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School term and holiday dates

Find details of school holidays and additional teacher training days.

These are the council's recommended dates but schools can set different dates. Please check with your school.

School holidays for the 2017/18 academic year

HolidayClosing dateDate re-opens
Summer 2017Friday 21 July 2017Monday 4 September 2017
Autumn half-term 2017Friday 20 October 2017Monday 30 October 2017
Christmas 2017Friday 22 December 2017Monday 8 January 2018
Spring half-term 2018Friday 9 February 2018Monday 19 February 2018
Easter 2018Thursday 29 March 2018Monday 16 April 2018
May Day 2018Friday 4 May 2018Tuesday 8 May 2018
Summer half-term 2018Friday 25 May 2018Monday 4 June 2018
Summer 2018Friday 20 July 2018Monday 3 September 2018

Download and print the  Icon for pdf School term dates 2017/18 (PDF, 25.6kb) .

School holidays for the 2018/19 academic year

HolidayClosing dateDate re-opens
Summer 2018Friday 20 July 2018Monday 3 September 2018
Autumn half-term 2018Friday 19 October 2018Monday 29 October 2018
Christmas 2018Friday 21 December 2018Monday 7 January 2019
Spring half-term 2019Friday 15 February 2019Monday 25 February 2019
Easter 2019Friday 5 April 2019Tuesday 23 April 2019
May Day 2019Friday 3 May 2019Tuesday 7 May 2019
Summer half-term 2019Friday 24 May 2019Monday 3 June 2019
Summer 2019Friday 19 July 2019 

Download and print the  Icon for pdf School term dates 2018/19 (PDF, 36.0kb) .

School holidays for the 2019/20 academic year

HolidayClosing dateDate re-opens
Summer 2019Friday 19 July 2019Tuesday 3 September 2019
Autumn half-term 2019Friday 25 October 2019Monday 4 November 2019
Christmas 2019Friday 20 December 2019Monday 6 January 2020
Spring half-term 2020Friday 14 February 2020Monday 24 February 2020
Easter 2020Friday 3 April 2020Monday 20 April 2020
May Day 2020Friday 1 May 2020Tuesday 5 May 2020
Summer half-term 2020Friday 22 May 2020Monday 1 June 2020
Summer 2020Monday 20 July 2020 

 

Additional teacher training days

Schools also close for teacher training days during term-time. Dates are decided by each school and can change during the year. It's best to double-check dates with your school.

  • There are three additional days in 2017/2018. Download the Icon for pdf Teacher training days 2017/18 (updated 2 January 2018) (PDF, 139.0kb)  - please note we are still collecting these dates from schools and will update this list regularly.
  • There are three additional days in 2018/19. We are currently collecting these dates from schools.
  • There are four additional days in 2019/20. We are currently collecting these dates from schools.

For any schools not listed, please contact your school.

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Our address is:
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