Change the length of the summer holidays.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To shorten the summer holiday to 4 weeks instead of 6 weeks. Then add an additional week to the February half term and an additional week in the October half term, making them 2 weeks instead of 1 week.

I’ve done a lot of research into this, and it would benefit the children, parents and educational professionals too. The summer holiday are to long for children to be out of education for. It also affects them going back to school after the holidays, they take longer and find it harder to settle back into a routine, which is harder for educational professionals to deal with. Also it’s harder for parents to find childcare whilst they work, being such a long holiday. Creating a stressful situation

Why it was rejected

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

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about the length of school holidays are a matter for local authorities and individual schools, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

11 Aug 2025	Petition opened for signatures
22 Aug 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Aug 2025

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