Term and holiday dates

The school year is based on a calendar of 195 days. Five days are used for staff professional development which means that schools will be open to receive pupils for the legal minimum of 190 days (380 sessions).

Please contact schools directly to find out the five dates they will be closed to pupils.

Academies, Voluntary Aided, Trust and Foundation school set their own term dates and should be contacted directly.

2012-13

• Term 1 Monday 3 September to Wednesday 24 October 2012
• Term 2 Monday 5 November to Friday 21 December 2012
• Term 3 Monday 7 January to Friday 8 February 2013
• Term 4 Monday 18 February to Friday 22 March 2013
• Term 5 Monday 8 April to Friday 24 May 2013
• Term 6 Monday 3 June to Wednesday 24 July 2013

Schools will be closed for the following public holidays:

• 25 December 2012 - Christmas Day
• 26 December 2012 - Boxing Day
• 1 January 2013 - New Year's Day Holiday
• 29 March 2013 - Good Friday
• 1 April 2013 - Easter Monday
• 6 May 2013 - Early May Bank Holiday
• 27 May 2013 - Spring Bank Holiday
• 26 August 2013 - Summer Bank Holiday

2013-14

• Term 1 Monday 2 September to Friday 25 October 2013
• Term 2 Monday 4 November to Friday 20 December 2013
• Term 3 Monday 6 January to Friday 14 February 2014
• Term 4 Monday 24 February to Friday 4 April 2014
• Term 5 Tuesday 22 April to Friday 23 May 2014
• Term 6 Monday 2 June to Tuesday 22 July 2014

Schools will be closed for the following public holidays:

• 25 December 2013 - Christmas Day
• 26 December 2013 - Boxing Day
• 1 January 2014 - New Year's Day Holiday
• 18 April 2014 - Good Friday
• 21 April 2014 - Easter Monday
• 5 May 2014- Early May Bank Holiday
• 26 May 2014 - Spring Bank Holiday
• 25 August 2014 - Summer Bank Holiday

2014-15

• Term 1 Monday 1 September to Friday 24 October 2014
• Term 2 Monday 3 November to Friday 19 December 2014
• Term 3 Monday 5 January to Friday 13 February 2015
• Term 4 Monday 23 February to Friday 27 March 2015
• Term 5 Monday 13 April to Friday 22 May 2015
• Term 6 Monday 1 June to Monday 20 July 2015

 Schools will be closed for the following public holidays:

• 25 December 2014 - Christmas Day
• 26 December 2014 - Boxing Day
• 1 January 2015 - New Year's Day Holiday
• 3 April 2015 - Good Friday
• 6 April 2015 - Easter Monday
• 4 May 2015 - Early May Bank Holiday
• 25 May 2015 - Spring Bank Holiday
• 31 August 2015 - Summer Bank Holiday