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?
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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World Travel Market. (September 8, 2014). What is your school’s policy on taking your child(ren) out of school during term time? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/426004/school-policy-on-holidays-during-term-time-in-the-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
World Travel Market. "What is your school’s policy on taking your child(ren) out of school during term time?." Chart. September 8, 2014. Statista. Accessed January 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426004/school-policy-on-holidays-during-term-time-in-the-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
World Travel Market. (2014). What is your school’s policy on taking your child(ren) out of school during term time?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426004/school-policy-on-holidays-during-term-time-in-the-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
World Travel Market. "What Is Your School’s Policy on Taking Your Child(Ren) out of School during Term Time?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Sep 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426004/school-policy-on-holidays-during-term-time-in-the-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
World Travel Market, What is your school’s policy on taking your child(ren) out of school during term time? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426004/school-policy-on-holidays-during-term-time-in-the-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 25, 2025)
What is your school’s policy on taking your child(ren) out of school during term time? [Graph], World Travel Market, September 8, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/426004/school-policy-on-holidays-during-term-time-in-the-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
