Family Holidays

The School strongly advises that pupils are only allowed to remain at home because of illness. Parents are asked to arrange their annual holiday so as to coincide with the School breaks. The School cannot guarantee satisfactory completion of National Curriculum tests or GCSE coursework missed during such absence. Any such absence is potentially damaging to the pupil's education and disruptive for classmates.

Should part of an annual holiday fall during term time and should a child need to be absent from School for this reason, it is necessary to complete a special holiday form, obtainable from the School Office, at the earliest possible date. In such circumstances, the Headteacher may only grant a pupil up to 10 School days' leave of absence in a School year, provided that the holiday is taken with parents or legal guardians and that the pupil concerned has a minumum of 90% attendance at the time of the request.

School Holidays 2006 – 2007
School Closes School Re-opens
Easter Thursday 6th April 2006 Monday 24th April 2006
May Day Friday 28th April 2006 Tuesday 2nd May 2006
Half Term Friday 26th May 2006 Monday 5th June 2006
Summer Friday 21st July 2006 Tuesday 5th September 2006
Half Term Friday 20th October 2006 Monday 30th October 2006
Christmas Monday 18th December 2006 Wednesday 3rd January 2007
Half Term Friday 9th February 2007 Monday 19th February 2007
Easter Monday 30th March 2007 Monday 17th April 2007
May Day Friday 4th May 2007 Tuesday 8th May 2007
Half Term Friday 25th May 2007 Monday 4th June 2007
Summer Friday 25th July 2007

The holidays from September 2006 do not include the 5 In-service Training Days, as they have yet to be agreed by Governors.