This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Reduce the number of school holidays to fit in with modern life.
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Reduce the annual School holidays
Shortening the school summer leave to fit in with modern life and families.
Lengthy school holidays are an antiquated relic of the Victorian era – a necessity for the agricultural economy of the nineteenth century when schools needed long summer holidays so children could toil in the fields
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The UK Government doesn't set school holiday dates. These are the responsibility of individual schools and local councils.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.