Question follow-through · 19104
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of altering the school exam period to avoid exam dates coinciding with extreme heat waves.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2026 · 51 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of altering the school exam period to avoid exam dates coinciding with extreme heat waves.
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2026
Answer published
The department has published the guidance ‘Hot weather and heatwaves guidance for schools and other education settings’, which is based on UK Health Security Agency advice to support education settings. In most cases, schools remain the safest place for c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Pre-school Education: Finance
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered reviewing early years funding rates, including the impact on a) staff wages and b) staff recruitment and retention.