School term and holiday dates

Governing boards are responsible for setting the school term and holiday dates for each school. This calendar provides a framework for governing boards to set their dates. Individual school dates will vary, so please check the school website for the dates at specific schools.

Please note that Healthy School Street restrictions are not currently enforced on any Bank Holiday or Public Holiday which falls within the school term

School Terms Pupil holidays

Autumn

Monday 2 September 2024 to Friday 25 October 2024 

Half Term

Monday 28 October 2024 to
Friday 1 November 2024

Diwali: Friday 1 November 2024

Autumn

Monday 4 November 2024 to
Friday 20 December 2024

Religious Festivals

Vikram New Year in Gujarat: Saturday 2 November 2024
Guru Nanak’s Birthday: Friday 15 November 2024  

Christmas Break

Monday 23 December to
Friday 3 January 2025

Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall within the Christmas Break

Spring

Monday 6th January 2025 to

Friday 14 February 2025

Half Term

Monday 17 February 2025 to

Friday 21 February 2025

Spring

Monday 24 February 2025 to

Friday 4 April 2025

Ramadan predicted to begin evening of Friday 28 February 2025

Eid-ul-Fitr: Predicted as evening of Sunday 30 – Monday 31 March 2025

Spring Break

Monday 7 April 2025 to

Monday 21 April 2025

Religious Festivals Easter Sunday: 20 April 2025

Summer

Tuesday 22 April 2025 to

Friday 23 May 2025

Half Term

Monday 26 May 2025 to

Friday 30 May 2025

May Day

Monday 5 May 2025

Summer

Monday 2 June 2025 to

Wednesday 23 July 2025

Religious festivals

Eid-ul-Adha: evening of Friday 6 June 2025

Summer Break

Thursday 24 July 2025 to

To be advised

In-service training days:

The Education (School Day and School Year) Regulations (1999) require all maintained schools to open for teaching for 190 days a year, offering 380 sessions. The table sets out dates for 196 days. Pupils are to be released for a further 5 days for the purpose of teachers’ staff development (INSET). These days can be taken as inset days or equivalent twilight sessions

School term and holiday dates calendar 2024/25 (PDF)

School term and holiday dates calendar 2025/26 (PDF)