Term | School Days | Start Date | End Date | Bank holidays which fall within the term |
1 | 35 Days | 01/09/2025 | 17/10/2025 | |
2 | 40 Days | 27/10/2025 | 19/12/2025 | |
3 | 30 Days | 05/01/2026 | 13/02/2026 | |
4 | 29 Days | 23/02/2026 | 02/04/2026 | |
5 | 24 Days | 20/04/2026 | 22/05/2026 | 04/05/2026 |
6 | 37 Days | 01/06/2026 | 21/07/2026 |
Over a school year, pupils are required to attend for 190 days/380 sessions. In total, teachers may be required to be available for work on up to 195 days, with the additional days specified by individual schools as non-contact days. Schools may also require teachers to work additional hours before or after school sessions, as an alternative to full non-contact days, provided that any teacher is not required to work in aggregate more than 1,265 hours during a school year. Schools may therefore choose to require teachers to make up the full equivalent of the 5 non-contact days wholly through additional hours or use a mixture of additional hours and non-contact days.
Inset Days:
Morning registration | 8:50am | 9:10am |
Period 1 | 9:10am | 9:55am |
Period 2 | 9:55am | 10:40am |
Morning Break | 10:40am | 10:55am |
Period 3 | 10:55am | 11:40am |
Period 4 | 11:40am | 12:25pm |
Lunch Break | 12:25pm | 12:55pm |
Afternoon registration | 12:55pm | 1:05pm |
Period 5 | 1:05pm | 1:50pm |
Period 6 | 1:50pm | 2:36pm |