Term Dates

Dates for School Terms and School Day Timings

Term Dates

Term Dates for School Year 2025 – 2026

Term	Dates	Half Term Dates	INSET Days/ Bank Holidays
Autumn Term 2025	Wednesday 3rd September (Years 7 & 12 only) or Thursday 4th September (whole school) to Friday 19th December (Term ends at 12:45pm) Founders’ Day: Tuesday 16th December (No school for years 7 & 8)	Monday 27th October to Friday 31st October	Monday 1st September Tuesday 2nd September Friday 19th September Monday 3rd November
Spring Term 2026	Monday 5th January to Friday 27th March (Term ends at 12.45pm)	Monday 16th to Friday 20th February	Friday 13th February
Summer Term 2026	Monday 13th April to Friday 17th July (Term ends at 12.45pm)	Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May	Friday 3rd July

To view Term Dates for School Year 2026 – 2027 click here

School Calendar

Key Dates 2026/27

Year 7

Thursday 17th September 2026: Welcome Evening

Tuesday 18th March 2027: Parents’ Evening (in school)

Year 8

Thursday 27th June 2026: Parents’ Evening (virtual)

Year 9

Thursday 21st January 2027: Parents’ and Options Evening

Year 10

Thursday October TBC: Work Experience Parents’ Information Evening

Tuesday 13th April – Friday 23rd April 2027: Mock Examinations

Tuesday 11th May 2027: Parents’ Evening (virtual)

Monday 24th – Friday 28th May 2027: Work Experience

Year 11

Tuesday 1st December 2026: Sixth Form taster day

Tuesday 16th – Friday 27th November 2027: Mock Examinations

Tuesday 7th January 2027: Parents’ Evening (in school)

Friday 7th May 2027: Celebration Morning

10th May – 18th June 2027: GCSE Examinations window

Tuesday 29 June 2027: Prom

Year 12

Thursday 24th September 2026: Welcome Evening

Wednesday 24th March 2027: Post-18 Options Evening

Monday 26th May – Friday 11th June 2027: Examinations

Thursday 8th July 2027: Parents’ Evening (in school)

Year 13

Tuesday 25th February 2027: Parents’ Evening (in school)

Monday 11th – Wednesday 20th January 2027: Mock Examinations

Thursday 6th May 2027: Celebration Evening

10th May – 18th June 2027: A Level Examinations window

School Day

School Day Timings

Time	School Period	Activities
8:30am	Pre-registration	Students arrive at Form Room
8:35-8:45am	Registration	Checking pupils have arrived, equipment check.
8:45-9:00am	Assembly or Tutor Time	On assembly days, students will have a 15 minute assembly on the themes of the week. Otherwise, students will be completing Head of House directed activities with their tutor group in their Form Rooms.
9:00-9:05am	Transition	Movement between lessons
9:05-10:05am	Period 1	Lesson 1
10:05-10:10am	Transition	Movement between lessons
10:10-11:10am	Period 2	Lesson 2
11:10-11:30am	Interval	Break-time for students
11:30am-12:30pm	Period 3	Lesson 3
12:30-1:30pm	Lunchtime	Students can eat their lunch. This is the time when most extra-curricular activities are run.
1:30-2:30pm	Period 4	Lesson 4
2:30-2:35pm	Transition	Movement between lessons
2:35-3:35pm	Period 5	Lesson 5
3:35pm	End of School Day	Most students go home, there are a few after school extra-curricular activities that some students may attend.