School policy on holidays during term UK 2014

This statistic shows school policies on holidays during term time in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014. Of respondents surveyed in September 2014, 45 percent said that in their child's school each case was dealt with on its own merit, and 33 percent stated that the rules were enforced very strictly.

What is your school’s policy on taking your child(ren) out of school during term time?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Each case dealt with on its own merit	45%
Rules enforced very strictly	33%
Not sure/Don't know	17%
Rules aren't enforced	5%

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Release date

September 2014

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

September 2014

Number of respondents

1,011*

Special properties

UK holidaymakers; all who took a minimum seven day summer holiday

Supplementary notes

* The source states that the report is based on two independent surveys conducted in September 2014. The first survey included a poll of World Travel Market stakeholders (n=1,229). The second survey, used for this statistic, included British holidaymakers who took a minimum seven-day summer holiday in the United Kingdom or overseas in 2014.

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