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School Holidays

Here are the school holiday dates for 2025-2026:

School closes

School reopens for teaching purposes

Summer 2025

Friday 18th July 2025

Wednesday 3rd September 2025

Autumn Half Term

Friday 24th October 2025

Monday 3rd November 2025

Christmas

Friday 19th December 2025

Tuesday 6th January 2026

Spring Half Term

Friday 20th February 2026

Monday 2nd March 2026

Easter

Thursday 2nd April 2026

Monday 20th April 2026

May Day

Friday 1st May 2026

Tuesday 5th May 2026

Summer Half Term

Friday 22nd May 2026

Monday 1st June 2026

Summer

Friday 17th July 2026

TBC

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 and academies may have set different dates and you should check with the school or academy to confirm their arrangements or view the PDF for schools not following the standard term and holiday dates.

Regular attendance is a must in order for your child to achieve the best from their education. Find out more about School Attendance on our website.

Leave of Absence

There have been changes made by Government regarding leave of absence. This applies to all schools and the new legislation came into force on 1 September 2013.

The amendments to the 2006 regulations now make clear that the Governing Body may not grant any leave of absence during term-time unless there are exceptional circumstances e.g. family bereavement.  The Head Teacher will determine the number of school days a child can be away from school if the exceptional circumstances leave is granted. A written application for leave of absence using the schools form LOA Request must be submitted to the Head Teacher via the School office. This is will processed by the Attendance Team and a meeting arranged to discuss the request.