Term Dates for North Northamptonshire schools for the 2026-27 academic year

Overview

North Northamptonshire Council is now consulting on proposed term dates for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for the 2026-27 academic year.

The consultation will run from Monday 11 November 2024 to Sunday 29 December 2024.

Please note that Academies, Free, Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools can set their own term dates, although they may choose to adopt those used by the local authority.

The proposed term dates are as follows:

Autumn term 2026

Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026

• Half term holiday: Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026
• Christmas holiday: Monday 21 December 2026 to Thursday 31 December 2026

Spring term 2027

Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027

• Half term holiday: Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027
• Easter holiday: Tuesday 30 March to Friday 9 April 2027
• Bank holidays: Friday 26 March and Monday 29 March 2027

Summer term 2027

Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027

• Half term holiday: Tuesday 1 June to Friday 4 June 2027
• Summer holiday: Thursday 22 July to Tuesday 31 August 2027
• Bank holiday: Monday 3 May 2027

The total number of pupil days includes five days to be selected by schools as additional INSET days:

Pupil days: 190 school days

Teacher days: 195 school days

The previously agreed term dates (for 2024-25 and 2025-26) can also be viewed on our website.

For information about how consultation and engagement responses are managed, please see the consultation and engagement privacy notice.