Senior School

Term Dates

Term Dates

Term dates may be subject to change, therefore please always check the website calendar regularly and/or check with the Senior School reception ([email protected]).

Please note that boarding pupils may stay overnight at the end of each half and full term * in order to catch flights the following day. The boarding houses will shut at midday the day after the stated end of term.* Pupils cannot stay overnight at the end of the academic year and should leave after the Speech Day celebrations have concluded.

SENIOR SCHOOL

LENT TERM 2024

TIME

DATE

Staff INSET

9.00am

Saturday, 6th January

Beginning of term - boarders return

7.30pm

Sunday, 7th January

Day pupils return

8.00am

Monday, 8th January

Home Weekend START

4.30pm

Friday, 26th January

Home Weekend END

9.00pm

Sunday, 28th January

Half Term START (Boarding Houses stay open until 11am on Saturday 17th February)

4.30pm

Friday, 16th February

Half Term END

9.00pm

Sunday, 25th February

End of Term (Boarding Houses stay open until 11am on Saturday 23rd March)

4.30pm

Friday, 22nd March

SUMMER TERM 2024

TIME

DATE

Staff INSET

9.00am

Friday 12th April

Staff INSET

9.00am

Saturday 13th April

Beginning of term - boarders return

7.30pm

Sunday, 14th April

Day pupils return

Monday, 15th April

Half Term (Boarding Houses stay open until 11am on Saturday 25th May)

4.30pm

Friday, 24th May

Return

9.00pm

Sunday, 2nd June

End of Term

2.00pm

Saturday, 29th June

michaelmas term 2024

TIME

DATE

New Staff Induction

2.00pm

Tuesday, 27th August

New Staff Induction

All day

Wednesday, 28th August

Staff INSET

All day

Thursday, 29th August

Staff INSET

All day

Friday, 30th August

Beginning of Term - all pupils

All day for new pupils

1.45pm for returning pupils

Sunday, 1st September

Home Weekend 

4.30pm

9.00pm

Friday, 27th to

Sunday, 29th September

Half Term (Boarding Houses stay open until 11am on Saturday 19th October)

Starts after house music 9.00pm

Friday, 18th October to Sunday, 3rd November

Home Weekend

4.30pm

9.00pm

 Friday, 22nd to

Sunday, 24th November

End of Term (Boarding Houses stay open until 11am on Wednesday 11th December)

4.30pm

Tuesday, 10th December

Staff INSET

Morning only

Wednesday, 11th December

lent term 2025

TIME

DATE

Staff INSET

All day

Saturday, 4th January

Beginning of term - boarders 

Beginning of term - day 

7.30pm

8.00am

Sunday, 5th January

Monday, 6th January

Home Weekend 

4.30pm

9.00pm

Friday, 24th to

Sunday, 26th January

Half Term (Boarding Houses stay open until 11am on Saturday 15th February)

4.30pm

9.00pm

Friday, 14th to

Sunday, 23rd February

End of Term (Boarding Houses stay open until 11am on Saturday 29th March)

4.30pm

Friday, 28th March

summer term 2025

TIME

DATE

Staff INSET

All day

Tuesday, 22nd April

Beginning of term - boarders 

Beginning of term - day

7.30pm

8.00am

Tuesday, 22nd April

Wednesday, 23rd April

Half Term (Boarding Houses stay open until 11am on Saturday 24th May)

4.30pm

9.00pm

Friday, 23rd May

Sunday, 1st June

End of Term

End of Speech Day

Saturday, 28th June