48 % 47 %
31 %
36 %
Impact of possible changes to the summer holiday
Imagine the school holidays were redistributed across the year, meaning that the summer holidays were reduced to four weeks. What impact, if any, would this have on the below?
48 % 47 %
School life
31 %
36 %
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17 % |
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14 % |
Positive |
No impact |
Negative |
Positive |
No impact |
Negative |
My costs associated with my child not being in school
Managing childcare provision
Sample: 5,866 parents in England( 3,391), Scotland( 1,309), Wales( 865) and Northern Ireland( 301) who have at least one child aged 4 to 18 in school. Base: All respondents whose child attends a state school( 4,814)
However, this is more important for parents on low incomes and parents of children with special educational needs:
• 44 % of parents of children entitled to free school meals say that more evenly- spread holidays would help save them money, compared to 28 % of parents of children not entitled to free school meals
• 37 % of parents of a child with special educational needs say that more evenly- spread holidays would help them save money, compared to 29 % of parents of a child without special educational needs
• Most parents( 82 %) think secondary school pupils need to get to school by 9am
• One in six( 17 %) parents of a child at secondary school / post-16 education / college think their child should start school after 9am
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