Children's working hours

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Can anyone point me at any legal materials or guidelines on this? Also who can I go to if I'm not happy about the hours my child is being asked to work?
He's a chorister and with choir and school commitments he has one day off, yes, just one day when he can sit at home and just be, between the beginning of this half term and Christmas Day. It's too much, and I need to tackle it, but I want some figures or guidelines to refer to when I speak up.
Thanks for your help!

Choirs are exempt from the Children's Performance Regulations

If he were a dancer or actor then he would becallowedvto work 6 days out of 7 but if it was a longer run if performances then it would be more likely to he around 3-4 per week not before 10am & not after 10pm.

If he doesn't need a performance licence and isn't being paid then there isn't really any legislation. LA will have guidelines for children working. Presumably you knew what you were signing up to as a chorister and for this part of the year his attendance is more required than at others.

Christmas is the busiest time! I think maybe you need to look at whether or not he is benefiting from this and if not pull him out of the choir. BTW, my dds never had a full day off for periods of time with dancing & other activities but that was their choice.

It's Christmas! He's going to be exceptionally busy.

If you put him into a choir school, you signed him up for this. I suspect there is something in the terms and conditions about it.

It is a tough one as it is legal and the accepted way for choirs but I can understand why you think it might be too much, there are times when laws maybe need challenging and reviewing.

Is he in a full time choir school or normal school plus cathedral chorister etc extra curricular

I find that since dd is in a full time dance school she has more free time than when she was juggling normal academic school & it's demands plus dance classes/panto/ shows etc especially at this time of year.

But equally when she joined he vocational school we signed her away so to speak. They own her & she is eclectic to do whatever they require in terms if performances etc & it's up to us to make sure nothing else clashes.

notnagging He's a child! He essentially working 7 days a week.
Do you know any other parents who are unhappy with the timetable, maybe group pressure is the way forward.