Term Dates

The school year at Concord runs from early September to late June. There are three terms each year, autumn term, spring term and summer term. Each term has a half-term break.

 

Students can stay at College for half-terms and students in F5 and Sixth Form can stay for the Easter holiday. College is closed to all students in the Christmas and Summer holidays.

 

We are currently in Spring Term of 2025.

Spring Term 2025

 

Monday 6thJanuaryStudent Arrivals Day
Tuesday 7thJanuaryStudent Arrivals Day
Wednesday 8thJanuaryTeaching begins
Friday 14thFebruaryHalf Term begins (4:00pm)
Sunday 23rdFebruaryHalf Term ends (9:45pm)
Wednesday 9thApril Student End of Term Date (5:00pm – after final assembly)

 

NB Form 3 and Form 4 students are not permitted to stay on campus after 4:00pm on Friday 11th April and should not return before the evening of Wednesday 23rdApril.  Students in Form 5, 6.1 and 6.2 may remain on campus to revise during the holiday period.

 

Summer Term 2025

Wednesday 23rdAprilAll students return (by 9:45pm)
Thursday 24thAprilTeaching begins
Friday 23rdMayHalf Term begins (4:00pm)
Tuesday 27thMayHalf Term ends (9:45pm)
Friday 20thJuneStudent End of Term Date (5:00pm – after final assembly)

NB Students should leave by 4:00pm on Sunday 22nd June unless they are involved in public examinations taking place after this date. All remaining students should leave by 5pm on Wednesday 25th June (exam date dependent)

(In the rare event of sustained national or local disruption to examinations the examination board may be required to reschedule a public examination after 20th June – it may therefore be sensible to purchase a flexible ticket if your child will be involved in public examinations during June 2025.  Any rescheduled examination would be held within three working days of the end of term, i.e. by 5:00pm on Wednesday 25th June).

 

All dates are provisional and may be subject to minor changes.

Autumn Term 2025

Friday 5thSeptemberPrefects and Lower School Monitors return to College
Saturday 6th SeptemberBoarding Student Arrivals Day
Sunday 7th SeptemberBoarding Student Arrivals Day
Thursday 11thSeptemberTeaching begins
Friday 24thOctoberHalf Term begins (4:00pm)
Sunday 2ndNovemberHalf Term ends (9:45pm)
Tuesday 9thDecemberStudent End of Term Date (5:00pm – after final assembly)
Thursday 11thDecemberAll students to leave by 4:00pm

NB The College will be closed from 4.00pm Thursday 11th December 2025 to Monday 5th January 2026 (inclusive).

 

All dates are provisional and may be subject to minor changes.

 

Spring Term 2026

Monday 5thJanuaryStudent Arrivals Day
Tuesday 6thJanuaryStudent Arrivals Day
Wednesday 7thJanuaryTeaching begins
Friday 13thFebruaryHalf Term begins (4:00pm)
Sunday 22ndFebruaryHalf Term ends (9:45pm)
Friday 27th March Student End of Term Date (5:00pm – after final assembly)

NB Students in Form 5, 6.1 and 6.2 may remain on campus to revise during the holiday period.

Form 3 and Form 4 students are not permitted to stay on campus after 4:00pm on Friday 27th March and should not return before the evening of Sunday 12th April.

 

All dates are provisional and may be subject to minor changes.

Summer Term 2026

Sunday 12th AprilAll students return (by 9:45pm)
Monday 13thAprilTeaching begins
Friday 22ndMayHalf Term begins (4:00pm)
Tuesday 26thMayHalf Term ends (9:45pm)
Friday 19thJuneStudent End of Term Date (5:00pm – after final assembly)

NB Students should leave by 4:00pm on Sunday 21st June unless involved in public examinations taking place after this date. All other students to leave by 5:00pm on Wednesday 24th June (exam date dependent).

In the rare event of sustained national or local disruption to examinations the examination board may be required to reschedule a public examination after 19th June – it may therefore be sensible to purchase a flexible ticket if your child will be involved in public examinations during June 2026. Any rescheduled examination would be held within three working days of the end of term, i.e. by 5:00pm on Wednesday 24th June.

 

All dates are provisional and may be subject to minor changes.

All dates are provisional and may be subject to minor changes.

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