Monday 26th – Friday 30th October
Half Term
(school closed for pupils)

Friday 20th November
Staff Training Day
(school closed for pupils)

Thursday 17th December
LAST DAY FOR PUPILS
(1.30 pm Close)

Friday 18th December
Occasional Day
(School closed for pupils)

Monday 21st 2026 – Friday 1st January 2027
Christmas Holidays

Monday 15th – Friday 19th February
Half Term
(school closed)

Thursday 25th March
LAST DAY FOR PUPILS
(1.30pm Close)

Friday 26th March – Friday 9th April 2027
Easter Holidays

Monday 3rd May
May Bank Holiday
(school closed)

Monday 31st – Friday 4th June
Half Term
(school closed)

Friday 18th June
Staff Training Day
(school closed for pupils)

Monday 26th July
Occasional Day
(school closed for pupils)

Tuesday 27th July
Occasional Day
(school closed for pupils)

Friday 23rd July 
LAST DAY FOR PUPILS
(1.30pm Close)

The above schedule sets out 198 days in total, providing a framework for schools from which five days should be selected as training days for teachers, set by headteachers in consultation with their staff.

The schedule also allows for the 3 occasional day holidays for pupils and staff to be set in consultation with each school’s governing body and taken from within the 198 days specified in the schedule.

In considering the dates of these 3 days, governing bodies should take account of the need to observe religious festivals other than Christmas and Easter and the potential impact on pupil and staff attendance.

Should the occasional days not be required for religious festivals, schools can either use them at the end of the summer term 2027 (to align their term dates with the majority of London boroughs who do not allow for occasional days) or at another point in the academic year at the discretion of the governing body.

Please note that the total number of working days for teachers is 195 and for pupils is 190.