Term Dates
Autumn Term 2020
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Autumn Term Commences for Overseas Boarders |
Monday 17 August |
| Boarding Prefects and Junior Boarders arrive (selected pupils only) |
Monday 31 August, 4.00pm – 10.00pm |
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Whole School Address and Staff Inset, Academic and Bursarial Staff |
Tuesday 1 September, 9.00am – 12.00pm |
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Academic Staff Inset |
Tuesday 1 September, 1.00pm – 4.00pm |
| New UK Boarders Entering Lower Sixth arrive |
Tuesday 1 September, 9am – 12.00pm |
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New UK Third and Fourth Year Boarders arrive |
Tuesday 1 September, 12.00pm – 3.00pm |
| Pre-Induction for all new Lower Sixth Pupils | Tuesday 1 September, 2.00pm – 6.00pm |
| Lower Sixth UK Boarders arrive | Tuesday 1 September, by 5.00pm |
| Boarding Induction Sessions for new Lower Sixth Boarders | Tuesday 1 September, 7.00pm |
| Boarding Induction Sessions for new Third and Fourth Year Boarders and Boarding in-house activities | Tuesday 1 September, 7.00pm |
| School Induction Sessions for all pupils in the First Year, Lower Sixth and for new pupils in the Second, Third and Fourth Years |
Wednesday 2 September |
| All other existing boarders arrive (unless requested to arrive earlier) and boarding in-house activities | Wednesday 2 September, by 4.00pm |
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Lessons begin for all pupils |
Thursday 3 September, 8.30am |
| Boarders’ Activities Weekend | Friday 4 September – Sunday 6 September |
| Boarders’ Exeat Weekend (provisional) | Friday 25 September, 4.00pm – Sunday 27 September, between 5.30pm and 8.30pm |
| Half-Term | Friday 16 October, 4.00pm – Monday 2 November, 8.30am |
| Boarders return | Sunday 1 November between 8.00am and 6.00pm |
| Boarders’ Exeat Weekend (provisional) | Friday 20 November, 4.00pm – Sunday 22 November, between 5.30pm and 8.30pm |
| Boarders’ Activities Weekend | Friday 4 December – Sunday 6 December |
| Term Ends | Friday 11 December, 1.00pm |
Spring Term 2021
| Boarders return | Monday 4 January, 8.00am – 6.00pm |
| Staff Meeting/Inset | Monday 4 January, 9.00am – 4.00pm |
| Term Starts | Tuesday 5 January, 8.30am |
| Boarders’ Exeat Weekend | Friday 22 January – Sunday 24 January |
| Half-Term | Friday 12 February 4.00pm – Monday 22 February, 8.30am |
| Boarders return | Sunday 21 February, between 5.30pm and 8.30pm |
| Boarders’ Activities weekend | Friday 12 March, 4.00pm – Sunday 14 March, between 5.30pm and 8.30pm |
| Term Ends | Friday 26 March, 1.00pm |
Easter Weekend: Good Friday 2 April to Easter Monday 5 April
Summer Term 2021
| Boarders return | Monday 19 April, 8.00am – 6.00pm |
| Staff Meeting/Inset | Monday 19 April, 9.00am – 4.00pm |
| Term Starts | Tuesday 20 April, 8.30am |
| Boarders’ Exeat Weekend | Friday 30 April, 4.00pm – Monday 3 May, between 5.30pm and 8.30pm |
| Bank Holiday | Monday 3 May |
| School resumes | Tuesday 4 May, 8.30am |
| Half-Term | Friday 28 May 4.00pm – Monday 7 June, 8.30am |
| Boarders return | Sunday 6 June, between 5.30pm and 8.30pm |
| Junior Boarders’ Activities Weekend | Friday 18 June – Sunday 20 June |
| Term Ends | Saturday 3 July (Speech Day) |
Additional notes for boarders
An Exeat Weekend means that boarding pupils are expected to leave the House once lessons have finished at 4.00pm on Friday to spend the weekend away from school with their family or guardian. An Activities Weekend is one in which all boarders stay at school: during these weekends, activities and events are organised for all boarding pupils.
We advise that flights are booked well in advance so that pupils do not arrive back late at the start of term or indeed leave early at the end. If there are any problems, in the first instance please write to the Housemaster/mistress of your child, who will consult the Principal Deputy Head. Pupils in the Fifth Year and Upper Sixth may book flights to leave following completion of their public examinations in the Summer Term. This must be agreed in advance with the Housemaster/mistress.
At the start of Spring and Summer Terms, boarding houses will not open until 8.00am. Boarders are expected to return no later than 6.00pm. Following an Exeat Weekend or Half Term (except for the October Half Term), boarding houses will not be open until 5.30pm. Boarders are expected to return by 8.30pm on these occasions. We ask parents and guardians to ensure that their child does not arrive back at school before the boarding house is open.
