Attendance & School Holidays

Term Dates

HolidayClosing DateDate Re-Open for Teaching Purposes
2025/2026
Summer 2025Friday 18th July 2025Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Autumn half term 2025Friday 24th October 2025Monday 3rd November 2025
Christmas 2025Friday 19th December 2025Tuesday 6th January 2026
Spring half-term 2026Friday 20th February 2026Monday 2nd March 2026
Easter 2026Thursday 2nd April 2026Monday 20th April 2026
May Day 2026Friday 1st May 2026Tuesday 5th May 2026
Summer half-term 2026Thursday 21st May 2026Monday 1st June 2026
Summer 2026Monday 20th July 2026
2026/2027
Summer 2026Monday 20th July 2026Thursday 3rd September 2026
Autumn half-term 2026Friday 23rd October 2026Monday 2nd November 2026
Christmas 2026Friday 18th December 2026Tuesday 6th January 2027
Spring half-term 2027Friday 12th February 2027Monday 22nd February 2027
Easter 2027Thursday 25th March 2027Tuesday 13th April 2027
May Day 2027Friday 30th April 2027Tuesday 4th May 2027
Summer half-term 2027Friday 28th May 2027Monday 7th June 2027
Summer 2027Wednesday 21st July 2027

Teacher Training Days 2025-2026

Tuesday 2nd September 2025

Monday 5th January 2026

Friday 22nd May 2026

Teacher Training Days 2026-2027

Tuesday and Wednesday 1st and 2nd September 2026

Monday 4th January 2027

Monday 12th April 2027

1 day TBC

You can also view all term dates on our Weduc app directly on your smart phone.

Attendance

Attending school is very important and your child should attend school every day.  Children who are regularly absent from school often struggle to make progress and to keep up with their peers.

Lateness

Our doors are open from 8.45am and lessons begin promptly just after this.  Your child may receive a late mark if they arrive after this time. After 8.50am children must be brought to the front entrance by a parent. The register closes at 9.15 am.  If your child arrives after this time, without a valid reason, they will receive an absence mark. 

If Your Child Is Absent You Must:

  • Contact the school office by 9.00 am on the first morning of absence and the phone number is 01833 690298
  • Let the school know the reason for any absence.
  • Keep school informed on a daily basis if your child is absent for a long period.

Top Tip: Illness still counts towards a child’s absences from school, so only keep them off if absolutely necessary. 

Medical Evidence

Medical evidence will be required to support absence relating to illness and you will need to provide copies of G.P. appointment cards or letters, medication details or other relevant information.

Top Tip: If at all possible, any appointments should be made out of school time.  If this is not possible let us know immediately so that we can work with you to ensure your child only misses the minimum amount of school time. Return your child to school as soon as you can after the appointment.

Absences other than illness

The Government has amended regulations for taking holidays in term time and these new regulations came into effect in September 2013.

As a school we can authorise an absence for reasons other than illness, which may result in no fine being administered, but this can ONLY be done under exceptional circumstances and does not usually cover a family holiday.

Question: If my child is absent, will I receive a fine?

Answer: If a child is absent for more than 6 days in a 12 week rolling period, then the County Council will make a decision on whether to enforce a fine or not.

Attendance Support Meetings

If attendance falls to 90% or below, this is known as persistent absence.  These children will be missing at least four weeks of schooling over a year and their progress will be suffering. You will be invited in for a meeting with Mr Goffee to see what help and support we can offer.

Top Tip: We want your child in school as much as possible to maximise their potential, work with us so we can help make this happen!

Click here to read a copy of our most up to date Attendance Policy

Please contact the school if you wish to discuss this with the Headteacher.

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https://www.bucks.ac.uk/gtrsb-schools-pledge

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This policy will be reviewed and updated versions will be posted on the website.

If you have any questions about the use of your personal information, the Information Commissioner is the independent regulator for both Data Protection and Freedom of Information.