Term, holiday and other closure dates

School terms and holidays

The school year is made up of 190 pupil days divided into three terms - autumn, spring and summer. Pupils must attend school on these 190 days.

The school term and holiday dates shown below are for community schools in Newcastle and have been set by the local authority.

The voluntary aided church schools such as the Roman Catholic schools set their own term and holiday dates and these may vary from those set by the local authority and may be different at individual schools. Your child’s school will let you know the exact dates when their terms start and finish.

School term and holiday dates 2008 - 2009

School term and holiday dates 2009 - 2010

School term and holiday dates 2010 - 2011

Staff training days

In addition to the 190 pupil days, teaching staff must also be available for work on 5 extra days (or the equivalent of 30 hours) during the school year. These days are commonly referred to as training days and are used for staff development.

Each individual school decides when their training days will take place. Some training days may be taken within the identified term times and on these days schools will be closed to pupils.

Schools often decide to have training days at the start or end of term which means that not all schools will start and end their terms at the same time. Your child’s school will let you know when staff training days are to be held.

School training dates 2008 - 2009