashfield
• 760 - Portsmouth North
• 758 - Amber Valley
• 756 - Hastings and Rye
• 746 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 745 - Peterborough
• 740 - Ellesmere Port and Neston
• 736 - Scarborough and Whitby
• 735 - North East Cambridgeshire
• 729 - Folkestone and Hythe
• 723 - Chelmsford
• 723 - Rotherham
• 718 - Rochdale
• 712 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 709 - Oldham West and Royton
• 708 - Bradford South
• 702 - Milton Keynes South
• 698 - Havant
• 696 - Epping Forest
• 694 - Stockton South
• 693 - Salford and Eccles
• 686 - Crawley
• 682 - Suffolk Coastal
• 682 - Garston and Halewood
• 681 - North East Bedfordshire
• 680 - South West Norfolk
• 679 - East Worthing and Shoreham
• 670 - West Suffolk
• 669 - Erewash
• 664 - Halesowen and Rowley Regis
• 661 - Oldham East and Saddleworth
• 654 - Stalybridge and Hyde
• 649 - Stourbridge
• 648 - Banbury
• 641 - Meon Valley
• 639 - Tamworth
• 638 - Kingswood
• 635 - Corby
• 629 - Elmet and Rothwell
• 629 - Liverpool, West Derby
• 627 - Kettering
• 625 - Stevenage
• 619 - Horsham
• 619 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 615 - Wythenshawe and Sale East
• 615 - Weston-super-Mare
• 614 - Mid Dorset and North Poole
• 612 - Dewsbury
• 612 - South West Bedfordshire
• 608 - South Staffordshire
• 608 - Wellingborough
• 605 - North East Somerset
• 603 - Ipswich
• 603 - Wakefield
• 603 - Knowsley
• 602 - South Swindon
• 598 - New Forest East
• 598 - Bury St Edmunds
• 591 - Mid Bedfordshire
• 588 - Gillingham and Rainham
• 584 - Eastleigh
• 583 - Clacton
• 579 - Spelthorne
• 578 - Norwich South
• 577 - Old Bexley and Sidcup
• 574 - Liverpool, Walton
• 573 - Gravesham
• 571 - Barking
• 570 - Hertford and Stortford
• 570 - Dudley South
• 570 - Ilford North
• 569 - Cleethorpes
• 569 - Bexhill and Battle
• 567 - South Derbyshire
• 566 - Bracknell
• 565 - Lichfield
• 564 - North Swindon
• 562 - Faversham and Mid Kent
• 562 - Walsall North
• 558 - Maidstone and The Weald
• 558 - Nottingham North
• 555 - North Tyneside
• 554 - Newton Abbot
• 550 - Ashton-under-Lyne
• 549 - Leigh
• 549 - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
• 545 - Colchester
• 544 - Leeds East
• 544 - Erith and Thamesmead
• 541 - Bristol East
• 538 - Plymouth, Moor View
• 537 - Burton
• 536 - Blackley and Broughton
• 536 - Denton and Reddish
• 533 - Selby and Ainsty
• 529 - Keighley
• 525 - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
• 525 - Congleton
• 525 - North Devon
• 524 - Thornbury and Yate
• 521 - Feltham and Heston
• 520 - South Shields
• 519 - Poplar and Limehouse
• 518 - Middlesbrough
• 514 - Chipping Barnet
• 514 - Bournemouth West
• 510 - Chesterfield
• 507 - Mid Sussex
• 506 - Aylesbury
• 505 - Worthing West
• 502 - Poole
• 502 - Bradford East
• 500 - Scunthorpe
• 500 - Beverley and Holderness
• 498 - Broxbourne
• 497 - South Suffolk
• 492 - Bury South
• 491 - South Cambridgeshire
• 485 - Stafford
• 484 - Gloucester
• 484 - Manchester Central
• 484 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
• 484 - East Surrey
• 483 - Milton Keynes North
• 482 - Wyre Forest
• 482 - South Holland and The Deepings
• 481 - Broxtowe
• 480 - West Ham
• 480 - Crewe and Nantwich
• 479 - Stockton North
• 476 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• 476 - Great Grimsby
• 475 - Sheffield, Hallam
• 471 - Bournemouth East
• 471 - Brigg and Goole
• 470 - North East Hertfordshire
• 467 - Ilford South
• 462 - Blackburn
• 461 - West Lancashire
• 460 - Hyndburn
• 460 - Aldershot
• 460 - St Austell and Newquay
• 459 - Hemel Hempstead
• 458 - Hove
• 458 - Surrey Heath
• 456 - Camborne and Redruth
• 454 - Arundel and South Downs
• 453 - Sevenoaks
• 451 - Dudley North
• 451 - Bolton West
• 450 - Huntingdon
• 449 - Carshalton and Wallington
• 446 - South Northamptonshire
• 444 - Harwich and North Essex
• 441 - Wolverhampton North East
• 438 - Shipley
• 438 - Hazel Grove
• 438 - Southampton, Itchen
• 438 - Leeds Central
• 437 - Brighton, Kemptown
• 435 - East Ham
• 435 - South West Devon
• 434 - Gosport
• 434 - Makerfield
• 434 - St Ives
• 434 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 434 - Chingford and Woodford Green
• 434 - Wealden
• 433 - Pudsey
