Local Authorities have a duty to determine school term dates for local authority-maintained schools. Schools must be open to pupils for 190 days during the school year and 195 days for teachers. Schools have five staff training days to be set at their discretion.
Free schools, Voluntary Aided schools and Academies are responsible for setting their own term dates. Individual schools, may, therefore choose to follow a pattern and/or specific dates that do not match those set by us. Please check the school’s own website to verify the term dates and details of staff training dates, set at their discretion.
School term dates: 2021 to 2022
Download the school term dates calendar for 2021 to 2022 (PDF, 86KB).
Autumn term
| Starts | Wednesday 1 September 2021 |
| Half term | Monday 25 October 2021 to Friday 29 October 2021 |
| Ends | Friday 17 December 2021 |
| Christmas holiday | Saturday 18 December 2021 to Monday 3 January 2022 |
Spring term
| Starts | Tuesday 4 January 2022 |
| Half term | Monday 21 February 2022 to Friday 25 February 2022 |
| Ends | Friday 8 April 2022 |
| Spring (Easter) holiday | Saturday 9 April 2022 to Sunday 24 April 2022 |
Summer term
| Starts | Monday 25 April 2022 |
| Half term | Monday 30 May 2022 to Friday 3 June 2022 |
| Ends | Thursday 21 July 2022 |
| Summer holiday | Friday 22 July 2022 to Wednesday 31 August 2022 |
Additional Bank Holiday for Queen's Platinum Jubilee
The Department for Education (DfE) has laid regulations to reduce the minimum number of sessions schools are required to meet in the academic year 2021/22 and to enable everyone to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen on 3 June 2022.
A change is being made to the Pay and Conditions for school staff to allow this additional day, reducing the minimum number of sessions which must be held in the school year 2021/2022 from 380 to 378 (189 days + 5 Professional Development Days).
Suffolk County Council recommends that this additional bank holiday be taken on Friday 18 February 2022 but please check directly with your child's school as academies and free schools can choose their own term dates. We encourage as many schools as possible to set this date as this will help us to minimise additional school travel and catering service costs.
Non-pupil days or 'PD' days
All maintained schools set 5 teacher training days called Professional Development (PD) days. Suffolk County Council recommends the following dates as PD days for maintained schools:
- Wednesday 1 September 2021
- Friday 22 October 2021
- Tuesday 4 January 2022
- Monday 28 February 2022
- Friday 8 April 2022
Academies and Free Schools can set their own term dates so please check with your child's school.
School term dates: 2022 to 2023
Download the school term dates calendar for 2022 to 2023 (PDF, 86KB).
Autumn term
| Starts | Thursday 1 September 2022 |
| Half term | Monday 24 October 2022 to Friday 28 October 2022 |
| Ends | Friday 16 December 2022 |
| Christmas holiday | Saturday 17 December 2022 to Monday 2 January 2023 |
Spring term
| Starts | Tuesday 3 January 2023 |
| Half term | Monday 13 February 2023 to Friday 17 February 2023 |
| Ends | Friday 31 March 2023 |
| Spring (Easter) holiday | Saturday 1 April 2023 to Sunday 16 April 2023 |
Summer term
| Starts | Monday 17 April 2023 |
| Half term | Monday 29 May 2023 to Friday 2 June 2023 |
| Ends | Friday 21 July 2023 |
| Summer holiday | Saturday 22 July 2023 to Thursday 31 August 2023 |
Non-pupil days or 'PD' days
All maintained schools set 5 teacher training days called Professional Development (PD) days. Suffolk County Council recommends the following dates as PD days for maintained schools:
- Thursday 1 September 2022
- Friday 2 September 2022
- Monday 31 October 2022
- Tuesday 3 January 2023
- Monday 20 February 2023
Academies and Free Schools can set their own term dates so please check with your child's school.
School term dates: 2023 to 2024
Download the school term dates calendar for 2023 to 2024 (PDF, 86KB).
Autumn term
| Starts | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| Half term | Monday 23 October 2023 to Friday 27 October 2023 |
| Ends | Wednesday 20 December 2023 |
| Christmas holiday | Thursday 21 December 2023 to Tuesday 2 January 2024 |
Spring term
| Starts | Wednesday 3 January 2024 |
| Half term | Monday 19 February 2024 to Friday 23 February 2024 |
| Ends | Thursday 28 March 2024 |
| Spring (Easter) holiday | Friday 29 March 2024 to Thursday 11 April 2024 |
Summer term
| Starts | Friday 12 April 2024 |
| Half term | Monday 27 May 2024 to Friday 31 May 2024 |
| Ends | Friday 19 July 2024 |
| Summer holiday | Saturday 20 July 2024 to Monday 2 September 2024 |
Non-pupil days or 'PD' days
All maintained schools set five teacher training days called Professional Development (PD) days at their own discretion so please check with your child's school.
Academies and Free Schools can set their own term dates so please check with your child's school in case these differ from those set by us.
Previous school term dates: 2020 to 2021
Autumn term
|
Starts |
Tuesday 1 September 2020 |
|
Half term |
Monday 26 October 2020 to Friday 30 October 2020 |
|
Ends |
Friday 18 December 2020 |
|
Christmas holiday |
Saturday 19 December 2020 to Sunday 3 January 2021 |
Spring term
|
Starts |
Monday 4 January 2021 |
|
Half term |
Monday 15 February 2021 to Friday 19 February 2021 |
|
Ends |
Friday 26 March 2021 |
|
Spring (Easter) holiday |
Saturday 27 March 2021 to Sunday 11 April 2021 (includes Bank Holidays) |
Summer term
| Starts | Monday 12 April 2021 |
| Half term | Monday 31 May 2021 (May Bank Holiday) to Friday 4 June 2021 |
| Ends | Tuesday 20 July 2021 |
| Summer holiday | Wednesday 21 July 2021 to Tuesday 31 August 2021 |
Please note: Most schools in Suffolk follow these dates. You can check with your child's school to confirm.
Non-pupil days or 'PD' days
All schools set 5 teacher training days called Professional Development (PD) days. Suffolk County Council recommends the following dates as PD days for maintained schools:
- Tuesday 1 September 2020
- Wednesday 2 September 2020
- Monday 2 November 2020
- Monday 4 January 2021
- Friday 12 February 2021
Contact your school for details of the dates.
Academies and Free Schools can set their own term dates.
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