Term Dates

The Headmistress requests that all parents please consult this calendar before booking holidays.

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Term Dates 2019-2020

Autumn Term 2019

New Staff Induction – Monday 2 September (no pupils in School)

Staff CPD training day – Tuesday 3 September (no pupils in School)

Staff CPD training day – Wednesday 4 September (no pupils in School)

Term Starts – Thursday 5 September

Founders’ Day – Monday 7 October (School finishes at 1pm) ¹  

Sixth Form Open Evening – Thursday 17 October – 6pm – 8pm

Half Term – Wednesday 23 October – Friday 1 November (inclusive)

Whole School Open Evening – Thursday 7 November – 4.30pm – 6.30pm ²

Staff CPD Day (no pupils in School) – Friday 8 November

Whole School Open Morning – Saturday 9 November – 10am – 12noon ²

Term Ends – Wednesday 18 December (2 pm)

Spring Term 2020

Staff CPD training day  – Monday 6 January (no pupils in School)

Term Starts – Tuesday 7 January

Entrance Examination 11+  – Friday 10 January ³

Junior School Entrance Assessments – Saturday 18 January

Half Term – Monday 10 – Friday 14 February (inclusive)

Term Ends – Friday 27 March (2 pm) 

Summer Term 2020

Staff CPD training day – Tuesday 14 April (no pupils in School)

Term Starts – Wednesday 15 April

*May Bank Holiday – Friday 8 May (This is a change to the previously published calendar. This early May Bank Holiday was moved from the usual Monday date for the  75th Anniversary of VE Day celebrations.)

Half Term – Monday 25 May – Friday 29 May (inclusive)

Term Ends – Wednesday 8 July (2.30 pm)

NOTES:

¹   Founders’ Day, all Senior School and Upper II pupils are expected to attend the evening event at the Bridgewater Hall

²  Pupils are required in school for Open Evening and Open Day.

³ Only Third Form girls are required in School on the day of the Entrance Examination.

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Term Dates 2020-2021

Autumn Term 2020

Staff CPD training day – Tuesday 1 September (no pupils in School)

Staff CPD training day – Wednesday 2 September (no pupils in School)

Term Starts – Thursday 3 September

Founders’ Day – Date to be confirmed (School finishes at 1pm) 

Half Term – Wednesday 21 October – Friday 30 October (inclusive)

Staff CPD Day – Friday 6 November (provisional)

Term Ends – Wednesday 16 December (2pm)

Spring Term 2021

Staff CPD training day – Monday 4 January

Term Starts – Tuesday 5 January

Half Term – Monday 15 – Friday 19 February (inclusive)

Term Ends – Thursday 1 April (2pm)

Summer Term 2021

Staff CPD training day – Monday 19 April (no pupils in School)

Term Starts – Tuesday 20 April

May Bank Holiday – Monday 3 May

Half Term – Monday 31 May – Friday 4 June (inclusive)

Term Ends – Wednesday 7 July (2.30pm)

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