Rejected petition Change the School Holiday pattern

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This is a request for the government to change the current pattern of National School Holidays (can only be implemented by the dept. of Education)
We want the government to:
- Reduce the school Summer Holidays to 4 Weeks (currently 6 weeks)
- Increase the Christmas Holidays to 4 weeks (Currently 2 weeks)

It will not only markedly improve school attendance as parents will have better choice in deciding when to take their children for a holiday, it will also prevent missed school days lost due to usual extreme weather in January.
Also, 6 weeks over summer is too long for some children/ young people to remain out of formal education and inevitably gives rise to them getting into trouble.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/behaviour/attendance/a00221847/school-day-school-year

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Date submitted 5 February 2014
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