School Holidays

Term dates can be found on our Friday Flyer (weekly newsletter) and below.

Term Dates 2026/27

Tuesday 1 September 2026 : INSET day (no children)

Wednesday 2 September 2026 : Return for Autumn Term 1

Friday 23 October 2026 : Break up for October half term

Monday 2 November 2026 : Return for Autumn Term 2

Friday 18 December 2026 : Break up for Christmas holidays

Monday 4 January 2027 : INSET day (no children)

Tuesday 5 January 2027 : Return for Spring Term 1

Friday 12 February 2027 : Break up for February half term

Monday 22 February 2027 : Return for Spring Term 2

Thursday 25 March 2027 : Break up for Easter holidays

Monday 12 April 2027 : Return for Summer Term 2

Monday 3 May 2027 : May Day Bank holiday – school closed

Friday 28 May 2027 : Break up for May half term

Monday 7 June 2027 : Return for Summer Term 2

Friday 16 July 2027 : Children break up for summer holidays

Wednesday 2 September 2027 : INSET day (no children)

Thursday 3 September 2027 : INSET day (no children)

Friday 3 September 2027 : INSET day (no children)

Monday 6 September 2027 : Return for Autumn Term 1

Alternatively, please visit the Durham County Council website to view or download the school holidays dates for this academic year and next year for all community schools, special schools and voluntary controlled schools. Please note that voluntary aided (church) schools, foundation schools, academies and school in different local authorities may have set different dates and you should check with the individual school or academy to confirm their arrangements.

School Holidays During Term Time

The Government released ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ in August 2024, this document outlines ‘Granting leaves of absence.’

• Only exceptional circumstances warrant granting a leave of absence. 

• Leave of absence should not be, and from certain types of school must not be, granted unless it has been applied for in advance by the parent who the pupil normally lives with and the headteacher believes the circumstances to be exceptional. 

• Schools must consider each application for a leave of absence individually taking into account the specific facts and circumstances and relevant background context behind each request. 

• Where a leave of absence is granted, the school will determine the number of days a pupil can be absent from school. 

• A leave of absence is granted entirely at the headteacher’s discretion.

• Where leave is not granted and absence is recorded as unauthorised, schools must consider whether a penalty notice is appropriate where it meets the national threshold of 10 unauthorised absences in a 10 school-week period.  

• Schools should not have a blanket position of issuing or not issuing penalty notices and where support is not deemed appropriate to the case, such as holidays in term-time, a penalty notice should be issued.

Please contact the school if you wish to discuss this with the Headteacher.

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