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Mandate seven-hour days Monday to Thursday in schools for shorter Fridays

Submitted by Oskar Golba on Thursday 18th September 2025

Published on Thursday 30th October 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 30th April 2026

Signatures: 38

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5 HOURS ~ Education ~ End ~ learning ~ Mandate ~ Reduced ~ Schools ~ The End ~ weeks ~ Wellbeing

Petition Action

Mandate seven-hour days Monday to Thursday in schools for shorter Fridays

Petition Details

We ask the Government to require all schools to have seven-hour days Monday to Thursday, while Fridays are reduced to 4.5 hours. This would preserve the total learning time required for education while allowing students a shorter end to the week.

Additional Information

We think a shorter Friday would give students something to look forward to at the end of the week allowing for a reduction in stress, improvement in concentration, mental wellbeing and allowing for more family time.


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