Pupils missed 15m hours of school time during UK’s June heatwave, study finds
2 sources·Updated September 11, 2026
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- The Independent·15h agoBritish pupils lost 15 million hours of teaching time during heatwave, study finds
Extreme temperatures this summer forced hundreds of UK schools to shut early or close entirely
Read at The Independent → - Guardian UK·22h agoPupils missed 15m hours of school time during UK’s June heatwave, study finds
At least 760,000 children in England and Wales missed lessons as more than 1,700 schools closed or finished early The gruelling heatwave that hit the UK in June caused pupils to miss more than 15m hours of lesson time as soaring temperatures forced hundreds of schools to close,…
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