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 59th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 83% (low) 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 - Penistone and Stocksbridge
• 892 - North Norfolk
• 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 - Garston and Halewood
• 682 - Suffolk Coastal
• 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 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 619 - Horsham
• 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 - Bury St Edmunds
• 598 - New Forest East
• 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 - Ilford North
• 570 - Dudley South
• 570 - Hertford and Stortford
• 569 - Bexhill and Battle
• 569 - Cleethorpes
• 567 - South Derbyshire
• 566 - Bracknell
• 565 - Lichfield
• 564 - North Swindon
• 562 - Walsall North
• 562 - Faversham and Mid Kent
• 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 - Congleton
• 525 - North Devon
• 525 - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
• 524 - Thornbury and Yate
• 521 - Feltham and Heston
• 520 - South Shields
• 519 - Poplar and Limehouse
• 518 - Middlesbrough
• 514 - Bournemouth West
• 514 - Chipping Barnet
• 510 - Chesterfield
• 507 - Mid Sussex
• 506 - Aylesbury
• 505 - Worthing West
• 502 - Bradford East
• 502 - Poole
• 500 - Scunthorpe
• 500 - Beverley and Holderness
• 498 - Broxbourne
• 497 - South Suffolk
• 492 - Bury South
• 491 - South Cambridgeshire
• 485 - Stafford
• 484 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
• 484 - East Surrey
• 484 - Gloucester
• 484 - Manchester Central
• 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 - Great Grimsby
• 476 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• 475 - Sheffield, Hallam
• 471 - Bournemouth East
• 471 - Brigg and Goole
• 470 - North East Hertfordshire
• 467 - Ilford South
• 462 - Blackburn
• 461 - West Lancashire
• 460 - Aldershot
• 460 - Hyndburn
• 460 - St Austell and Newquay
• 459 - Hemel Hempstead
• 458 - Surrey Heath
• 458 - Hove
• 456 - Camborne and Redruth
• 454 - Arundel and South Downs
• 453 - Sevenoaks
• 451 - Bolton West
• 451 - Dudley North
• 450 - Huntingdon
• 449 - Carshalton and Wallington
• 446 - South Northamptonshire
• 444 - Harwich and North Essex
• 441 - Wolverhampton North East
• 438 - Leeds Central
• 438 - Southampton, Itchen
• 438 - Shipley
• 438 - Hazel Grove
• 437 - Brighton, Kemptown
• 435 - East Ham
• 435 - South West Devon
• 434 - Chingford and Woodford Green
• 434 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 434 - Wealden
• 434 - Gosport
• 434 - St Ives
• 434 - Makerfield
• 433 - Pudsey
• 431 - Redditch
• 429 - The Wrekin
• 427 - Gainsborough
• 427 - Bolton South East
• 424 - Meriden
• 423 - Pendle
• 420 - Calder Valley
• 417 - Halifax
• 416 - Orpington
• 415 - Basingstoke
• 414 - Nuneaton
• 414 - Watford
• 414 - Bridgwater and West Somerset
• 413 - Daventry
• 413 - Houghton and Sunderland South
• 413 - Stretford and Urmston
• 413 - Sefton Central
• 411 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 406 - Stockport
• 404 - Bromley and Chislehurst
• 403 - Wantage
• 403 - Leeds West
• 402 - Fareham
• 401 - Jarrow
• 401 - Torridge and West Devon
• 398 - Croydon Central
• 397 - Darlington
• 396 - Eltham
• 395 - North West Hampshire
• 395 - Bury North
• 394 - Sheffield Central
• 394 - Christchurch
• 392 - Central Devon
• 392 - Lincoln
• 391 - North Somerset
• 391 - Wokingham
• 391 - Grantham and Stamford
• 388 - Mid Derbyshire
• 388 - Southport
• 388 - High Peak
• 388 - South Leicestershire
• 387 - Solihull
• 386 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 386 - Portsmouth South
• 385 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 385 - North East Hampshire
• 385 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 384 - Dover
• 384 - South East Cambridgeshire
• 383 - Aldridge-Brownhills
• 382 - Barrow and Furness
• 382 - Boston and Skegness
• 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 - Wigan
• 370 - Hartlepool
• 370 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
• 370 - East Yorkshire
• 369 - Croydon North
• 369 - Sutton and Cheam
• 368 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 367 - Coventry North East
• 367 - Haltemprice and Howden
• 367 - Eastbourne
• 366 - Kingston upon Hull North
• 366 - Cheadle
• 364 - Blyth Valley
• 364 - Slough
• 364 - Hayes and Harlington
• 362 - North Thanet
• 362 - Bromsgrove
• 358 - Brentford and Isleworth
• 358 - Weaver Vale
• 358 - Wolverhampton South East
• 358 - Birkenhead
• 357 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 357 - Bolton North East
• 357 - Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 354 - Washington and Sunderland West
• 354 - Epsom and Ewell
• 354 - St Helens North
• 354 - Windsor
• 354 - Croydon South
• 352 - Southampton, Test
• 352 - Wansbeck
• 349 - Reading West
• 349 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 348 - Truro and Falmouth
• 347 - Runnymede and Weybridge
• 347 - Reigate
• 347 - East Devon
• 346 - Eddisbury
• 345 - Walsall South
• 345 - Newark
• 344 - Uxbridge and South Ruislip
• 344 - Northampton South
• 343 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 342 - North West Leicestershire
• 342 - Tewkesbury
• 342 - Wycombe
• 342 - Wallasey
• 340 - Sedgefield
• 340 - Derby South
• 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 - Thirsk and Malton
• 331 - Burnley
• 330 - Buckingham
• 329 - Staffordshire Moorlands
• 327 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 327 - Coventry North West
• 326 - Mitcham and Morden
• 326 - Wyre and Preston North
• 324 - Luton North
• 323 - Nottingham East
• 323 - North Warwickshire
• 322 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 321 - Stone
• 320 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 320 - Ribble Valley
• 319 - Rushcliffe
• 318 - Yeovil
