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Term dates

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Term dates

Our term dates are listed below

Please note that boarders return between 18:00 – 22:00h the evening prior to the start of term.

Academic year 2024-2025

Spring Term 2025

Term starts

Tuesday 7 January (0840)

Half term

Friday 14 February (1620) – Monday 24 February (0840)

Term ends

Friday 28 March (1500***) Prep School

Friday 28 March (1620) Senior School

SUMMER Term 2025

Term starts

Wednesday 23 April (0840)

Half term

Saturday 24 May (1230***) – Monday 2 June (0840)

Term ends

Wednesday 2 July (1500)

Academic year 2025-2026

Autumn Term 2025

First Form Induction

Friday 29 August (0840 until after lunch)

Term starts

Wednesday 3 September (0840)

Half term

Friday 17 October (1620) – Monday 3 November (0840)
(CCF field weekend finishes on Saturday, 18 October. Third Form Battlefields trip returns on Sunday, 19 October.)

Term ends

Friday 12 December (1500)


Spring Term 2026

Term starts

Tuesday 6 January (0840)

Half term

Friday 13 February (1620) – Monday 23 February (0840)

Term ends

Friday 27 March (1500**) Prep School

Friday 27 March (1620) Senior School


SUMMER Term 2026

Term starts

Tuesday 21 April (0840)

Half term

Friday 22 May (1620) – Monday 1 June (0840)

Terms ends (Prep)

Friday 3 July (1500)

Term ends (Senior/Sixth)

Saturday 4 July (following Speech Day)

Academic year 2026-2027

Autumn Term 2026

First Form Induction

TBC

Term starts

Tuesday 1 September (0840)

Half term

Friday 16 October (1620) – Monday 2 November (0840)

Term ends

Friday 11 December (1500)

spring Term 2027

Term starts

Tuesday 5 January (0840)

Half term

Friday 12 February (1620) – Monday 22 February (0840)

Term ends

Thursday 25 March (1620)

summer Term 2027

Term starts

Tuesday 20 April (0840)

Half term

Saturday 22 May (1230) – Tuesday 01 June (0840)

Term ends

Prep School – Friday 2 July (1620)

Senior School – Saturday 3 July (following speech day)

Please note

**   Term ends at 1500 for the Prep School


*** For the Senior School, half term usually starts after the Speech Day celebrations on the Saturday.  For the Prep School, half term starts on the Friday at 1500.

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