Dates of School terms

Jesus said, ‘I am the Good Shepherd… I know my sheep and my sheep know me.’ John 10.14

School Term Dates 2023-2024

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:

Image of the school yearly 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 2023-2024

Autumn Term 2023
Begins on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Ends on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
INSET Day: Friday 1st September 2023
INSET Day: Monday 4th September 2023
Half Term: From Monday 23rd October 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023

Spring Term 2024
Begins on: Monday 8th January 2024
Ends on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Occasional Day: Thursday 4th January 2024
INSET Day: Friday 5th January 2024
Half Term: From Monday 19th February 2024 to Friday 23rd February 2024

Summer Term 2024
Begins on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Ends on: Tuesday 23rd July 2024
INSET Day: Monday 15th April 2024
INSET Day: Monday 3rd June 2024
Half Term: From Monday 27th May 2024 to Friday 31st May 2024

School Term Dates 2024-2025

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

The Hertfordshire dates for 2025-2026 are not yet published. We will publish our dates for that academic year in late 2024, 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 2024-2025

Autumn Term 2024
Begins on: Wednesday 4th September 2024
Ends on: Friday 20th December 2024
INSET Day: Monday 2nd September 2024
INSET Day: Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Half Term: From Monday 28th October 2024 to Friday 1st November 2024

Spring Term 2025
Begins on: Wednesday 8th January 2025
Ends on: Friday 4th April 2025
Occasional Day: Monday 6th January 2025
INSET Day: Tuesday 7th January 2025
Half Term: From Monday 17th February 2025 to Friday 21st February 2025

Summer Term 2025
Begins on: Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Ends on: Wednesday 23rd July 2025
INSET Day: Tuesday 22nd April 2025
INSET Day: Monday 2nd June 2025
Half Term: From Monday 26th May 2025 to Friday 30th May 2025

This page was last updated on 23rd January 2024