Rejected petition To have a 4 day school week

To reduce the school week to 4 days, either a Monday or Friday and have a 3 day weekend.

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I want the government to do this because I believe it will improve mental health of the younger generation and increase attendance rates during the 4 day week, which would result in better GCSE results.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Reduce school to 4 days a week and have optional extra activities
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/756710

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Date submitted 4 February 2026
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