• 431 - Redditch
• 429 - The Wrekin
• 427 - Bolton South East
• 427 - Gainsborough
• 424 - Meriden
• 423 - Pendle
• 420 - Calder Valley
• 417 - Halifax
• 416 - Orpington
• 415 - Basingstoke
• 414 - Nuneaton
• 414 - Bridgwater and West Somerset
• 414 - Watford
• 413 - Houghton and Sunderland South
• 413 - Sefton Central
• 413 - Stretford and Urmston
• 413 - Daventry
• 411 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 406 - Stockport
• 404 - Bromley and Chislehurst
• 403 - Leeds West
• 403 - Wantage
• 402 - Fareham
• 401 - Jarrow
• 401 - Torridge and West Devon
• 398 - Croydon Central
• 397 - Darlington
• 396 - Eltham
• 395 - North West Hampshire
• 395 - Bury North
• 394 - Christchurch
• 394 - Sheffield Central
• 392 - Lincoln
• 392 - Central Devon
• 391 - Grantham and Stamford
• 391 - Wokingham
• 391 - North Somerset
• 388 - Mid Derbyshire
• 388 - High Peak
• 388 - South Leicestershire
• 388 - Southport
• 387 - Solihull
• 386 - Portsmouth South
• 386 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 385 - North East Hampshire
• 385 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 385 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 384 - Dover
• 384 - South East Cambridgeshire
• 383 - Aldridge-Brownhills
• 382 - Boston and Skegness
• 382 - Barrow and Furness
• 382 - Telford
• 380 - Stoke-on-Trent North
• 379 - Derby North
• 379 - West Bromwich West
• 378 - Blaydon
• 377 - Bishop Auckland
• 375 - Totnes
• 374 - Walthamstow
• 372 - Bradford West
• 371 - Warrington North
• 371 - Northampton North
• 370 - East Yorkshire
• 370 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
• 370 - Hartlepool
• 370 - Wigan
• 369 - Sutton and Cheam
• 369 - Croydon North
• 368 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 367 - Eastbourne
• 367 - Coventry North East
• 367 - Haltemprice and Howden
• 366 - Cheadle
• 366 - Kingston upon Hull North
• 364 - Slough
• 364 - Hayes and Harlington
• 364 - Blyth Valley
• 362 - Bromsgrove
• 362 - North Thanet
• 358 - Weaver Vale
• 358 - Wolverhampton South East
• 358 - Birkenhead
• 358 - Brentford and Isleworth
• 357 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 357 - Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 357 - Bolton North East
• 354 - Epsom and Ewell
• 354 - St Helens North
• 354 - Croydon South
• 354 - Windsor
• 354 - Washington and Sunderland West
• 352 - Southampton, Test
• 352 - Wansbeck
• 349 - Reading West
• 349 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 348 - Truro and Falmouth
• 347 - East Devon
• 347 - Runnymede and Weybridge
• 347 - Reigate
• 346 - Eddisbury
• 345 - Walsall South
• 345 - Newark
• 344 - Uxbridge and South Ruislip
• 344 - Northampton South
• 343 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 342 - Tewkesbury
• 342 - Wycombe
• 342 - Wallasey
• 342 - North West Leicestershire
• 340 - Derby South
• 340 - Sedgefield
• 339 - North West Durham
• 335 - Bristol North West
• 334 - Isle of Wight
• 333 - Islington South and Finsbury
• 333 - Birmingham, Northfield
• 333 - Chippenham
• 332 - South West Wiltshire
• 332 - Stoke-on-Trent South
• 332 - Stroud
• 331 - Burnley
• 331 - Thirsk and Malton
• 330 - Buckingham
• 329 - Staffordshire Moorlands
• 327 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 327 - Coventry North West
• 326 - Wyre and Preston North
• 326 - Mitcham and Morden
• 324 - Luton North
• 323 - Nottingham East
• 323 - North Warwickshire
• 322 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 321 - Stone
• 320 - Ribble Valley
• 320 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 319 - Rushcliffe
• 318 - Yeovil
• 318 - Chichester
• 317 - Nottingham South
• 317 - Luton South
• 316 - Enfield North
• 316 - Liverpool, Wavertree
• 315 - Bedford
• 315 - Rugby
• 314 - Greenwich and Woolwich
• 314 - Beckenham
• 314 - Charnwood
• 312 - North Cornwall
• 310 - York Outer
• 308 - Preston
• 308 - Halton
• 308 - Wirral South
• 308 - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
• 307 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 307 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 306 - North Wiltshire
• 302 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
• 300 - Salisbury
