Term Dates & School Day
Calendar
Academic Year 2025/2026
Term 1 begins for pupils: Tuesday 2nd September 2025
Autumn Half Term Break: Monday 20h October – Monday 27th October 2025 inclusive
Term 2 begins for pupils: Tuesday 28th October 2025
End of Term 2 (Christmas Break): Friday 19th December 2025
at 2pm
Term 3 begins for pupils: Monday 5th January 2026
Spring Half Term Break: Monday 16h February – Monday 23rd February 2026 inclusive
Term 4 begins for pupils: Tuesday 24th February 2026
End of Term 4 (Easter Break): Thursday 2nd April at 3.20pm (or after clubs)
Easter Break: Friday 3rd April – Friday 17th April 2026
Term 5 begins for pupils: Monday 20th April 2026
School closed: Monday 4th May (Bank holiday)
Summer Half Term Break: Monday 25th May – Friday 29th May 2026 inclusive
Term 6 begins for pupils: Monday 1st June 2026
End of Term 6: Friday 17th July 2026 at 2pm
Staff Development days 2025-2026
- Monday 1st September 2025
- Monday 27th October 2025
- Monday 23rd February 2026
- Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st July 2026
Academic Year 2026/2027
Term 1 begins for pupils: Thursday 3rd September 2026
Autumn Half Term Break: Monday 26th October – Friday 30th October 2026 inclusive
Term 2 begins for pupils: Monday 2nd November 2026
End of Term 2 (Christmas Break): Friday 18th December 2026 at 2pm
Term 3 begins for pupils: Tuesday 5th January 2027
Spring Half Term Break: Monday 15th February – Friday 19th February 2027 inclusive
Term 4 begins for pupils: Monday 22nd February 2027
End of Term 4 (Easter Break): Thursday 25th March 2027 at 3.20pm (or after clubs)
Easter Break: Friday 26th March – Monday 12th April 2027
Term 5 begins for pupils: Tuesday 13th April 2027
School closed: Monday 3rd May (Bank holiday)
Summer Half Term Break: Monday 31st May – Friday 4th June 2027 inclusive
Term 6 begins for pupils: Monday 7th June 2027
End of Term 6: Tuesday 20th July 2027 at 2pm
Staff Development days 2026-2027
- Tuesday 1st September 2026
- Wednesday 2nd September 2026
- Monday 4th January 2027
- Monday 12th April 2027
- Wednesday 21st July 2027
The School Day
The school office is open from 8.30am-3.40pm each day.
Pupils are not permitted onto the school site before 8.45am in the mornings (unless they are attending Breakfast Club at 8am) and should be collected promptly at the end of the school day at 3.20pm or after a school club. There is no supervision before 8.45am (except Breakfast Club) and pupils should wait with their parents at the wooden pedestrian gate outside the school premises.
8.45am: Pupils come onto the school site via the pedestrian gate at the top of Pearse Place. Parents say goodbye here and pupils can proceed straight to their classrooms. Reception pupils can meet their 'Year 6 Buddies' at the pedestrian gate and they will be escorted to their classroom door.
8.45-8.55am: Registration
8.55-9.15am: Morning class work/activities
10.15-10.30am: Assembly
10.30-10.45am: Playtime for all pupils.
(Children will have an allocated snack time within the morning but the time of this will vary with each year groups own timetable)
12.00: Class 1 - lunch
12.05/10: Class 2 & 3 - lunch
12.15: All other classes - lunch
1.15pm: End of lunchtime
3.15pm: End of the school day for Years R, 1 & 2
3.20pm: End of school day for Years 3, 4, 5 & 6