Term Dates
Lent 2026
Monday 5 January Staff training day
Monday 5 January Boarders to return, by 1900
Tuesday 6 January School starts
Friday 13 February Half term (all pupils depart 1600) - Sunday 22 February (boarders return by 1900)
Monday 23 February Term resumes
Friday 20 March Term ends (all pupils depart 1600)
Trinity 2026
Thursday 9 April - Friday 10 April Staff training day
Sunday 12 April Boarders to return, by 1900
Monday 13 April School starts
Saturday 18 April Senior School Discovery Day
Friday 22 May Half term (all pupils depart 1600) - Sunday 31 May (boarders return by 1900)
Monday 1 June Term resumes
Friday 3 July Prep School Speech Day
Saturday 4 July Speech Day (all pupils and staff to attend) and Term ends (all pupils depart 1300)
N.B. The May Bank holiday is a normal school day
Michaelmas 2026
Thursday 3 September - Friday 4 September Staff training days
Saturday 5 September New boarders'
Sunday 6 September All other boarders return by 1900
Monday 7 September Term begins
Saturday 19 September Founder's Day (all staff and pupils to attend)*
Saturday 3 October Open Morning (all staff and pupils to attend)*
Friday 16 October Half term (all pupils depart 1600) - Sunday 1 November (all boarders return by 1900)
Monday 2 November Term resumes
Wednesday 16 December Term ends
*Key Stage 1 pupils (Reception to Year 2) do not attend Founder's Day or Open Day.
Lent 2027
Monday 4 January Staff training day
Monday 4 January All boarders to return by 1900
Tuesday 5 January School starts
Friday 12 February Half term (all pupils depart 1600) - Sunday 21 February (all boarders return by 1900)
Monday 22 February Term resumes
Wednesday 24 March Term ends (all pupils depart 1600)
Trinity 2027
Thursday 8 April - Friday 9 April Staff training day
Sunday 11 April All boarders to return by 1900
Monday 12 April School starts
Friday 28 May Half term (all pupils depart 1600) - Sunday 6 June (all boarders return by 1900)
Monday 7 June Term resumes
Friday 2 July Prep School Speech Day
Saturday 3 July Speech Day and Term ends (all pupils depart 1300)