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The ParentGlow press kit: facts you can quote.

Dated facts, descriptions you can copy as they stand, logos and our data stories about UK school holidays. Every fact says when we last checked it and where it comes from.

Press enquiries, in writing

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Our founder, Joe M., answers by email, so every quote is exact. Please put “Press” and your deadline in the subject line.

Latest · In Surrey, October half term lasts two weeks. For most of its neighbours, it lasts one. Read the story

Fast facts.

Each one carries the date we last checked it, and where it comes from.

What it is

A co-parenting app for separated parents in the UK: a shared calendar and handovers, messaging, shared expenses and a record for each child, in one place both homes share.

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Where it is up to

In pre-launch early access. It is not yet in the App Store or Google Play, and no launch date has been announced.

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Price at launch

£5.99 a month or £59.99 a year per family. One plan covers both parents. Free during early access. Families who join early pay a lower, time-limited founding price for their first months after the free period, then the standard price; families on the early-access list get it for longer.

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Family records

Exporting a family’s whole record is always free. If a plan ends, planning and messages pause, past records stay readable for 30 days, and the children’s allergies, critical medicines and emergency contacts stay viewable. Nothing is deleted, and renewing brings everything back.

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Who is behind it

Founded by Joe M. ParentGlow is an independent co-parenting app, built and operated in the United Kingdom as a sole trader.

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School term dates

Published for 191 UK local authorities, each from the council’s own calendar.

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Free tool

A two-home school holiday planner, with no sign-up and nothing stored on our servers.

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Stories and data.

Stories only our data can tell, released on their dates, and the subjects our founder, Joe M., can comment on in writing.

October half term 2026 · released

In Surrey, October half term lasts two weeks. For most of its neighbours, it lasts one.

Surrey County Council’s community and voluntary controlled schools break for two weeks this October half term, 19–30 October 2026. Its published dates for 2027–28 show a one-week October half term again, 25–29 October 2027. Of the 12 neighbouring councils whose dates we publish, 11 break for one week, 26–30 October 2026, and Bromley matches Surrey’s two weeks. For a family with a home or a school on each side of Surrey’s boundary with one of those 11 councils, 19–23 October 2026 is the week that doesn’t line up.

Key figures

  • Surrey: 19–30 October 2026, two weeks.
  • 11 of the 12 neighbouring councils whose dates we publish: 26–30 October 2026. They are Bracknell Forest, Croydon, East Sussex, Hampshire, Hounslow, Kent, Kingston upon Thames, Slough, Sutton, West Sussex and Windsor and Maidenhead.
  • Bromley: 19–30 October 2026, the same as Surrey.
  • Across Great Britain, 60 of the 400 neighbouring council pairs we can compare have different October half terms in 2026.

Method

  • Dates are each council’s own published calendar, the same data as our council term-dates pages.
  • Two councils are neighbours when they share at least 200 metres of land boundary, using the Office for National Statistics’ Counties and Unitary Authorities (December 2025) boundaries.
  • A pair’s dates are different when the first or last day of the break differs. “No weekday in common” means not one Monday to Friday falls in both breaks.
  • The full method, and every pair for every break: neighbouring councils with different school holidays.

Caveats

  • These are council dates, not every child’s. In England, academies, free schools, voluntary aided and foundation schools can set their own dates.
  • Surrey has 14 neighbouring councils in all. We don’t count the other 2, because we publish a council’s dates only once we have verified them.
  • Check both councils’ own pages before you publish a date.

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Stories Joe M. can comment on.

In writing, on co-parenting and school holidays. Email hello@parentglow.co.uk with your questions and your deadline.

Our data, for your own stories.

  • School term dates for 191 UK local authorities, each from the council’s own published calendar. How we source and check them.
  • Neighbouring councils with different school holidays: every pair and every break, from October half term to May half term. Every pair is also in one CSV file for a spreadsheet. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
  • The two-home school holiday planner: free, with no sign-up and nothing stored on our servers.
  • You are welcome to use our figures. Please credit ParentGlow, link to the page you used, and check both councils’ own pages before you publish a date.
  • A credit you can paste: Source: ParentGlow, neighbouring councils with different school holidays, parentglow.co.uk/school-term-dates/out-of-step/, with the date you read it.

Descriptions you can copy.

Use any of these as they stand. Each one is checked against the facts on this page.

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ParentGlow is a UK co-parenting app that gives separated parents one shared place to organise life across two homes.

Short, about 50 words 51 words

ParentGlow is a co-parenting app for separated parents in the UK. It keeps the shared calendar and handovers, messages, expenses and a record for each child in one place both homes share. One plan covers both parents. The app is in pre-launch early access and is not yet available to download.

