Key Dates

Key Dates by Year Group

Year 7

Date

Event

1st September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

2nd September 2025

Year 7 to attend between 8.30am and 1.00pm

8th September 2025 Personal Development - an opportunity to hear about the Personal Development course for the year including information on the teaching of Relationship and Sex Education

18th September 2025

School closes early at 12.15pm for Open Evening – we would hope students would come back to help at our Open Evening

19th September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

24th October 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

13th November 2025

Meet the Tutor Evening

5th January 2026

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

12th February 2026

Year 7 Parents Evening

1st June 2026

End of Year Examinations start

5th July 2026

Sports Day

7th and 8th July 2026

School Production

13th July 2026

Sports Awards

15th July 2026

Year 7 and 8 Awards Evening

17th July 2026

Last day of term – school closes at 12.15pm

Year 8

Date

Event

1st September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

2nd September 2025

Year 8 Students do not need to attend

8th September 2025 Personal Development - an opportunity to hear about the Personal Development course for the year, including information on the teaching of Relationship and Sex Education

18th September 2025

School closes early at 12.15pm for Open Evening – we would hope students would come back to help at our Open Evening

19th September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

16th October 2025

HPV Vaccinations

24th October 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

5th January 2026

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

19th March 2026

Year 8 Parents Evening

1st June 2026

End of Year Examinations start

5th July 2026

Sports Day

7th and 8th July 2026

School Production

13th July 2026

Sports Awards

15th July 2026

Year 7 and 8 Awards Evening

17th July 2026

Last day of term – school closes at 12.15pm

Year 9

Date

Event

1st September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

2nd September 2025

Year 9 Students do not need to attend

8th September 2025 Personal Development - an opportunity to hear about the Personal Development course for the year including information on the teaching of Relationship and Sex Education

18th September 2025

School closes early at 12.15pm for Open Evening – we would hope students would come back to help at our Open Evening

19th September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

24th October 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

5th January 2026

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

15th January 2026

Year 9 Options Evening

29th January 2026

Year 9 Parents Evening

25th February 2026

Year 9 Vaccinations

1st June 2026

End of Year Examinations start

5th July 2026

Sports Day

7th and 8th July 2026

School Production

13th July 2026

Sports Awards

16th July 2026

Year 9, 10 and 12 Awards Evening

17th July 2026

Last day of term – school closes at 12.15pm

Year 10

Date

Event

1st September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

2nd September 2025

Year 10 Students do not need to attend

8th September 2025 Personal Development - an opportunity to hear about the Personal Development course for the year including information on the teaching of Relationship and Sex Education

18th September 2025

School closes early at 12.15pm for Open Evening – we would hope students would come back to help at our Open Evening

19th September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

24th October 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

5th January 2026

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

5th March 2026

Year 10 Parents Evening

13th April 2026

Year 10 Mocks start

18th May 2026

Work Experience start

5th July 2026

Sports Day

7th and 8th July 2026

School Production                 

13th July 2026

Sports Awards

16th July 2026

Year 9, 10 and 12 Awards Evening

17th July 2026

Last day of term – school closes at 12.15pm

Year 11

Date

Event

1st September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

2nd September 2025

Year 11 Students do not need to attend

8th September 2025 Personal Development - an opportunity to hear about the Personal Development course for the year including information on the teaching of Relationship and Sex Education

18th September 2025

School closes early at 12.15pm for Open Evening – we would hope students would come back to help at our Open Evening

19th September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

16th October 2025

Sixth Form Open Evening

24th October 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

10th November 2025

Year 11 Mocks start

11th December 2025

Year 11 Parents Evening

5th January 2026

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

23rd March 2026

Year 11 Mocks start

24th June 2026

Exams Contingency Day (this marks the official last day of GCSE examinations)

6th July 2026

Year 11 Prom

7th and 8th July 2026

School Production

13th July 2026

Sports Awards

17th July 2026

Last day of term – school closes at 12.15pm

Year 12

Date

Event

1st September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

2nd September 2025

Year 12 Induction ‘Boot Camp’

18th September 2025

School closes early at 12.15pm for Open Evening – we would hope students would come back to help at our Open Evening

19th September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

24th October 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

12th November 2025

Year 12 Careers Fair at Chelmsford Racecourse

4th December 2025

Year 12/13 Parents Evening

5th January 2026

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

13th April 2026

Year 12 Mocks start

4th June 2026

Year 12 Parents Evening

7th and 8th July 2026

School Production

13th July 2026

Work Experience

13th July 2026

Sports Awards

16th July 2026

Year 9, 10 and 12 Awards Evening

17th July 2026

Last day of term – school closes at 12.15pm

Year 13

Date

Event

1st September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

2nd September 2025

Year 13 Students do not need to attend

18th September 2025

School closes early at 12.15pm for Open Evening – we would hope students would come back to help at our Open Evening

19th September 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

15th October 2025

UCAS Deadline for Oxbridge and Medicine

24th October 2025

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

10th November 2025

Year 13 Mocks start

4th December 2025

Year 12/13 Parents Evening

5th January 2026

INSET Day – Students do not need to attend

7th May 2026

Year 13 Leavers Assembly

8th May 2026

Year 13 Study Leave starts