Term dates

School term and holiday dates are set by the Local Authority (LA) for community and voluntary controlled (VC) schools and maintained nursery schools. Governing bodies set the term dates for foundation, trust and voluntary aided schools and academies. Please see our schools directory page for information on individual school categories.

Non-pupil days

School governing bodies set 10 occasional and professional development days for their schools, known as non-pupil days, from within the term dates. The Local Authority does not hold this information and parents or carers are advised to contact schools direct to find out the dates set in each school.

Term dates 2011 to 2012

Detailed below are our term dates for 2011 to 2012.

• Term one: 2 September 2011 to 21 October 2011
  Holiday: 24 to 28 October 2011
• Term two: 31 October 2011 to 16 December 2011
  Holiday: 19 December 2011 to 2 January 2012
• Term three: 3 January 2012 to 10 February 2012
  Holiday: 13 to 14 February 2012+
• Term four: 15 February 2012 to 30 March 2012+
  Holiday: 2 to 13 April 2012
• Term five: 16 April 2012 to 1 June 2012^
  Holiday: 4 to 8 June 2012^
• Term six: 11 June 2012 to 24 July 2012
  Holiday: 25 July 2012 to 31 August 2012

+ Term four officially starts on 15 February but individual governing bodies can allocate 'occasional days' so that children return to school on 20 February. Refer to individual schools for this information.

^ Term five includes the May bank holiday on 7 May 2012, and the holiday includes the spring bank holiday on 4 June and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee holiday on 5 June 2012.

You can download the term dates for 2011 to 2012 below.

School term dates 2011 to 2012 [16KB]

Term dates 2012 to 2013

Detailed below are our term dates for 2012 to 2013.

• Term one: 3 September 2012 to 26 October 2012
  Holiday: 29 October 2012 to 2 November 2012
• Term two: 5 November 2012 to 21 December 2012
  Holiday: 24 December 2012 to 4 January 2013
• Term three: 7 January 2013 to 15 February 2013
  Holiday: 18 to 19 February 2013+
• Term four: 20 February 2013 to 28 March 2013+
  Holiday: 29 March 2013 to 12 April 2013
• Term five: 15 April 2013 to 24 May 2013^
  Holiday: 27 to 31 May 2013
• Term six: 3 June 2013 to 25 July 2013
  Holiday: 26 July 2013 to 30 August 2013

+ Term four officially starts on 20 February but individual governing bodies can allocate 'occasional days' so that children return to school on 25 February. Refer to individual schools for this information.

^ Term five includes the May bank holiday on 6 May 2013.

You can download the term dates for 2012 to 2013 below.

School term dates 2012 to 2013 (16KB)

Term dates 2013 to 2014

Detailed below are our term dates for 2013 to 2014.

• Term one: 2 September 2013 to 25 October 2013
  Holiday: 28 October 2013 to 1 November 2013
• Term two: 4 November 2013 to 20 December 2013
  Holiday: 23 December 2013 to 3 January 2014
• Term three: 6 January 2014 to 14 February 2014
  Holiday: 17 to 18 February 2014+
• Term four: 19 February 2014 to 4 April 2014+
  Holiday: 7 April 2014 to 21 April 2014
• Term five: 22 April 2014 to 23 May 2014^
  Holiday: 26 to 30 May 2014
• Term six: 2 June 2014 to 24 July 2014
  Holiday: 25 July 2014 to 29 August 2014

+ Term four officially starts on 19 February but individual governing bodies can allocate 'occasional days' so that children return to school on 24 February. Refer to individual schools for this information.

^ Term five includes the May bank holiday on 5 May 2014.

You can download the term dates for 2013 to 2014 below.

School term dates 2013 to 2014 (16KB)