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Term Dates

Determined School Term dates for 2025-26

Standard School Year 2025/26 based on 6 terms with additional INSET days:
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  

INSET/ Non-contact days for teachers:

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:

  • Monday 1st September
  • Tuesday 2nd September
  • Monday 24th November
  • Monday 16th March
  • Friday 26th June

Bank Holidays

  • 25 August 2025 - August Bank Holiday
  • 25 December 2025 - Christmas Day
  • 26 December 2025 - Boxing Day
  • 1 January 2026 - New Year's Day
  • 3 April 2026 - Good Friday
  • 6 April 2026 - Easter Monday
  • 4 May 2026 - May Day
  • 25 May 2026 - Late May Bank Holiday
  • 31 August 2026 - August Bank Holiday

The School Day 

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