• 300 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 298 - Gateshead
• 298 - Stoke-on-Trent Central
• 297 - Tynemouth
• 294 - Bosworth
• 293 - Sunderland Central
• 293 - Easington
• 292 - St Albans
• 291 - Chorley
• 290 - Devizes
• 288 - York Central
• 288 - City of Chester
• 287 - Warley
• 286 - Exeter
• 286 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 286 - West Bromwich East
• 284 - Brent North
• 283 - Carlisle
• 281 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 281 - Colne Valley
• 280 - Esher and Walton
• 279 - Coventry South
• 278 - Workington
• 277 - Canterbury
• 275 - Warrington South
• 272 - Tunbridge Wells
• 271 - Macclesfield
• 271 - Lewisham West and Penge
• 270 - Lewes
• 268 - Morecambe and Lunesdale
• 267 - Louth and Horncastle
• 265 - Mid Worcestershire
• 265 - North Durham
• 265 - Tatton
• 264 - East Hampshire
• 264 - Reading East
• 264 - Loughborough
• 263 - Wells
• 263 - Manchester, Gorton
• 263 - Harborough
• 261 - North Dorset
• 260 - Birmingham, Selly Oak
• 259 - Hertsmere
• 258 - Leicester West
• 258 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 256 - Witney
• 256 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 255 - Lewisham East
• 254 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 253 - Skipton and Ripon
• 253 - Worcester
• 253 - Sutton Coldfield
• 253 - Newbury
• 252 - Hendon
• 251 - South Dorset
• 250 - Enfield, Southgate
• 249 - Maidenhead
• 249 - Ealing North
• 249 - Birmingham, Edgbaston
• 248 - Copeland
• 248 - South Ribble
• 248 - Cambridge
• 246 - Rutland and Melton
• 244 - Somerton and Frome
• 243 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 243 - Cheltenham
• 243 - Oxford East
• 241 - Blackpool South
• 241 - Tiverton and Honiton
• 241 - New Forest West
• 240 - Harrow East
• 239 - South Thanet
• 238 - Islington North
• 236 - Manchester, Withington
• 236 - Derbyshire Dales
• 236 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 235 - Leeds North East
• 234 - Finchley and Golders Green
• 232 - Taunton Deane
• 231 - Twickenham
• 230 - Beaconsfield
• 230 - South West Hertfordshire
• 229 - Birmingham, Hodge Hill
• 228 - Leicester East
• 227 - West Dorset
• 227 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 226 - Leeds North West
• 225 - Tottenham
• 223 - City of Durham
• 222 - Harrow West
• 221 - Hitchin and Harpenden
• 220 - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
• 219 - Fylde
• 218 - South East Cornwall
• 217 - Birmingham, Hall Green
• 217 - Edmonton
• 215 - Wolverhampton South West
• 215 - Leicester South
• 214 - Chesham and Amersham
• 212 - Brent Central
• 211 - Woking
• 211 - Huddersfield
• 210 - Newport East
• 206 - Wirral West
• 204 - Newport West
• 202 - Ludlow
• 202 - Lancaster and Fleetwood
• 200 - South West Surrey
• 200 - West Worcestershire
• 199 - Henley
• 197 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 196 - North Shropshire
• 196 - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• 196 - Guildford
• 196 - Streatham
• 195 - Warwick and Leamington
• 195 - Hackney South and Shoreditch
• 194 - Kenilworth and Southam
• 194 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 186 - North Herefordshire
• 185 - Gower
• 182 - Torfaen
• 176 - Forest of Dean
• 176 - Hornsey and Wood Green
• 176 - Dulwich and West Norwood
• 175 - Wimbledon
• 175 - Newcastle upon Tyne East
• 174 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 172 - Winchester
• 165 - Blaenau Gwent
• 164 - Bath
• 163 - Ogmore
• 162 - Neath
• 161 - Mole Valley
• 158 - Ealing, Southall
• 158 - Hexham
• 157 - Swansea East
• 157 - Birmingham, Ladywood
• 156 - Richmond Park
• 155 - Westminster North
• 154 - Penrith and The Border
• 151 - Camberwell and Peckham
• 150 - Vale of Clwyd
• 150 - Oxford West and Abingdon
• 148 - Ealing Central and Acton
• 148 - Cardiff South and Penarth
• 147 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 144 - Aberavon
• 144 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 142 - Hammersmith
• 140 - Llanelli
• 138 - Swansea West
• 137 - The Cotswolds
• 132 - Vauxhall
• 129 - Wrexham
• 126 - Bridgend
• 125 - Tooting
• 124 - Alyn and Deeside
• 124 - Putney
• 124 - Clwyd South
• 122 - Battersea
• 121 - Ceredigion
• 120 - Rhondda
• 120 - Islwyn
