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 academic year 2026/27

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!)

Tuesday 1st September 2026

Monday 2nd November 2026

Monday 22nd February 2027

Monday 12th April 2027

Monday 7th June 2027

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 typically require a court appearance.  

Our school calendar is shown below: