Pupils missed 15m hours of school time during UK’s June heatwave, study finds

September 11, 2026 · 10:00 am 1 sources

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• Pupils missed 15m hours of school time during UK’s June heatwave, study finds
  The Guardian · September 11, 2026 10:00
  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, according to a…