Please find below the term dates for the current academic year
Michaelmas Term 2026
Staff INSET:
Mon 7 & Tues 8 Sept
New boarders arrive:
Tue 8 Sept
Returning boarders return:
Tue 8 or Wed 9 Sept
New pupil and Lower Sixth induction:
Wed 9 Sept
Term:
Thu 10 Sept 8:30am to Tue 15 Dec 12:20pm (Prep), 12:50pm (Senior)
Half Term:
Fri 23 Oct 3:50pm to Wed 4 Nov*
Exeat:
Fri 2 Oct 3:50pm to Sun 4 Oct*
Exeat:
Fri 20 Nov 3:50pm to Sun 22 Nov*
Lent Term 2027
Staff INSET:
Tuesday 5 Jan*
Term:
Wed 6 Jan 8:30am to Wed 17 March 12:20pm (Prep), 12:50pm (Senior)
Half Term:
Fri 5 Feb 3:50pm to Sun 14 Feb*
Exeat:
Fri 22 Jan 3:50pm to Sun 24 Jan*
Summer Term 2027
Staff INSET:
Tuesday 6 April*
Term:
Wed 7 April 8:30am to Fri 9 July 12:20pm (Prep)**
Half Term:
Fri 28 May 3:50pm to Sun 6 June*
Exeat:
Fri 30 April 3:50pm to Mon 3 May (incl Bank Holiday)*
Michaelmas Term 2027
Staff INSET:
Wed 1 & Thu 2 Sept
New boarders arrive:
Thu 2 Sept
Returning boarders return:
Thu 2 or Fri 3 Sept
New pupil and Lower Sixth induction:
Fri 3 Sept
Term:
Mon 6 Sept 8:30am to Tue 14 Dec 12:20pm (Prep), 12:50pm (Senior)
Half Term:
Fri 15 Oct 3:50pm to Sun 31 Oct*
Exeat:
Fri 1 Oct 3:50pm to Sun 3 Oct*
Exeat:
Fri 19 Nov 3:50pm to Sun 21 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.
** 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.
