Here you can find the term dates for Reading’s maintained schools. Academies and free schools do not have to follow these, so please confirm with your child’s school before booking holidays, etc.

Schools can set a number of training (inset) days, when they are closed to pupils. These may be different in each school and your school should inform you in advance.

Please note that these are the dates for schools under Reading Local Authority control. Academies, free schools and other own admissions authority schools are free to set their own dates so these may be different.

Awareness days

Many schools observe key awareness days throughout the year, so to help keep track, check the link below for a UK awareness days calendar.

UK Awareness Days

2023-2024

Download term dates 2023-2024
Term Start date End date
1

Friday 1 September 2023 (Inset Day)

Schools return Monday 4 September

Friday 20 October 2023
2 Monday 30 October 2023 Wednesday 20 December 2023
3 Monday 8 January 2024 Friday 9 February 2024
4 Monday 19 February 2024 Thursday 28 March 2024
5 Monday 15 April 2024 Friday 24 May 2024
6 Monday 3 June 2024 Wednesday 24 July 2024

2024-2025

Download term dates 2024-2025

Term

Start date

End date

1

Tuesday 3 September 2024 (Inset Day)

Schools return Wednesday 4 September

Friday 25 October 2024

2

Monday 4 November 2024

Friday 20 December 2024

3

Monday 6 January 2025

Friday 14 February 2025

4

Monday 24 February 2025

Friday 4 April 2025

5

Tuesday 22  April 2025

Friday 23 May 2025

6

Monday 2 June 2025

Wednesday 23 July 2025

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