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ParentGlow is a co-parenting app for separated parents in the UK. It puts life across two homes in one place: a calendar and handovers, messaging, shared expenses and a record for each child. It covers UK school terms, bank holidays, pounds and UK family-law language. Its message helper, Tone Guard, uses an AI check from a specialist AI service to flag heated wording in a draft. Only the draft text is sent; nothing about the account, family or children goes with it, and the check does not store the draft. A parent can ask for a calmer version and choose whether to use it. If a proposal note is flagged, its result stays with the note. Records export in a court-ready format, and exporting a family’s whole record is always free. At launch, one plan covers both parents: £5.99 a month or £59.99 a year. ParentGlow is in pre-launch early access, founded by Joe M. It also publishes free school term dates for UK councils.

Writing about us.

  • Write the name as ParentGlow: one word, with a capital P and a capital G.
  • Credit the founder as Joe M., Founder of ParentGlow.
  • We use the language of UK family law: child arrangements and contact time, not custody.

Please don’t describe ParentGlow as…

  • court approved, or approved or endorsed by a court, Cafcass or the government. It isn’t. Its exports are designed to be court-ready, which is a different thing: a tidy, honest record.
  • admissible. A court-ready export is a tidy, honest record, not a guarantee of any outcome.
  • legal advice, a legal service, mediation or a safeguarding service. ParentGlow is a co-parenting tool.
  • free. It is free during early access. At launch it costs £5.99 a month or £59.99 a year per family.
  • available to download. It isn’t in the App Store or Google Play yet.

Logos and images.

Transparent PNGs, the largest we have. We don’t have a vector version yet.

Using the logo.

  • Leave clear space around it of at least a quarter of its height.
  • Please don’t stretch, recolour, rotate or crop it, or add effects.
  • On a dark or busy background, use the version with light lettering.

Colours.

  • Glow #F06E38
    The brand orange
  • Deep glow #D4561F
    Links and accents
  • Ink #1F1B16
    Text
  • Cream #FFFCFA
    Backgrounds

App screenshots.

Every screenshot shows a fictional demo family, the Thompsons, never a real one.

We don’t supply a photo of the founder.

Questions journalists ask

The straight answers.

Can people download ParentGlow now?

Not yet. ParentGlow is in pre-launch early access and isn’t in the App Store or Google Play. No launch date has been announced. Parents can join the early-access list at parentglow.co.uk.

How much will ParentGlow cost?

At launch, £5.99 a month or £59.99 a year per family, with one plan covering both parents. It is free during early access. Families who join early pay a lower, time-limited founding price for their first months after the free period, then the standard price, and families on the early-access list get it for longer. Exporting a family’s whole record is always free. Prices checked 5 October 2026.

Who is behind ParentGlow?

ParentGlow was founded by Joe M. ParentGlow is an independent co-parenting app, built and operated in the United Kingdom as a sole trader. Please credit him as Joe M., Founder of ParentGlow.

Can Joe comment on my story?

Yes, in writing. Joe comments on co-parenting and school holidays. Email hello@parentglow.co.uk with your questions and your deadline. He answers in writing only, so he isn’t available for phone, video or broadcast interviews.

Can you put me in touch with families who use ParentGlow?

No. We don’t share anyone’s details or put families forward for stories. The app isn’t released yet, and the people on our early-access list have agreed to hear from us about early access, nothing more.

Is ParentGlow approved by the courts or Cafcass?

No. ParentGlow isn’t approved or endorsed by any court, by Cafcass or by the government, so please don’t describe it that way. Its exports are designed to be court-ready: a tidy, honest record a parent can share, not a guarantee of any outcome.

Does ParentGlow give legal advice?

No. ParentGlow is a co-parenting tool — not legal advice, mediation or a safeguarding service. Our guides are general information for parents in England and Wales, and they point to GOV.UK, Cafcass and other official sources.

Does ParentGlow use AI?

Yes, in Tone Guard, the app’s message helper. A specialist AI service checks the draft once a parent pauses typing and flags wording that might read as heated. Only the draft text is sent; nothing about the account, family or children goes with it, and the draft is not stored by the check. On a flagged message the parent can ask for a calmer version, choose whether to use it, change it or ignore it; nothing is sent until they press send. If a proposal note is sent with a Tone Guard flag, its result is kept with that note.

Where do your school term-dates figures come from, and can we use them?

From each council’s own published calendar: our methodology page explains how we source and check them. Council dates cover community and voluntary controlled schools, and academies and some other schools set their own. You are welcome to use our figures. Please credit ParentGlow, link to the page you used, and check both councils’ own pages before you publish a date.

Contact, and who we are.

Press enquiries, in writing

hello@parentglow.co.uk

Our founder, Joe M., answers by email, so every quote is exact. Please put “Press” and your deadline in the subject line.

Who we are.

ParentGlow is an independent co-parenting app, built and operated in the United Kingdom as a sole trader. ParentGlow is a co-parenting tool — not legal advice, mediation or a safeguarding service.

How we handle data.

We never sell data, and a family can export its whole record, free, at any time. The detail is in our privacy policy and on our security page.

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