Holiday List & School Day
2024/25
First Day of Term | Last day of Term | |
Autumn 1 Half Term 2024
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Tuesday 3rd September 2024 | Friday 25th October 2024 |
Autumn 2 Half Term 2024
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Tuesday 5th November 2024 | Friday 20th December 2024 |
Spring 1 Half Term 2025 | Tuesday 7th January 2025 |
Friday 14th February 2025
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Spring 2 Half Term 2025 | Monday 24th February 2025 |
Friday 4th April 2025
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Summer 1 Half Term 2025 | Wednesday 23rd April 2025 |
Friday 23rd May 2025
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Summer 2 Half Term 2025
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Tuesday 3rd June 2025 |
Tuesday 22nd July 2025 |
Bank Holidays & INSET Days
Good Friday 18th April 2025
Easter Monday 21st April 2025
Bank holiday Monday 5th May
Bank Holiday 26th May 2025
INSET Monday 2nd June 2025
INSET Wednesday 18th June (Cheshire Show)
Bank Holiday 25th August 2025
2025/26
First Day of Term | Last Day of Term | |
Autumn 1 Half Term 2025 |
Wednesday 3rd September 2025 |
Friday 24th October 2025
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Autumn 2 Half Term 2025 |
Monday 3rd November 2025 |
Friday 19th December 2025
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Spring 1 Half Term 2026 |
Tuesday 6th January 2026 |
Friday 13th February 2026
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Spring 2 Half Term 2026 |
Monday 23rd February 2026 |
Wednesday 1st April 2026
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Summer 1 Half Term 2026 |
Monday 20th April 2026 |
Friday 22nd May 2026
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Summer 2 Half Term 2026 |
Tuesday 2nd June 2026 |
Wednesday 22nd July 2026
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Bank Holidays & INSET Days
INSET Monday 1st September 2025
INSET Tuesday 2nd September 2025
INSET Monday 5th January 2026
Good Friday 3rd April 2026
Easter Monday 6th April 2026
Bank Holiday 4th May 2026
Bank Holiday 25th May 2026
INSET 1st June 2026
INSET 17th June 2026
Bank Holiday 31st August 2026
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Please find a link the Cheshire West & Chester school holiday information page:
Cheshire West & Chester School holiday Information page
School day
Nursery times
Morning: 8.45am - 11.45am
Lunch Club: 11.45am - 12.15pm
Afternoon: 12.15pm - 3.15pm
Staff will meet the children by the gate at the side of the Community Centre, and will bring them to the gate at the end of the day. We appreciate that children coming to Nursery for the first time, or after a long summer break may be reluctant to leave their parents. School staff are very caring and nurturing and will look after anyone who is upset, and will discuss progress in this matter with you.
Start of the day for Reception - Year 6
A member of staff will be available on the playground from 8.45 onwards. At 8.50, children will come into school, ready to begin learning at the official start of the school day, which is 8.55.
Reception and Key Stage 1 children will enter by the blue double doors on the main playground.
Children in Year 3 Hedgehogs class will enter through the library doors.
Children in Year 4 Badgers class will enter through the double doors at the end of Key Stage 2, by the pirate ship
Children in Year 5 Magpies class enter through the double doors at the end of Key Stage 2, by the pirate ship
Children in Year 6 Dragonflies will enter through the Woodland Office (previously Hedgehogs classroom) from the playground.
Children in Year 5/6 Spiders class will enter through the library doors
Playtimes and Lunchtime
There will be a 20 minute playtime in the morning. Reception and Key Stage 1 children will have their playtime together, Years 3 and 4 will have playtime together, and Years 5 & 6 will have playtime together. We keep the children separate in this way to allow for better supervision of the children, and have found that this year it has resulted in fewer accidents caused as children run around and accidentally bump into each other.
Key Stage 2 lunchtime is from 12.00-12.45
Reception and Key Stage 1 lunchtime is from 12.15-1.15.
There is a 15 minute afternoon playtime. Again, the groups are kept separate in the same way as in the morning.
End of the school day routines
The end of the school day will now be 3.25 for Reception to Year 6 children. This change brings the school into line with government expectations for schools from September 2023 onwards.
All children from Reception to Year 6 will be dismissed from the main playground.
Children in Key Stage 1 and Reception will be brought out and asked to wait in line until we see the adult who is collecting them. School staff will look after children until their adult is there to collect them.
Walking home alone
Children in Key Stage 2 will be brought onto the playground at the end of the day and will be dismissed to their adult, or be allowed to walk home alone. Please complete the permission form here to allow your child to leave the site without an adult.