Decision details
School Term and Holiday Dates 2026/27 Academic Year (WL)
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Children's Services
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Following consultation to fully approve the
school term and holiday dates for the 2026/27 academic
year.
Decision:
To approve the Council’s preferred calendar of school term and holiday dates and to recommend these to all schools for the 2026-27 academic year.
Reasons for the decision:
Following consultation, local authorities are expected to approve a calendar of school term and holiday dates for schools within their area.
Multi Academy Trusts (MATs), Academies, Foundation, Free Schools and Voluntary Aided Schools have the power to determine their own dates.
The Council proposes a 195-day model for term dates with 5 in-service days being taken outside of these dates.
The Council endeavours to set dates in line with neighbouring local authorities where this is possible.
Alternative options considered:
None – to ensure the proposed dates align as closely as possible to neighbouring local authorities.
Publication date: 18/03/2025
Date of decision: 17/03/2025
Effective from: 26/03/2025
Accompanying Documents:
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