School term and holiday dates
Term and holiday schedule for the academic year 2012 until 2013:
| Term | Dates | Number of days |
|---|---|---|
| Term 1 - Teachers | Monday 3 September 2012 (INSET day) | 1 |
| Term 1 - Pupils | Tuesday 4 September 2012 - Friday 19 October 2012 | 34 |
| Half term: 22 October 2012 - 26 October 2012 | ||
| Term 2 | Monday 29 October 2012 - Friday 21 December 2012 | 40 |
| Christmas holidays: 22 December 2012 - 4 January 2013 | ||
| Term 3 | Monday 7 January 2013 - Friday 15 February 2013 | 30 |
| Half term: 18 February 2013 - 22 February 2013 | ||
| Term 4 | Monday 25 February 2013 - Thursday 28 March 2013 | 24 |
| Easter holidays: 29 March - 12 April 2013 | ||
| Bank holiday: 6 May 2013 | ||
| Term 5 | Monday 15 April 2013 - Friday 24 May 2013 | 29 (Bank holiday 6 May) |
| *Half term: 27 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | ||
| Term 6 | Monday 3 June 2013 - Tuesday 23 July 2013 | 37 |
| Summer holiday: 24 July 2013 - 30 August 2013 | ||
- Total number of school days (teachers) = 195
- Total number of school days (pupils) = 194
* Primary schools that have traditionally done so, may choose to take two weeks’ holiday at the summer half term, in which case the term will end one week later on Tuesday 30 July 2013.
Individual school holiday and term dates
Standardised school year
Cheshire West and Chester Council recently consulted on adopting a standardised school year for its community and voluntary controlled schools. View the outcome of the consultation and the decision taken at Executive (4 July 2012):
Executive took the decision to adopt a standardised school year
and this will be implemented from September 2013. The Authority
will also be encouraging foundation, voluntary aided and academy
schools to follow the same dates, in the interests of consistency
and forward planning for parents/carers across West Cheshire.
The principles of the standardised school year are as follows:
- All terms to start on a Monday (or a Tuesday if so necessitated by a Bank Holiday)
- October half term to always be the last full week of October
- A break covering the Christmas and the New Year period
- February half term will always be the third full week in February
- Easter Break will be renamed the Spring break and will always be the first two full weeks in April
- Easter will always be observed via the bank holidays for Good Friday and Easter Monday
- Whitsun half term break will be one week across all primary, secondary and special schools
- Where a school is open for part of a week to pupils, this will be for a minimum of three school days (to encourage attendance)
- The five “INSET” teacher training days are all to be designated by the individual school governing body, but there will be no more than two days (in any one term) set consecutively for this purpose.