Calendar

School events and term dates. While we do try to plan our events in advance they are subject to changes, so please check back regularly especially when close to an event date.

Leave of Absence in Term Time

If your child records unauthorised Leave of Absence this will be marked with the code of G (leave without permission) and the Local Authority may issue a penalty fine. You should also be aware that if you're child's absence exceeds 20 days, their name may be removed from our register. With effect from 19th August 2024, the fine will be £160 per parent per child, reduced to £80 each if paid within 21 days and no previous fine has been issued in the last 3 years. If a previous fine (within 3 years) has been issued, there will be no option to pay the reduced amount.

Any leave of absence in term time must be applied for at least 10 days in advance. Parents/carers should complete a request form and hand this into our Attendance Team.

  • Staff can access the Staff Calendar by logging in to the Intranet

August 2024

22/08/2024

GCSE Results Day

26/08/2024

Summer Bank Holiday

September 2024

03/09/2024

Students return to school
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Whole School CPD

12/09/2024

Y7 CATS and Reading Tests

16/09/2024

Y13 PPEs

18/09/2024

Sixth Form Parents - Welcome to Sixth Form Evening (SLT)

24/09/2024

Futures Fest

26/09/2024

Y7 Team Building Day

30/09/2024

OPEN WEEK

October 2024

02/10/2024

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Open Evening

03/10/2024

Governors' meeting

07/10/2024

Y11 Partnership Evening (SLT)

18/10/2024

End of HT1

31/10/2024

INSET Day - school closed to students

November 2024

01/11/2024

INSET Day - school closed to students

04/11/2024

Start of HT2
Y11 College app window open (students)
Y11 Progress Week

05/11/2024

GCSE Resit English

06/11/2024

GCSE Resit Maths
Y7 Partnership Evening (SLT)

07/11/2024

GCSE Resit English

08/11/2024

GCSE Resit Maths

11/11/2024

GCSE Resit Maths

12/11/2024

Personal Development Day

18/11/2024

Sixth Form Interview Week (internal)
4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Sixth Form Open Evening

22/11/2024

Y11 PPEs begin

26/11/2024

Flu Immunisations

27/11/2024

Y10 Partnership Evening (SLT)

December 2024

02/12/2024

Y11 PPEs

04/12/2024

Y11 Certificate Evening
Y13 Certificate Evening

05/12/2024

Governors' meeting

06/12/2024

Trust Training Day (closed to students)

09/12/2024

Y13 Parent/Carer Evening

16/12/2024

Sixth Form interview this week
Y8 HPV/MMR imms

17/12/2024

Y8 HPV/MMR imms

20/12/2024

End of HT2

January 2025

06/01/2025

Progress Week KS3 and Y10
Start of HT3

13/01/2025

Y11 Parents'/Carers' Evening (ends 6pm)
Y11 Progress Week
Y9 Options Week

28/01/2025

School production (during day)

29/01/2025

HPV/MMR imms catch-up
School production (after school)

30/01/2025

School production (after school)

February 2025

03/02/2025

Y10 Work Experience (TBC)
Y13 PPEs

05/02/2025

Y9 Parents'/Carers'/Options Evening (ends 7pm)

06/02/2025

Governors' meeting

10/02/2025

Y13 PPEs

14/02/2025

End of HT3

17/02/202521/02/2025

February Half Term

24/02/2025

Start of HT4
Y11 PPEs E, M, S

27/02/2025

Ramadan 2025

March 2025

03/03/2025

Y11 PPEs E, M, S

11/03/2025

Y12 Parents'/Carers' Evening (ends 6pm)

31/03/2025

EID - School closed to students

April 2025

01/04/2025

Multicultural Day

04/04/2025

End of HT4

07/04/202521/04/2025

Easter Holidays

18/04/2025

Good Friday

21/04/2025

Easter Monday

22/04/2025

Progress Week Y7-Y11
Start of HT5
Y12 PPEs

28/04/2025

Y12 PPEs

May 2025

05/05/2025

BANK HOLIDAY - school closed to staff and students

06/05/2025

Y9 DTP/ACWY imms

07/05/2025

Y9 DTP/ACWY imms

08/05/2025

Governors' meeting
Y8 Parents'/Carers' Evening (ends 6pm)

20/05/2025

Y10 Parents'/Carers' Evening (ends 6pm)

23/05/2025

End of HT5

26/05/202530/05/2025

May Holidays

26/05/2025

May Bank Holiday

June 2025

02/06/2025

Start of HT6

13/06/2025

Y12 Level 1/2 Leaving Date

16/06/2025

Y10 PPEs
Y12 Employability Week
Y7 Parents'/Carers' Evening (ends 6pm)

23/06/2025

Y10 PPEs

30/06/2025

Year 11 Pre-enrolment Day

July 2025

02/07/2025

Y6/Y7 Transition Day
Y6/Y7 Transition Parent/Carer Evening (ends 6pm)

03/07/2025

Governors' meeting
Y6/Y7 Transition Day

09/07/2025

Sports Day

11/07/2025

KS3 Celebration Events (by invitation)

16/07/2025

Personal Development Day

18/07/2025

End of School Year

21/07/202531/08/2025

Summer Holidays

21/07/2025

8:55 am – 10:00 am
test event 210725

August 2025

14/08/2025

Sixth Form Results Day

21/08/2025

GCSE Results Day
Sixth Form Enrolment

25/08/2025

Summer Bank Holiday

28/08/202529/08/2025

Staff Training Days

September 2025

01/09/2025

Start of HT1
Students return to school

17/09/2025

Welcome to Sixth Form Evening
8:45 am – 4:00 pm
Year 11 History - Thackray Medical Museum
9:00 am – 1:45 pm
Crowden 1 Sept 2025

18/09/2025

8:45 am – 4:00 pm
Year 11 History - Thackray Medical Museum
9:00 am – 1:45 pm
Crowden 2 18.09.25

21/09/2025

International Day of Peace

22/09/2025

Languages Week

23/09/2025

Futures Fest

26/09/2025

9:30 am – 1:30 pm
Year 12 University & Apprenticeships Fair

October 2025

01/10/2025

Black History Month

02/10/2025

Open Evening
School Photographs (Y7, Y9, Y11)

06/10/2025 9:00 am08/10/2025 3:00 pm

Y13 Geography Fieldwork

08/10/2025

Y11 Partnership Evening (3.15 start)

09/10/2025

Governor's Meeting

10/10/2025

World Mental Health Day

15/10/2025

UCAS Early Entry Deadline

16/10/2025

Y13 Parents'/Carers' Evening

17/10/2025

24th United Nations Day
End of HT1

20/10/202531/10/2025

October Half Term

November 2025

03/11/2025

Start of HT2
Y11 College App window opens
Y11 Progress Week - preparing for PPEs

05/11/2025

Year 7 Partnership Evening

06/11/2025

9:30 am – 10:00 pm
Shakespeare Festival 2025

10/11/2025

Y11 Speaking PPEs (all week)

11/11/2025

Personal Development Day
Remembrance Day
School Performance
9:00 am – 1:45 pm
Yr 11 Geography Salford Quays Trip Nov 2025

12/11/2025

School Performance
Sixth Form Interviews (3.00-5.00)

13/11/2025

School Performance

17/11/2025

Anti-Bullying Week
Y11 PPEs

19/11/2025

1:00 pm – 6:15 pm
GCSE Drama trip- exam prep

24/11/2025

Y11 PPEs

27/11/2025

Flu Immunisations
Governor's Meeting

December 2025

03/12/2025

Y11 Certificate Evening
Y13 Certificate Afternoon

04/12/2025

Y11 College Application window closes

05/12/2025

INSET Day - School Closed to students

11/12/2025

Y10 Parents'/Carers' Evening

15/12/2025

Sixth Form Interviews (3.00-5.00)

19/12/2025

End of HT2

22/12/202502/01/2026

Christmas Holiday

25/12/2025

Christmas Day

26/12/2025

Boxing Day

January 2026

01/01/2026

New Year's Day

05/01/2026

INSET Day (school closed to students)

06/01/2026

Start of HT3

08/01/2026

Y11 Parents'/Carers' Evening

09/01/2026

Y11 Rewards Trip

12/01/2026

Y11 Progress Week
Y9 Options Week

15/01/2026

UCAS Deadline

19/01/2026

Sixth Form Interviews (3.00-5.00)