• 116 - Vale of Glamorgan
• 116 - Cynon Valley
• 115 - Pontypridd
• 104 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 102 - Caerphilly
• 99 - Monmouth
• 94 - Cardiff West
• 91 - Delyn
• 88 - Bristol West
• 88 - Clwyd West
• 88 - Montgomeryshire
• 79 - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• 79 - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
• 77 - Cardiff North
• 73 - Chelsea and Fulham
• 70 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 65 - Brecon and Radnorshire
• 63 - Kensington
• 58 - Cardiff Central
• 56 - Aberconwy
• 51 - Ynys Môn
• 42 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
• 38 - North Ayrshire and Arran
• 36 - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
• 36 - Arfon
• 35 - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
• 34 - Central Ayrshire
• 34 - Belfast East
• 32 - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
• 31 - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
• 30 - Midlothian
• 30 - Livingston
• 28 - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
• 27 - Upper Bann
• 27 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
• 27 - Banff and Buchan
• 27 - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
• 26 - Falkirk
• 25 - Glasgow South West
• 25 - North Antrim
• 25 - Lanark and Hamilton East
• 25 - Ochil and South Perthshire
• 25 - Foyle
• 24 - Newry and Armagh
• 24 - South Antrim
• 24 - Dumfries and Galloway
• 24 - West Dunbartonshire
• 23 - Aberdeen North
• 23 - Dundee East
• 22 - Argyll and Bute
• 22 - Gordon
• 22 - Motherwell and Wishaw
• 21 - Strangford
• 21 - Edinburgh West
• 21 - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
• 21 - Dunfermline and West Fife
• 21 - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
• 21 - South Down
• 20 - Belfast West
• 19 - Mid Ulster
• 19 - Edinburgh North and Leith
• 19 - Airdrie and Shotts
• 19 - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
• 19 - North Down
• 19 - Angus
• 19 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 19 - Edinburgh South West
• 18 - Belfast North
• 18 - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• 17 - East Antrim
• 17 - Glasgow North East
• 17 - Glasgow East
• 17 - East Renfrewshire
• 17 - Edinburgh East
• 17 - East Dunbartonshire
• 16 - Aberdeen South
• 16 - Moray
• 16 - Glasgow South
• 16 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 16 - Stirling
• 16 - Paisley and Renfrewshire South
• 15 - Lagan Valley
• 15 - Dundee West
• 15 - East Londonderry
• 15 - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• 14 - West Tyrone
• 14 - East Lothian
• 13 - Glasgow Central
• 13 - Belfast South
• 13 - Perth and North Perthshire
• 13 - Glasgow North
• 13 - Inverclyde
• 12 - Glenrothes
• 11 - Edinburgh South
• 11 - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
• 10 - Glasgow North West
• 10 - Orkney and Shetland
• 10 - North East Fife
• 9 - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
• 3 - Na h-Eileanan an Iar

This petition was submitted under the Parliamentary boundaries prior to June 2024, so the names may not be current constituency names

Signatures by Region

• 44,016 - East of England
• 37,537 - South East
• 32,778 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 31,589 - North West
• 24,216 - London
• 21,998 - East Midlands
• 21,881 - South West
• 21,766 - West Midlands
• 10,965 - North East
• 4,764 - Wales
• 1,187 - Scotland
• 369 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 254,327 - United Kingdom
• 22 - Spain
• 21 - Australia
• 20 - United States
• 19 - France
• 18 - Ireland
• 13 - Poland
• 8 - Canada
• 5 - New Zealand
• 5 - Italy
• 5 - United Arab Emirates
• 5 - Isle of Man
• 4 - Cyprus
• 4 - Netherlands
• 3 - India
• 3 - South Africa
• 3 - Guernsey
• 3 - Ukraine
• 2 - Jersey
• 2 - Gibraltar
• 2 - Thailand
• 2 - Turkey
• 2 - Portugal
• 2 - Finland
• 1 - Saudi Arabia
• 1 - St Vincent
• 1 - Sweden
• 1 - Zambia
• 1 - Slovenia
• 1 - St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• 1 - Vanuatu
• 1 - Tunisia
• 1 - Pakistan
• 1 - Austria
• 1 - Bulgaria
• 1 - Brazil
• 1 - Colombia
• 1 - Czechia
• 1 - Germany
• 1 - Denmark
• 1 - Greece
• 1 - Hong Kong
• 1 - Croatia
• 1 - Bahrain
• 1 - Malaysia
• 1 - Anguilla