St Wilfrid's R.C.V.A. Primary School

Murphy Crescent, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham

St Wilfrid's R.C.V.A. Primary School
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School Holidays

St Wilfrid’s School holidays for the Academic Year 2016-2017:

HolidayClosing DateDate school re-opens to children
Autumn half term 2016Friday 21st October 2016Monday 31st October 2016
Christmas 2016Friday 16th December 2016Wednesday 4th January 2017
Spring half term 2017Friday 17th February 2017Monday 27th February 2017
Easter 2017Friday 7th April 2017Monday 24th April 2017
May Day 2017Friday 28th April 2017Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Summer half-term 2017Friday 26th May 2017Tuesday 6th June 2017
Summer 2017Friday 21st July 2017Tuesday 5th September 2017

St Wilfrid’s School holidays for the Academic Year 2017-2018:

HolidayClosing DateDate school re-opens to children
Summer 2017Friday 21st July 2017Tuesday 5th September 2017
Autumn Half Term 2015Friday 20th October 2017Tuesday 31st October 2017
Christmas 2017Friday 22nd December 2017Monday 8th January 2018
Spring Half-term 2018Friday 9th February 2018Monday 19th February 2018
Easter 2018Thursday 29th March 2018Monday 16th April 2018
May Day 2018Friday 4th April 2018Tuesday 8th May 2018
Summer half-term 2018Friday 25th May 2018Tuesday 5th June 2018
Summer 2018Friday 20th July 2018

School Holidays During Term Time

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

Head teachers have the discretion to grant leave, but they should only do so in exceptional circumstances. If a head teacher grants a leave request, it will be for them to determine the length of time that the child can be away from school. This leave is unlikely, however, to be granted for the purposes of a family holiday. Parents can be fined for taking their child on holiday during term time without consent from the school.

An application form for taking your child out of school in term time due to exceptional circumstances can be downloaded from our School Office page.

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

Durham County Council have produced a fact sheet on holidays in term time, which can be downloaded below.

DCC information – holidays in term time

They have also negotiated a 10% discount with Hay’s Travel for holidays taken during school holidays. More details are available in the leaflet below.

Holiday Discount Scheme

 

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