School Calendar

17:00 - 19:00 | General

Years 12 & 13 Politics Trip

19Sep

Trips

GL Reading Assessments re-screening

23Sep

Exams

Year Group 'Flying Start' Event

25Sep

Information Evening

Year 7 Meet the Tutor Evening

25Sep

16:30 - 18:30 | Parents' Evening

Sixth Form Leadership Meeting with Parents

25Sep

17:30 - 18:30 | General

October 2025

02Oct

Open Evening

17:00 - 20:00 | Open Events

03Oct

Term Dates

07Oct

09:20 - 10:00 | Open Events

07Oct

10:20 - 11:00 | Open Events

08Oct

09:20 - 10:00 | Open Events

08Oct

10:20 - 11:00 | Open Events

Academy Council Standards & Safeguarding Committee Meeting

08Oct

17:00 - 19:00 | General

09Oct

Senior Maths Challenge

General

09Oct

09:20 - 10:00 | Open Events

09Oct

10:20 - 11:00 | Open Events

09Oct

Sixth Form Open Evening

17:00 - 19:00 | Open Events

GCSE Music Composition Day

10Oct

Exams

World Mental Health / Wear Yellow Day

10Oct

General

13Oct17Oct

Year 9 Assessment 1

Exams

Years 7-11 Flu Vaccinations

13Oct

General

Year 11 GCSE Dance Choreography Assessment Group 1

15Oct

Exams

Years 5 & 6 7-A-Side Football Tournament

15Oct

15:45 - 17:15 | Sports

Years 7 & 8 WSM Singing Workshop

16Oct

10:00 - 12:00 | Trips

Year 9 Trip to Parliament - PROVISIONAL

21Oct

Trips

Year 11 GCSE Dance SHIFT Set Phrase Assessment

22Oct

15:00 - 17:00 | Exams

Year 10 Drama 1st Practical Exam Performance to Parents/Carers

23Oct

Exams

Iceland Trip Information Evening

23Oct

17:30 - 18:30 | Information Evening

Year 13 A Level Trip to Othello

24Oct

16:00 - 22:30 | Trips

27Oct31Oct

Half Term Break

Term Dates

November 2025

03Nov

Academy Closed

Term Dates

Trip to Glyndebourne Opera House

03Nov

Trips

04Nov

Start of Term

General

04Nov07Nov

Year 7 Assessment 1

Exams

Years 5 & 6 Basketball Tournament

05Nov

15:45 - 17:15 | Sports

Years 10-12 Trip to Chichester Uni Dance Open Day - PROVISIONAL

06Nov

Trips

10Nov14Nov

Year 8 Assessment 1

Exams

Year 7 Extended PSHE Day (Basic First Aid)

11Nov

General

GCSE Music Performance Day

11Nov

Exams

Year 11 Drama Performance of Component 2 Practical Exam

12Nov

Exams

Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 Football Tournament

12Nov

15:45 - 17:15 | Sports

Year 11 Drama Component 2 Practical Exam

13Nov

Exams

Year 11 Drama Component 2 Practical Exam

13Nov

Exams

Year 12 EPQ Trip to Hurstpierpoint College

14Nov

12:30 - 17:00 | Trips

Years 11 & 13 Assessment Week 1a

17Nov21Nov

Exams

Year 12 Drama Practical Exam (1st Unit Approaches to Action)

19Nov

Exams

A Level Chemistry Science Live Trip

19Nov

Trips

Academy Council F&GP Committee Meeting

19Nov

17:00 - 19:00 | General

KS4 & 5 Trip to Frantic Assembly

19Nov

19:30 - 21:30 | Trips

20Nov

Year 9 Parents' Evening

16:00 - 19:30 | Parents' Evening

A Level Biology Science Live Trip

21Nov

Trips

Year 10 Drama Practice Practical Exam 'Blood Brothers' to Parents

24Nov

Exams

Year 11 & 13 Assessment Week 1b

24Nov27Nov

Exams

A Level Chemistry Science Live Trip

25Nov

Trips

Year 10 Science & French Trip

27Nov

Trips

28Nov

Academy Closed

Term Dates

December 2025

01Dec

Year 11 Art Exam

Exams

03Dec

17:00 - 19:00 | General

Years 7-9 Boys' Trip to Dance Show

04Dec

Trips

04Dec

Y13 History Trip

Trips

Year 11 GCSE Dance BREATHE Set Phrases Assessment

10Dec

15:00 - 17:00 | Exams

12Dec

Wear it Festive

General

Years 12 & 13 Politics Trip

15Dec

Trips

Year 11 GCSE Dance Choreography Assessment Group 2

17Dec

Exams

19Dec

Term Dates

22Dec02Jan

Christmas Break

Term Dates

January 2026

05Jan

Term Dates

08Jan

Year 13 Parents' Evening

16:00 - 19:30 | Parents' Evening

Years 10 & 12 Assessment Week 1a

12Jan16Jan

Exams

Year 8 Extended PSHE Day (Bereavement)