• 318 - Chichester
• 317 - Luton South
• 317 - Nottingham South
• 316 - Enfield North
• 316 - Liverpool, Wavertree
• 315 - Bedford
• 315 - Rugby
• 314 - Beckenham
• 314 - Greenwich and Woolwich
• 314 - Charnwood
• 312 - North Cornwall
• 310 - York Outer
• 308 - Preston
• 308 - Wirral South
• 308 - Halton
• 308 - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
• 307 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 307 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 306 - North Wiltshire
• 302 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
• 300 - Salisbury
• 300 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 298 - Stoke-on-Trent Central
• 298 - Gateshead
• 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 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 286 - Exeter
• 286 - West Bromwich East
• 284 - Brent North
• 283 - Carlisle
• 281 - Colne Valley
• 281 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 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 - Reading East
• 264 - East Hampshire
• 264 - Loughborough
• 263 - Wells
• 263 - Harborough
• 263 - Manchester, Gorton
• 261 - North Dorset
• 260 - Birmingham, Selly Oak
• 259 - Hertsmere
• 258 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 258 - Leicester West
• 256 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 256 - Witney
• 255 - Lewisham East
• 254 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 253 - Sutton Coldfield
• 253 - Worcester
• 253 - Skipton and Ripon
• 253 - Newbury
• 252 - Hendon
• 251 - South Dorset
• 250 - Enfield, Southgate
• 249 - Ealing North
• 249 - Maidenhead
• 249 - Birmingham, Edgbaston
• 248 - Copeland
• 248 - South Ribble
• 248 - Cambridge
• 246 - Rutland and Melton
• 244 - Somerton and Frome
• 243 - Oxford East
• 243 - Cheltenham
• 243 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 241 - New Forest West
• 241 - Tiverton and Honiton
• 241 - Blackpool South
• 240 - Harrow East
• 239 - South Thanet
• 238 - Islington North
• 236 - Derbyshire Dales
• 236 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 236 - Manchester, Withington
• 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 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 227 - West Dorset
• 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 - Edmonton
• 217 - Birmingham, Hall Green
• 215 - Leicester South
• 215 - Wolverhampton South West
• 214 - Chesham and Amersham
• 212 - Brent Central
• 211 - Huddersfield
• 211 - Woking
• 210 - Newport East
• 206 - Wirral West
• 204 - Newport West
• 202 - Ludlow
• 202 - Lancaster and Fleetwood
• 200 - West Worcestershire
• 200 - South West Surrey
• 199 - Henley
• 197 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 196 - Streatham
• 196 - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• 196 - North Shropshire
• 196 - Guildford
• 195 - Hackney South and Shoreditch
• 195 - Warwick and Leamington
• 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 - Newcastle upon Tyne East
• 175 - Wimbledon
• 174 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 172 - Winchester
• 165 - Blaenau Gwent
• 164 - Bath
• 163 - Ogmore
• 162 - Neath
• 161 - Mole Valley
• 158 - Ealing, Southall
• 158 - Hexham
• 157 - Birmingham, Ladywood
• 157 - Swansea East
• 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 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 144 - Aberavon
• 142 - Hammersmith
• 140 - Llanelli
• 138 - Swansea West
• 137 - The Cotswolds
• 132 - Vauxhall
• 129 - Wrexham
• 126 - Bridgend
• 125 - Tooting
• 124 - Putney
• 124 - Alyn and Deeside
• 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 - Montgomeryshire
• 88 - Clwyd West
• 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 - Belfast East
• 34 - Central Ayrshire
• 32 - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
• 31 - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
• 30 - Midlothian
• 30 - Livingston
• 28 - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
• 27 - Banff and Buchan
• 27 - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
• 27 - Upper Bann
• 27 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
• 26 - Falkirk
• 25 - North Antrim
• 25 - Ochil and South Perthshire
• 25 - Foyle
• 25 - Glasgow South West
• 25 - Lanark and Hamilton East
• 24 - South Antrim
• 24 - Dumfries and Galloway
• 24 - West Dunbartonshire
• 24 - Newry and Armagh
• 23 - Aberdeen North
• 23 - Dundee East
• 22 - Argyll and Bute
• 22 - Gordon
• 22 - Motherwell and Wishaw
• 21 - Edinburgh West
• 21 - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
• 21 - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
• 21 - Dunfermline and West Fife
• 21 - Strangford
• 21 - South Down
• 20 - Belfast West
• 19 - Mid Ulster
• 19 - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
• 19 - Airdrie and Shotts
• 19 - North Down
• 19 - Edinburgh North and Leith
• 19 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 19 - Edinburgh South West
• 19 - Angus
• 18 - Belfast North
• 18 - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• 17 - Edinburgh East
• 17 - Glasgow East
• 17 - Glasgow North East
• 17 - East Antrim
• 17 - East Renfrewshire
• 17 - East Dunbartonshire
• 16 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 16 - Paisley and Renfrewshire South
• 16 - Stirling
• 16 - Glasgow South
• 16 - Aberdeen South
• 16 - Moray
• 15 - East Londonderry
• 15 - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• 15 - Lagan Valley
• 15 - Dundee West
• 14 - East Lothian
• 14 - West Tyrone
• 13 - Perth and North Perthshire
• 13 - Belfast South
• 13 - Glasgow Central
• 13 - Inverclyde
• 13 - Glasgow North
• 12 - Glenrothes
• 11 - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
• 11 - Edinburgh South
• 10 - Orkney and Shetland
• 10 - Glasgow North West
• 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