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Proposed School Term and Holiday Dates for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools 2024/25

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Consultation status Archived
Start date: 2023-01-09
End date: 2023-02-17
Results 2023-03-01
Category: Caring for Children and Families, Schools, Learning and Libraries
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Activity closed. Results published.

Background

The proposed school term dates for community and voluntary controlled schools for 2024/25 have been through our internal consultation process. 

At the start of the Autumn Term, our set dates traditionally include a common In-Service Training Day (INSET) used by schools for staff training or administration. Pupils are not required to attend school on these dates. Therefore, 191 days are set with recommendations for the remaining 4 INSET days. For 2023/24 the proposed common INSET day is Tuesday 3 September 2024, with the other suggested inset days being on Monday 2 September 2024, Friday 25 October 2024, Friday 20 December 2024 and Tuesday 22 April 2025. 

We've aligned our term dates with neighbouring authorities to try to alleviate any cross border difficulties.

We recommend that schools consider aligning their terms with other schools in the area; for example, secondary schools with primary schools, in recognition that families may have children in different year groups.

Once agreed, these dates are only a guide and we recommend that you check with the school if a specific date is key to your plans, e.g. before making a holiday booking, as a school may adjust the dates slightly due to other plans.

 

Proposed term dates for 2024/25
 Term 1 
 Wednesday 4 September 2024 - Thursday 24 October 202437 days
Holiday 25/10/2024 - 01/11/2024 
 Term 2 
 Monday 4 November 2024 - Thursday 19 December 202434 days
Holiday

20/12/2024 - 3/01/2025

 
 Term 3 
 Monday 6 January 2025 - Friday 14 February 202530 days
Holiday17/02/2025 - 22/02/2025 
 Term 4 
 Monday 24 February 2025 - Friday 4 April 202530 days
Holiday07/04/2025 - 22/04/2025 
 Term 5 
 Wednesday 23 April 2025 - Friday 23 May 202522 days
Holiday27/05/2025 to 30/05/2025 
 Term 6 
 Monday 2 June 2025 - Tuesday 22 July 202537 days
  Total: 190 days

 

Public Holidays
25 December 2024Christmas Day
26 December 2024Boxing Day
1 January 2025New Year's Day
18 April 2025Good Friday
21 April 2025Easter Monday
5 May 2025May Day Bank Holiday
26 May 2025Spring Bank Holiday

How to take part

If you'd like to comment on our proposed term dates, please complete our survey by 5pm on Friday, 17 February 2023. The survey should take about 5 minutes.

If you have any questions, please contact the Trading, Pupil Transport & Planning team on educationconsultation@westberks.gov.uk


What happens next

Your feedback will be taken into consideration, and a final decision made by an Individual Executive Member.

What you told us

We received 48 responses to the online survey; 36 of which were in favour of the proposed dates.

Our neighbouring authorities all set 195 school days which includes the training days which is why there are some variances but all other term dates are broadly in line (given that the number of days set varies by LA).

You can read more details as part of the report submitted for Delegated Officer Decision on Tuesday, 21 February 2023.

What we did

Some of the comments refer to length of the school year and amount of holidays; these are beyond West Berkshire Council decision making as the Government set out the statutory duties regarding number of school days. With regard to the comments requesting changing dates to better suit childcare/working parents or personal views, the dates have been chosen to match neighbouring authorities and thus alleviate difficulties for families and staff with children at different schools. The comments regarding inset days are noted, however, schools make their own decisions regarding the recommended inset days. Overall, it was considered that the majority of respondents were in favour of the proposed dates.

The terms dates were approved by Delegated Officer Decision on Tuesday, 21 February 2023.

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