23/01/2026

Y8 HPV Immunisations

27/01/2026

Holocaust Memorial Day

28/01/2026

Y9 and 10 Intermediate Maths Challenge

29/01/2026

Governor's Meeting

February 2026

01/02/2026

LGBTQ+ History Month

02/02/2026

Children's Mental Health Week
Y10 Work Experience Week
Y13 PPEs

05/02/2026

Sixth Form Interviews
Y9 Parents'/Carers' Evening and Options Evening

09/02/2026

Y13 PPEs

10/02/2026

Safer Internet Day

13/02/2026

End of HT3

16/02/202620/02/2026

February Half Term

23/02/2026

RAMADAN 2026 (from 17th Feb)
Start of HT4
Y11 PPEs (E, M, S)

March 2026

02/03/2026

Y11 PPEs (E, M, S)

05/03/2026

World Book Day

08/03/2026

International Women's Day

10/03/2026

Y11 Macbeth Performance (P1-2)

12/03/2026

Y12 Parents'/Carers' Evening (3.00-5.30 - Virtual)

13/03/2026

Comic Relief

23/03/2026

Y8 HPV Immunisations

30/03/2026

Y7 R&J Performance (P1-2)

April 2026

01/04/2026

Personal Development Day

02/04/2026

End of HT4

03/04/202617/04/2026

Easter Holidays

03/04/2026

Good Friday

05/04/2026

Easter Sunday

06/04/2026

Easter Monday

20/04/2026

Progress Week Y7-11
Start of HT5
Y12 PPEs

22/04/2026

Year 10 Partnership Evening

23/04/2026

GCSE Art Exam

24/04/2026

GCSE Art Exam

27/04/2026

Provisional: Y11 Speaking Exams (all week)
Y12 PPEs/Targeted Y13 retakes
Y8 Jodrell Bank TBC

29/04/2026

Y7 and 8 Junior Maths Challenge
8:30 am – 2:45 pm
UK Junior Maths Challenge (Year 8)

May 2026

04/05/2026

BANK HOLIDAY - school closed to staff and students

05/05/2026

GCSE Art Moderation
Y9 DTP/ACWY Immunisations (TBC)

06/05/2026

GCSE Art Moderation
Y12 Chemistry Trip (TBC)
Y9 DTP/ACWY Immunisations (TBC)

07/05/2026

GCSE Moderation
Y8 Parents'/Carers' Evening

14/05/2026

Governor's Meeting

22/05/2026

End of HT5
Y13 Leaving Date

25/05/202629/05/2026

May Holidays

June 2026

01/06/2026

Start of HT6

03/06/2026

UCAS Parents' Evening

12/06/2026

Y12 L1/2 Leaving Date
Y9 Immunisations

15/06/2026

Y12 Employability Week

16/06/2026

Targeted Y12 retakes
Y10 PPEs (TBC)

18/06/2026

Year 11 Prom

19/06/2026

World Refugee Day

22/06/2026

Y11 Reward Trip
Y13 Celebration Event

23/06/2026

Y12 Biology Trip

24/06/2026

Y11 Pre Enrolment Day

25/06/2026

Y7 Parents'/Carers' Evening

26/06/2026

End of Y10 PPEs
Sixth Form Reward Trip

29/06/2026

DofE
Y12 Work Experience Week

30/06/2026

DofE

July 2026

01/07/2026

Transition Evening
Y6 Transition Day

02/07/2026

Governor's Meeting
Y10 Reward Trip
Y6 Transition Day

06/07/2026

KS3 Progress Week
Y10 Speaking PPEs (all week except Wed)
Y9 Immunisations

08/07/2026

Sports Day
Y12 University Trip

10/07/2026

KS3 Celebration Events

13/07/2026

KS3 Reward Trips

14/07/2026

DofE

15/07/2026

DofE
Music Show
Personal Development Day
Y7 Ecology Trip

16/07/2026

Y7 Ecology Trip (TBC)

17/07/2026

End of school year

20/07/202631/08/2026

Summer Holidays

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