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School Holidays

School Holidays

Holiday Closing date Date re-opens
Summer 2024 Tuesday 23 July 2024 Wednesday 4 September 2024
Autumn half-term 2024 Friday 25 October 2024 Tuesday 5 November 2024
Christmas 2024 Friday 20 December 2024 Monday 6 January 2025
Spring half-term 2025 Friday 21 February 2025 Monday 3 March 2025
Easter 2025 Friday 11 April 2025 Monday 28 April 2025
May Day 2025 Friday 2 May 2025 Tuesday 6 May 2025
Summer half-term 2025 Thursday 22 May 2025 Monday 2 June 2025
Summer 2025 Friday 18 July 2025 Tuesday 2 September 2025

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.

Other School Closures

The following dates are teacher training dates for 2024/25:

Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Monday 4th November 2024

Friday 23rd May 2025

The following dates are teacher training dates for 2025/26:

Monday 2nd September 2025

Monday 3rd November 2025

Friday 22nd May 2026

School Holidays During Term Time

The Government has amended regulations for taking holidays in term time and these new regulations come into effect from September 2013.

Head teachers have the discretion to grant leave, but they should only do so in exceptional circumstances. If a head teacher grants a leave request, it will be for them to determine the length of time that the child can be away from school. This leave is unlikely, however, to be granted for the purposes of a family holiday.

Parents can be fined for taking their child on holiday during term time without consent from the school.

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

Article 24: Every child has the right to an education.