School term dates

The following term dates only apply to community, voluntary controlled and special schools.

Please note: Academy, foundation and voluntary aided schools set their own term dates and you should contact them for details.

2018/2019

	Autumn 2018	Spring 2019	Summer 2019
School re-opens	Mon 3rd Sep	Mon 7th Jan	Mon 29th Apr
School closes: May Day	n/a	n/a	Mon 6th May
School closes: half term	Fri 26th Oct	Fri 15th Feb	Fri 24th May
School re-opens	Mon 5th Nov	Mon 25th Feb	Mon 3rd June
School closes: end of term	Fri 21st Dec	Fri 12th Apr	Mon 22nd July
Number of days	75	65	55

Total number of days: 195.

2019/2020

	Autumn 2019	Spring 2020	Summer 2020
School re-opens	Mon 2nd Sep	Mon 6th Jan	Mon 20th Apr
School closes: May Day	n/a	n/a	Mon 4th May
School closes: half term	Fri 25th Oct	Fri 14th Feb	Fri 22nd May
School re-opens	Mon 4th Nov	Mon 24th Feb	Mon 1st June
School closes: end of term	Fri 20st Dec	Fri 3rd Apr	Mon 20th July
Number of days	75	60	60

Total number of days: 195.

Important note

Of the 195 days, five are to be pupil occasional holidays:

one of these must be polling day, if schools are closed due to the elections;
two of the five days may be disaggregated.

For more about this, please see: Holidays: term-time arrangements or contact the school: Search for schools .

Dates to remember

2018

Good Friday: Fri 30th Mar;
Polling Day: Thu 3rd May;
May Day: Mon 7th May.

2019

Good Friday: Fri 19th Apr;
Polling Day: Thu 2nd May;
May Day: Mon 6th May.

2020

Good Friday: Fri 10th Apr;
May Day: Mon 4th May;
Polling Day: Thu 7th May.

See also