Please note that 5 days per year are taken during term time for staff Inset Days when children are not in school. We will give as much notice as possible of these dates. These can be found at the bottom of the page.
Autumn Term 2025
| Open | Tuesday 2nd September to Friday 24th October |
| Half-term | Monday 27th October to Friday 31st October |
| Open | Monday 3rd November to Friday 19th December |
| Christmas Holidays | Monday 22nd December to Friday 2nd January |
Spring Term 2026
| Open | Tuesday 6th January to Friday 13th February |
| Half-term | Monday 16th February to Friday 20th February |
| Open | Monday 23rd February to Friday 27th March |
| Spring Break | Monday 30th March to Friday 10th April |
Summer Term 2026
| Open | Monday13th April to Friday 22nd May |
| May Bank Holiday | Monday 4th May |
| Half Term | Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May |
| Open | Monday 1st June to Friday 17th July |
Inset Days 2025 – 2026
Monday 1st September 2025
Monday 5th January 2026
Monday 20th July 2026
If you would like more information on the term dates for the academic year 2025/2026 please follow this link to Wirral’s website.
A few general guidelines
The council, along with neighbouring authorities, has set out the following principles for school term dates:
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- October half term is generally the last full week in October
- a break covering Christmas and New Year
- February half term will generally be the third full week in February
- Easter break is 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
- where a school is open for a part-week this will be for a minimum of three days to encourage attendance
- the five INSET days are to be designated by the individual School Governing Body, but there will be no more than two days in any one term set consecutively