Rejected petition Reduce the school summer break to 5 weeks and allow schools to authorise 5 days

It is very expensive to take children out of school during summer holidays. If summer holidays were reduced to 5 weeks and schools were allowed to authorise 5 days of holiday , this would allow parents to take their child/ren out during the term making it cheaper for parents and higher attendance.

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Help ease the financial burden on families who want to create memories with their children as holiday companies can not exploit the holidays to increase prices. This will allow parents a term time break without being punished financially when they are already struggling. Education won't be affected as the summer term would be shorter

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Allow parents to take their children out of school for 5 school days in a year
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/728790

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Date submitted 23 June 2025
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