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Petition · past parliament

Reduce the number of school holidays to fit in with modern life.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

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 it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The UK Government doesn't set school holiday dates. These are the responsibility of individual schools and local councils.

Timeline

5 Nov 2018 Petition opened for signatures
12 Nov 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Nov 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.