Autumn Term 2026

Staff Development Day 1 - Tuesday 1st September 2026 - school closed to children

Start: Wednesday 2nd September 2026

Term Ends: Friday 23rd October 2026

Half Term: Monday 26th October - Friday 30th October 2026

Staff Development Day 2 - Monday 2nd November 2026 - school closed to children

Start: Tuesday 3rd November 2026

Term Ends: Friday 18th December 2026

Christmas Holiday: Monday 21st December – Friday 1st January 2027

Spring Term 2027

Start: Monday 4th January 2027

Term Ends: Friday 12th February 2027

Half Term: Monday 15th February – Friday 19th February 2027

Start: Monday 22nd  February 2027

Term Ends: Thursday 25th March 2027

Easter Holiday: Friday 26th March – Friday 9 April 2027

Summer Term 2027

Start: Monday 12th April 2027

Bank Holiday: Monday 3rd May 2027

Term Ends: Friday 28th May 2027

Half Term: Monday 31st May – Friday 4th June 2027

Start: Monday 7th June 2027

Term Ends: Friday 16th July 2027 school closes at 1.30pm to children

Staff Development Day 3 – Monday 19th July 2027 – school closed to children

Staff Development Day 4 – Tuesday 20th July 2027 – school closed to children

Staff Development Day 5 – Wednesday 21st July 2027 – school closed to children

Summer Holiday: Thursday 22nd July – Tuesday 31st August 2027

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.

Staff Development Day 1 – Tuesday 1st September 2026

Staff Development Day 2 – Monday 2nd November 2026

Staff Development Day 3 – Monday 19th July 2027

Staff Development Day 4 – Tuesday 20th July 2027

Staff Development Day 5 – Wednesday 21st July 2027

Term date calendars for 2027/28 and onwards:

You can download a PDF version of the term dates for the future years directly from Kent County Council's website.