Reduce the school week to three days a week

Government and parliament need to lower children's school days per week from 5 to 3 to allow them to still enjoy their childhoods.

290 Signatures

Status
Open
Opened
Friday 26th September 2025
Last 24 hours signatures
3
Signature Deadline
Thursday 26th March 2026
Estimated Final Signatures: 305

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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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