Dates of School terms

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School Term Dates 2025-2026

You can find the dates for this current school year on our school calendar page, and you can also download details using the buttons below.

You now have the option to download a list, or to download a colour-coded ‘at a glance’ calendar, which follows the calendar year, rather than the school year, since that’s how most of us plan our lives. The calendar looks like this:

Small image of our 2025 school calendar

We follow the Hertfordshire County Council term dates, so our holidays will broadly follow other local schools. But each school has five INSET days (training days for school staff) and one occasional day in addition to the county’s published dates; so each school’s holidays may be slightly different depending on when they choose to take the extra six days.

Bayford’s dates for 2025-2026

Autumn Term 2025
Begins on: Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Ends on: Friday 19th December 2025 (1:30 pm)

Occasional Day: Wednesday 3rd September 2025
INSET Day: Thursday 4th September 2025
INSET Day: Friday 5th September 2025
Half Term: From Monday 27th October 2025 to Friday 31st October 2025

Spring Term 2026
Begins on: Monday 5th January 2026
Ends on: Friday 27th March 2026
INSET Day: Monday 5th January 2026
Half Term: From Monday 16th February 2026 to Friday 20th February 2026

Summer Term 2026
Begins on: Monday 13th April 2026
Ends on: Thursday 23rd July 2026 (1:30 pm)
INSET Day: Monday 13th April 2026
INSET Day: Friday 22nd May 2026
Half Term: From Monday 25th May 2026 to Friday 29th May 2026

School Term Dates 2026-2027

We follow the Hertfordshire County Council term dates, so our holidays will broadly follow other local schools.

The Hertfordshire dates up to 2026-2027 are available now. We will publish our dates for the academic year 2027-2028 in late 2026, when we have confirmed when we will use our five INSET days (training days for school staff) and one occasional day.

Bayford’s dates for 2026-2027

Autumn Term 2026
Begins on: Tuesday 1st September 2026
Ends on: Friday 18th December 2026 (1:30 pm)
INSET Day: Tuesday 1st September 2026
INSET Day: Wednesday 2nd September 2026
Half Term: From Monday 26th October 2026 to Friday 30th October 2026

Spring Term 2027
Begins on: Monday 4th January 2027
Ends on: Thursday 25th March 2027 (1.30pm)
INSET Day: Monday4th January 2027
Half Term: From Monday 15th February 2027 to Friday 19th February 2027

Summer Term 2027
Begins on: Monday 12th April 2027
Ends on: Wednesday 21st July 2027 (1:30 pm)
INSET Day: Monday 12th April 2027
INSET Day: Friday 28th May 2027

Occasional Day: 22nd July 2027
Half Term: From Monday 31st May 2027 to Friday 4th June 2027

This page was last updated on 25th September 2025