School Term Dates / HOLIDAYS

Our school day starts at 8:45 am, and the gates open at 8:30 am.  The day finishes at 3:15 pm

Term dates for all maintained schools in West Sussex are determined centrally and are available on the West Sussex County Council home page. You can also view them by clicking on the link below.

West Sussex County Council: School Term Dates

INSET dates for the current academic year 2024/25

INSET stands for In-Service Education and Training days, and are the five statutory days when all schools close to children, to allow update training for teachers.  The dates are different in every school, but are typically at the very beginning or very end of each term.  (This goes a little way to allowing parents to go on holiday a day earlier or come back a day later!)

Wednesday 3rd September 2025

Friday 24th October 2025

Friday 19th December 2025

Monday 23rd February 2026

Monday 1st June 2026

Please note, however, that we strongly discourage any pupil absence during term time for holidays. The headteacher and governors will report any family that takes five days unauthorised holiday or more to the Local Authority, and it is they who will issue Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs). This is an agreed practice across all Chichester primary schools.

From September 2024 the law increased these fines to £160, per child, per parent. After one FPN  has been issued, any further unauthorised absences require a court appearance.  

Our school calendar is shown below: