Fifty-one weeks, all of them
Term dates, closures, and the thirteen weeks nobody publishes.
Thirty-eight weeks are funded. The setting is open fifty-one. The gap is the holiday club, and it is on this page a year ahead rather than announced in July.
Autumn term
2 September 2026
18 December 2026
Two INSET days, 1 September and 2 January. Closed 24 December to 1 January.
Spring term
5 January 2027
26 March 2027
Half term 15 to 19 February. The setting stays open for holiday club that week.
Summer term
12 April 2027
16 July 2027
Closed 3 May and 31 May. Half term 31 May to 4 June.
Holiday club
20 July 2027
28 August 2027
Not a funded period. Booked by the week, no minimum. This is the block most settings leave off the term-dates page entirely, which is how a family plans 38 weeks of childcare for a 51 week year and finds out in July.