Submitted on Monday 22nd September 2025
Rejected on Tuesday 4th November 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Reduce summer break to 5 weeks and allow flexible school holidays
Reduce the summer holiday from 6 to 5 weeks and allow schools to use the extra week flexibly during the academic year, outside exam periods and excluding Years 10 and 11 to allow full exam prep.
The six-week summer holiday is difficult for working parents to manage and costly for families. It can also make returning to school harder, especially for children with neurodiversities. A five-week summer break with a flexible week would ease childcare pressures, allow families to holiday outside peak times, and support smoother transitions for children back into school.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about term dates are a matter for academy trusts, local authorities or governing bodies.
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