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Term dates
Term dates
Summer Term 2026
| Monday 20 April | Staff Inset Day (Prep and Senior) |
| Boarders travelling day (boarding will reopen from 9.00am) | |
| Tuesday 21 April | Summer Term begins for all students |
| Friday 1 May | Bank Holiday Exeat begins (15:30 Prep, 15:50 Senior) |
| Monday 4 May | Bank Holiday |
| Boarders return at 17:30 | |
| Friday 22 May | Half Term begins (15:30 Prep, 15:50 Senior) |
| Sunday 31 May | Boarders travelling day (Boarding open from 17:30) |
| Monday 1 June | Term resumes |
| Friday 3 July | Summer term ends (12:00 Prep, 12:30 Senior) |
| Monday 6 July | Staff Study Day (Prep and Senior) |
Autumn Term 2026
| Thursday 3 September | New Staff Induction |
| Friday 4 September | Staff Inset Day |
| Monday 7 September | Staff Inset Day |
| New Boarders arrive for pre-term immersion. Boarding House opens for new boarders and those entering Year 12 at 2pm. | |
| Tuesday 8 September | Autumn Term begins for Y5, Y6, Y7, Y12 and all new Y8, Y9 & Y10 students in the morning |
| Boarding House opens at 2.30pm. All boarders to return by 9pm. | |
| Wednesday 9 September | Autumn Term begins for all Students |
| Friday 25 September | Staff Inset Afternoon. School ends 12:30 |
| Saturday 26 September | Royal High Open Morning |
| Friday 2 October | Open Exeat begins at 17:30 |
| Boarding house closes at 5.30pm for boarders not staying in house. | |
| Sunday 4 October | Boarding house opens at 5.30pm for boarders that did not stay in house. All boarders to return by 9pm. |
| Friday 16 October | Half Term begins |
| Boarding house closes at 5.30pm. All boarders to depart by 5.30pm. | |
| Sunday 1 November | Boarders' travelling day - boarders to return between 5.30pm - 9pm |
| Monday 2 November | Term resumes |
| Friday 20 November | Open Exeat begins at 15:50 |
| Boarding house closes at 5.30pm for boarders not staying in house. | |
| Sunday 22 November | Boarding house opens at 5.30pm for boarders that did not stay in house. All boarders to return by 9pm. |
| Friday 11 December | Autumn Term ends |
| Boarding house closes at 5.30pm. All boarders to depart by 5.30pm. |
Spring Term 2027
| Monday 4 January | Staff Inset Day |
| Boarders' travelling day – the Boarding House opens at 2.30pm. All boarders to return by 9pm. | |
| Tuesday 5 January | Spring Term begins for all Students |
| Friday 22 January | Open Exeat begins at 15:50 |
| Boarding house closes at 5.30pm for boarders not staying in house. | |
| Sunday 24 January | Boarding house opens at 5.30pm for boarders that did not stay in house. All boarders to return by 9pm. |
| Friday 12 February | Half Term begins |
| Boarding House closes at 5.30pm. All boarders to depart by 5.30pm. | |
| Sunday 21 February | Boarders' travelling day (Boarding open from 17:30) |
| Boarding house opens at 5.30pm. All boarders to return by 9pm. | |
| Monday 22 February | Term resumes |
| Wednesday 24 March | Spring Term ends |
| Boarding House closes at 5.30pm. All boarders to depart by 5.30pm. | |
| Thursday 25 March | Staff Inset Day |
Summer Term 2027
| Wednesday 14 April | Boarders travelling day – the Boarding House opens at 2.30pm. All boarders to return by 9pm. |
| Thursday 15 April | Summer Term begins for all Students |
| Friday 30 April | Bank Holiday Exeat begins |
| Boarding house closes at 5.30pm for boarders not staying in house. | |
| Monday 3 May | Bank Holiday |
| Boarding house opens at 5.30pm for boarders that did not stay in house. | |
| Friday 28 May | Half Term begins |
| Boarding House closes at 5.30pm. All boarders to depart by 5.30pm. | |
| Monday 7 June | Staff Inset Day |
| Boarding house opens at 5.30pm. All boarders to return by 9pm. | |
| Tuesday 8 June | Term resumes |
| Friday 9 July | Summer Term ends |
| Boarding House closes at 3.30pm. All boarders to depart by 3.30pm. |
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