HOLIDAY DATES - SCHOOL YEAR 2024-2025
| HOLIDAY | DATE OF CLOSURE (3.15 pm) | |
| Summer | Friday 25th July |
Staff in-service education training will be held on the following dates:
2024
Monday 2nd September
Tuesday 3rd September
2025
Thursday 2nd January
Friday 3rd January
Friday 25th July
HOLIDAY DATES - SCHOOL YEAR 2025-2026
TERM DATES 2025/2026
Autumn Term 2025
Term Starts for Pupils: Term Ends for pupils:
Wednesday 3rd September 2025 Friday 24th October 2025
Half Term Monday 27th October to Friday 31st October 2025
Monday 3rd November 2025 Friday 19th December 2025
Spring Term 2026
Term Starts for Pupils: Term Ends for pupils:
Monday 5th January 2026 Friday 13th February 2026
Half Term Monday 16th February to Friday 20th February 2026
Monday 23rd February 2026 Friday 27th March 2026
Summer Term 2026
Term Starts for Pupils: Term Ends for pupils:
Monday 13th April 2026 Friday 22nd May 2026
School closed for pupils Friday 1st May - Inset day
Half Term Monday 25th May to Friday 5th June 2026
Monday 8th June 2026 Thursday 23rd July 2026
Inset Days
Public Holidays
Parents are asked to try and arrange their own holidays to coincide with those of the school.
This is in line with the Governing Body’s revised Policy for dealing with requests for holiday leave in term time. Any requests for holidays must be received in school at least 4 weeks in advance and will be granted only in exceptional circumstances. Leave will not be granted for any of the following reasons:
availability of cheap holidays in term time
availability of the desired accommodation
poor weather experienced in school holiday periods
overlap with the beginning or end of term
A copy of the Policy is available in the school office if you wish to read it.
Term time holidays
When children miss school for term time holidays not only do they miss out on important learning
but they often take time to settle back into their learning routines.
The government is strengthening the rules around Education Penalty Notices. These are fixed
penalty fines which can be issued by the Local Authority where 10 or more sessions (5 days) of
unauthorised absence take place.
They are most commonly issued to parents when a child misses school for an term time holiday
taken without the permission of the school.
The new stronger rules will apply to all offences taking place after August 2024.
per parent per child if paid within 21 days, or £160 if paid within 28 days.
first fine it will be for £160.
the same parent for the same child within the previous three years (starting with the date of
the first fine); instead the parent will be prosecuted by the Local Authority in the
Magistrates’ Court.
It’s therefore more important than ever that parents arrange to take family holidays in the school
holidays and not in term time.
Should you wish to apply for authorisation for time off during term time, please complete the Application for Absence in Term Time form below and submit it to the school office no less than 6 weeks before departure. Late applications can only be accepted in exceptional circumstances.