Please find below the term dates for the current academic year
Michaelmas 2024
Staff INSET:
Mon 2 & Tue 3 Sept
New boarders arrive:
Tue 3 Sept by 11:30am
Returning boarders return:
Tue 3 or Wed 2 Sept by 5:00pm
New pupil induction:
Wed 4 Sept
Term:
Thu 5 Sept 8:30am to Tue 17 Dec 12:50pm**
Half Term:
Fri 25 Oct 3:50pm to Wed 6 Nov*
Exeat:
Fri 27 Sept 3:50pm to Sun 29 Sept*
Exeat:
Fri 29 Nov 3:50pm to Sun 1 Dec*
Lent Term 2025
Staff INSET:
Tue 7 Jan*
Term:
Wed 8 Jan 8:30am to Fri 4 April 12:50pm**
Half Term:
Fri 14 Feb 3:50pm toSun 23 Feb*
Exeat:
Fri 14 Mar 3:50pm to Sun 16 Mar*
Summer Term 2025
Staff INSET:
Tue 22 April*
Term:
Wed 23 April 8:30am to Fri 4 July 12:30pm***
Half Term:
Fri 23 May 3:50pm to Sun 1 June*
Exeat:
Fri 2 May 3:50pm to Mon 5 May* (inc Bank Holiday)
Michaelmas Term 2025
Staff INSET:
Mon 1 & Tue 2 Sept
New boarders arrive:
Tue 2 Sept by 11:30am
Returning boarders return:
Tue 2 or Wed 3 Sept by 5:00pm
New pupil induction:
Wed 3 Sept
Term:
Thu 4 Sept 8:30am to Tue 16 Dec 12:50pm**
Half Term:
Fri 17 Oct 3:50pm to Wed 29 Oct*
Exeat:
Fri 26 Sept 3:50pm to Sun 28 Sept*
Exeat:
Fri 21 Nov 3:50pm to Sun 23 Nov*
* Dates given for the return to School are for boarders
Parents should ensure that boarders return by 9.00pm on the dates shown (unless otherwise stated by house staff) and that day pupils return for morning registration on the following day.
**Prep School closes at 12.20pm at the end of the Michaelmas, Lent and Summer terms
*** Senior School closes after Prizegiving at the end of the Summer term
Absence from School
If, in exceptional circumstances, parents wish to take pupils out of school at the beginning or end of a term or half term, they should contact the Deputy Head (Pastoral), preferably at least three weeks before the proposed absence.
