Autumn Term

Staff Development Day 1 – Tuesday 1st September 2020 – school closed to children

Start: Wednesday 2nd September 2020 at 8.40am

Term ends Friday 23^rd October 2020

Half Term: Monday 26^th October – Friday 30^th October 2020

Start: Monday 2^nd November 2020

Term Ends: Friday 18^th December 2020

Christmas Holiday: Monday 21^st December – Friday 1^st January 2021

Spring Term 

Start: Monday 4^thJanuary 2021

Term ends Friday 12^th February 2021

Half Term: Monday 15^th February – Friday 19^th February 2021

Start: Monday 22^nd February 2021

Term Ends: Thursday 1^st April 2021

Easter Holiday:  – Friday 2^nd April – Friday 16th April 2021

Summer Term

Start: Monday 19^th April 2021

Bank Holiday: Monday 3^rd May 2021

Term ends Friday 28^th May 2021

Half Term: Monday 31^st May – Friday 4^th June 2021

Start: Monday 7^tht June 2021

Staff Development Day 2 – Friday 2nd July 2021 – school closed to children

Term 6 Ends: Friday 16th July 2021

Staff Development Day 3 – Monday 19th July 2021 – school closed to children

Staff Development Day 4 – Tuesday 20th July 2021 – school closed to children

Staff Development Day 5 – Wednesday 21st July 2021 – school closed to children

Summer Holiday: Thursday 22^nd July – Tuesday 31^st August 2021

Staff Development Days

Children are in school for 190 days a year and teachers for 195 days a year. The additional five days are for staff training. These can either be whole day training sessions when the school is closed to children or Twilight Training sessions, two of which total a Staff Development day. If two Twilights are taken, staff will then have the time off when one Staff Development day has been allocated. At Great Chart we look closely at the term dates to see when we can arrange training. We are also dependent on the availability for some guest speakers and trainers as to when we can arrange our development days. As with other schools, any Twilight Training sessions are in addition to our normal weekly staff meetings.