Allow all school age children to take 5 days authorised leave each school year

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Families should be given the opportunity to chose to take their child on a family holiday annually if they believe that it would be beneficial for their child. Seeing the world should not only be obtainable to children who’s families have a significant amount of excess income or the means to save.

Travel teaches us so much about the world and other cultures. With a ever increasing rise in mental health problems it’s very difficult for people to switch off. Life moves at such a fast pace, quality time is infrequent for lots of working families and holidays give us time to re-connect and reset. This year my children and I took school supplies abroad and spent the day at a school for children living in extreme poverty in Dominican Republic, the experience was life changing. As a single working parent I have always taken my children out of school for holidays, if I didn’t they wouldn’t have seen any of the world. I won’t allow my children to miss out on opportunities simply because we have only one income

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Give schoolchildren 5 flexible days off school each year
Give schoolchildren 5 flexible days off school each year

Timeline

19 Jun 2022	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jun 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jun 2022

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