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Posted On: September 9th 2026, 02:18 pm
What is actually going on? I thought we were cutting back to summer holidays to help working parents NOT adding a week extra?
Parents who are applying to schools check this out!
#mumlifeuk #workingmumlife #schoolholidays
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livyniamh a month ago

livyniamh

Schools can only have so much holiday, they can't just pop an extra week in to inconvenience you 😂 check the school website. Oh and schools aren't child care!

cjmstockley a month ago

cjmstockley

I understand the "school is not childcare" take. But get real. We have to work, and it costs us a fortune to pay for care during the school holidays. Most of us get nothing like the amount of leave we would need to cover school holidays, even if we were allowed to take 5/6 consecutive weeks in the summer! Some of us don't have a village. So no, school isn't childcare per se, but not having school causes a childcare problem.

frosladd a month ago

frosladd

School is not childcare.

zozozo_eb a month ago

zozozo_eb

Probably cause they don’t have any other inset days

milesofsmiles.19 a month ago

milesofsmiles.19

Why don't you ask your child care provide rather than asking us who don't know your child care providers diary

dirtyhoehappyhoe a month ago

dirtyhoehappyhoe

Swear to god, this is a prime example of how the 90s/00s education system failed the UK... and I dont mean the rage bait. I mean the fact you have to post this shit to feel anything, when the views and likes roll in.

linzi_x77 a month ago

linzi_x77

October and easter/april are the holiday that are linked. If you have 2 week off in october you get 1 week at easter - generally this is the religious schools who still attend for holy week. Or you have 1 week at october and 2 in april/easter.

jlmc1076 a month ago

jlmc1076

My son had 7 wks off and 2 weeks in October

leopapercraft a month ago

leopapercraft

Whose child has 2 weeks off in October? Has this changed?

threekidsunfiltered a month ago

threekidsunfiltered

So…I’ve emailed the school and my school only operates for 185 days a year. Because it’s a trust they have more flexibility over the timetable.

judith.ball a month ago

judith.ball

Stop fking moaning - the holidays are the same as they’ve always been

ambitiousrick a month ago

ambitiousrick

So I get extra days with my kids? Awesome

sue3440 a month ago

sue3440

Because the school year is September to September. So next summer holidays will be 5 weeks

saunders_pia a month ago

saunders_pia

Perhaps their 5 training days are a training week in the summer 😂

saunders_pia a month ago

saunders_pia

School isn’t childcare 😂😊

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