Petition
Allow parents up to 5 days a year to take children on holiday.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Allow parents up to 5 days per academic year to take children on holiday in term time based on their behavior and attendance on the understanding it would not fall in exam times.
A summer holiday can easily double or even triple in peak times making it unaffordable for parents to take their children on holiday, which leaves children missing out on valuable family time and core memories.
Peak times are also more busy and overwhelming for children with special educational needs and family’s like mine are unable to take their children away in these periods.
Peak times are also more busy and overwhelming for children with special educational needs and family’s like mine are unable to take their children away in these periods.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Allow parents to take their children out of school for 5 school days in a year
Allow parents to take their children out of school for 5 school days in a year
Allow parents to take their children out of school for 5 school days in a year
Allow parents to take their children out of school for 5 school days in a year
Timeline
| 8 Jun 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 23 Jun 2025 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
23 Jun 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Jul 2026.