15Jan

General

15Jan

Year 11 Parents' Evening

16:00 - 19:30 | Parents' Evening

16Jan

Music Composition Day 2

Exams

Year 10 Assessment Week 1b

19Jan23Jan

Exams

Y10 Triple Science Live Trip

27Jan

Trips

Years 9, 10 & 11 Intermediate UK Maths Challenge

28Jan

General

28Jan

Year 11 Poetry Live Trip

08:50 - 16:30 | Trips

29Jan

Year 9 History Trip

Trips

Years 5 & 6 Indoor Athletics Tournament

February 2026

04Feb

15:45 - 17:15 | Sports

Academy Council Standards & Safeguarding Committee Meeting

04Feb

17:00 - 19:00 | General

Year 9 Teenage Booster Vaccinations

09Feb

General

11Feb

Year 9 Options Assembly

General

Year 11 GCSE Dance Choreography Final Assessment

11Feb

Exams

12Feb

Year 9 Options Evening

17:00 - 19:30 | Information Evening

Years 9, 10 & 11 Trip to Iceland

13Feb17Feb

Trips

16Feb20Feb

Half Term Break

Term Dates

Year 12 Spanish Trip to Sevilla

16Feb20Feb

Trips

23Feb

Term Dates

Years 11 & 13 Assessment Week 2a

24Feb27Feb

Exams

Years 5 & 6 Indoor Netball & Coaching Sessions

25Feb

15:45 - 17:15 | Sports

26Feb

Year 12 Parents' Evening

16:00 - 19:30 | Parents' Evening

Years 11 & 13 Assessment Week 2b

March 2026

02Mar06Mar

Exams

05Mar06Mar

Readathon

General

05Mar

World Book Day

General

05Mar

Year 10 Parents' Evening

16:00 - 19:30 | Parents' Evening

KS3 (Science Club) Science Live Trip

06Mar

Trips

Author Visit (Chris Bradford)

09Mar

09:10 - 11:15 | General

Dance Show Tech & Dress Rehearsal

17Mar

09:00 - 17:00 | Performances

18Mar

Dance Show

19:00 - 20:00 | Performances

19Mar

Y7 History Trip

Trips

19Mar

Dance Show

19:00 - 20:00 | Performances

20Mar

Red Nose Day

General

Year 11 GCSE Dance Duet/Trio Performance Final Assessment

25Mar

Exams

Years 5 & 6 Mixed Tag Rugby Tournament

25Mar

15:45 - 17:15 | Sports

Academy Council F&GP Committee Meeting

25Mar

17:00 - 19:00 | General

27Mar

General

28Mar04Apr

Ski Trip

Trips

30Mar10Apr

Easter Break

Term Dates

April 2026

13Apr

Start of Term

Term Dates

13Apr17Apr

Year 7 Assessment 2

Exams

15Apr16Apr

GCSE Art Exam

Exams

20Apr24Apr

Year 8 Assessment 2

Exams

Years 11 & 13 Speaking Exams

20Apr24Apr

Exams

Years 5 & 6 Basketball Festival

22Apr

15:45 - 17:15 | Sports

Years 11 & 13 Speaking Exams

27Apr29Apr

Exams

Years 7 & 8 Junior UK Maths Challenge

29Apr

13:10 - 15:15 | General

29Apr

17:00 - 19:00 | General

May 2026

01May04May

Year 10 History Trip

Trips

04May

Bank Holiday

Term Dates

05May08May

Year 9 Assessment Week 2

Exams

05May07May

Year 13 Art Exams

Exams

08May

Exams

11May15May

Exams

Year 8 & 9 Trip to Bletchley Park

13May

Trips

Year 10 Extended PSHE Day (Pregnancy Awareness)

14May

09:10 - 15:15 | General

18May22May

Exams

Year 12 A Level Biology Trip

20May

Trips

25May29May

Half Term Break

Term Dates

June 2026

01Jun

Start of Term

Term Dates

01Jun05Jun

Exams

08Jun12Jun

Exams

Year 9 Extended PSHE Day (Contraception)

10Jun

General

11Jun

Year 7 Parents' Evening

16:00 - 19:30 | Parents' Evening

15Jun16Jun

Exams

Years 10 & 12 Assessment Week 2a

17Jun19Jun

Exams

17Jun18Jun

Year 13 Public Exams

Exams

Years 5 & 6 Rounders Tournament

17Jun

15:45 - 17:15 | Sports

Academy Council F&GP Committee Meeting

17Jun

17:00 - 19:00 | General

18Jun

Year 8 Parents' Evening

16:00 - 19:30 | Parents' Evening

Years 10 & 12 Assessment Week 2b

22Jun26Jun

Exams

Academy Council Standards & Safeguarding Committee Meeting

24Jun

17:00 - 19:00 | General

Year 11 Celebration Assembly

29Jun

General

29Jun03Jul

Year 12 WEX Week

General

Year 12 Geography Compulsory Fieldwork Residential

29Jun02Jul

Trips

30Jun

Transition Evening

17:00 - 19:00 | General

July 2026

01Jul

Transition Day

General

Year 10 Geography Compulsory Physical Fieldwork Trip

01Jul

08:45 - 15:30 | Trips

02Jul

Year 11 Prom

General

03Jul

Term Dates

06Jul

Year 12 Induction Day 1

General

Years 7-10 Reading Assessments & Pupil Survey

06Jul09Jul

Exams

07Jul

Year 12 Induction Day 2

General

08Jul

17:00 - 19:00 | General

10Jul

Year 8 HPV Vaccinations

General

Year 10 Geography Compulsory Human Fieldwork Trip

10Jul

08:45 - 15:30 | Trips

Year 9 French & History Trip

13Jul16Jul

Trips

13Jul16Jul

Drama Residential Trip

Trips

17Jul

Term Dates

17Jul

Term Dates

20Jul31Aug

Summer Break

Term Dates