Term Dates 2020/21
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 23rd October 2020
Half Term: Monday 26th October – Friday 30th October 2020
Start: Monday 2nd November 2020
Term Ends: Friday 18th December 2020
Christmas Holiday: Monday 21st December – Friday 1st January 2021
Spring Term
Start: Monday 4thJanuary 2021
Term ends Friday 12th February 2021
Half Term: Monday 15th February – Friday 19th February 2021
Start: Monday 22nd February 2021
Term Ends: Thursday 1st April 2021
Easter Holiday: – Friday 2nd April – Friday 16th April 2021
Summer Term
Start: Monday 19th April 2021
Bank Holiday: Monday 3rd May 2021
Term ends Friday 28th May 2021
Half Term: Monday 31st May – Friday 4th June 2021
Start: Monday 7tht 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 22nd July – Tuesday 31st 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.