Autumn Term 2024

Staff Development Day 1 – Monday 2nd September 2024 – school closed to children

Start: Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Term Ends: Friday 25th October 2024

Half Term: Monday 28th October - Friday 1st November 2024

Start: Monday 4th November 2024

Staff Development Day 2 – Friday 22nd November 2024 – school closed to children

Term Ends: Friday 20th December 2024

Christmas Holiday: Monday 23rd December – Friday 3rd January 2025

Spring Term 2025

Staff Development Day 3 – Monday 6th January 2025 – school closed to children

Start: Tuesday 7th January 2025

Term Ends: Friday 14th February 2025

Half Term: Monday 17th February – Friday 21st February 2025

Start: Monday 24th  February 2025

Term Ends: Friday 4th April 2025

Easter Holiday: Monday 7th April – Monday 21st April 2025

Summer Term 2025

Start: Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Bank Holiday: Monday 5th May 2025

Term Ends: Friday 23rd May 2025

Half Term: Monday 26th May – Friday 30th May 2025

Start: Monday 2nd June 2025

Term Ends: Friday 18th July 2025 school closes at 1.30pm to children

Staff Development Day 4 – Monday 21st July 2025 – school closed to children

Staff Development Day 5 – Tuesday 22nd July 2025 – school closed to children

Summer Holiday: Wednesday 23rd July – Friday 29th August 2025

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 – Monday 2nd September 2024

Staff Development Day 2 – Friday 22nd November 2024

Staff Development Day 3 – Monday 6th January 2025

Staff Development Day 4 – Monday 21st July 2025

Staff Development Day 5 – Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Term date calendars for 2025/26 and onwards:

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