Petitions/Reduce the school week to three days a week
StatusClosed
Opened26 Sept 2025
Closes26 Mar 2026
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Government and parliament need to lower children's school days per week from 5 to 3 to allow them to still enjoy their childhoods.

We think that children's weeks in school are much too long and that this affects their childhoods, concentration and family relationships. The 5 day school week should be limited to a maximum of 3 days to allow children to still have a childhood and to allow children to learn at home too. Children from age 5 should not be forced by government and school bodies to be away from their homes and families for 5 days - up to 32.5 hours a week which is the equivalent in some cases to a full time job..

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Jon Trickett
1Jon Trickett MP
Normanton and Hemsworth
9
Munira Wilson
2Munira Wilson MP
Twickenham
8
Mark Pritchard
3Mark Pritchard MP
The Wrekin
7
Matt Turmaine
4Matt Turmaine MP
Watford
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Judith Cummins
5Judith Cummins MP
Bradford South
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Shivani Raja
6Shivani Raja MP
Leicester East
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Victoria Atkins
7Victoria Atkins MP
Louth and Horncastle
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Ms Marie Rimmer
8Ms Marie Rimmer MP
St Helens South and Whiston
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Luke Taylor
9Luke Taylor MP
Sutton and Cheam
4
Imran Hussain
10Imran Hussain MP
Bradford East
3