Bradford school term dates 2026/27

Official Bradford Council dates

Term and holiday dates from Bradford Council’s published calendar. INSET days are set by each school, so you’ll find those on your school’s own page.

Bradford term dates 2026/27

  • 2026/27 academic year

  • First day of school · first day back
    Tue 1 Sep 2026
    GOV
  • Autumn term (first half)
    Tue 1 Sep – Fri 23 Oct 2026
    GOV
  • Autumn half-term
    Sat 24 Oct – Sun 1 Nov 2026
    GOV
    9 days off
  • Autumn term (second half)
    Mon 2 Nov – Fri 18 Dec 2026
    GOV
  • Christmas holiday
    Sat 19 Dec 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027
    GOV
    16 days off
  • Spring term (first half)
    Mon 4 Jan – Fri 12 Feb 2027
    GOV
  • Spring half-term
    Sat 13 – Sun 21 Feb 2027
    GOV
    9 days off
  • Spring term (second half)
    Mon 22 Feb – Thu 25 Mar 2027
    GOV
  • Easter holiday
    Fri 26 Mar – Sun 11 Apr 2027
    GOV
    17 days off
  • Summer term (first half)
    Mon 12 Apr – Fri 28 May 2027
    GOV
  • Summer half-term
    Sat 29 May – Sun 6 Jun 2027
    GOV
    9 days off
  • Summer term (second half)
    Mon 7 Jun – Wed 21 Jul 2027
    GOV

Where these dates come from: Bradford Council’s published calendar. Academies and free schools can set their own dates - subscribe on your school’s page and we read that school’s own website, then send anything that differs straight to your calendar. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.

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Abbey Green Nursery SchoolNursery Addingham Primary SchoolPrimary All Saints CofE Primary SchoolPrimary All Saints' CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Appleton AcademyAll-through Ashlands Primary SchoolPrimary Atlas Community Primary SchoolPrimary Baildon Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary Baildon Glen Primary SchoolPrimary Bankfoot Primary SchoolPrimary Barkerend Primary Leadership AcademyPrimary Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and NurseryPrimary Beckfoot Heaton PrimaryPrimary Beckfoot NessfieldPrimary Beckfoot OakbankSecondary Beckfoot PhoenixNot applicable Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & NurseryPrimary Beckfoot SchoolSecondary Beckfoot ThorntonSecondary Beckfoot Upper HeatonSecondary Beechcliffe Special SchoolNot applicable Belle Vue Girls' AcademySecondary Ben Rhydding Primary SchoolPrimary Bingley Grammar SchoolSecondary Blakehill Primary SchoolPrimary Bowling Park Primary SchoolPrimary Brackenhill Primary SchoolPrimary Bradford AcademyAll-through Bradford Alternative Provision AcademyNot applicable Bradford College16 plus Bradford Forster AcademySecondary Bradford Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary Bradford Grammar SchoolNot applicable Bronte Girls' AcademySecondary Burley Oaks Primary SchoolPrimary Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College AcademySecondary Byron Primary SchoolPrimary Canterbury Nursery School and Centre for Children and FamiliesNursery Carlton BollingSecondary Carlton KeighleySecondary Carlton MillsPrimary Carrwood Primary SchoolPrimary Cavendish Primary SchoolPrimary Chellow Heights Special SchoolNot applicable Christ Church Church of England AcademyPrimary Clayton St John CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Clayton Village Primary SchoolPrimary Co-op Academy DeliusNot applicable Co-op Academy GrangeSecondary Co-op Academy ParklandPrimary Co-op Academy Penny OaksPrimary Co-op Academy PrincevillePrimary Co-op Academy SouthfieldNot applicable Copthorne Primary SchoolPrimary Cottingley Village Primary SchoolPrimary Crossflatts Primary SchoolPrimary Crossley Hall Primary SchoolPrimary Cullingworth Village Primary SchoolPrimary Denholme Primary SchoolPrimary Dixons Allerton AcademyAll-through Dixons City AcademySecondary Dixons Cottingley AcademySecondary Dixons Kings AcademySecondary Dixons Manningham AcademyPrimary Dixons Marchbank PrimaryPrimary Dixons McMillan AcademySecondary Dixons Music PrimaryPrimary Dixons Sixth Form, Bradford16 plus Dixons Trinity AcademySecondary East Morton CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Eastburn Primary SchoolPrimary Eastwood Community SchoolPrimary Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, BradfordSecondary Eldwick Primary SchoolPrimary Fagley Primary SchoolPrimary Farfield Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary Farnham Primary SchoolPrimary Feversham Girls' Secondary AcademySecondary Foxhill Primary SchoolPrimary Frizinghall Primary SchoolPrimary Ghyll Royd School and Pre-SchoolNot applicable Girlington Primary SchoolPrimary Green Lane Primary SchoolPrimary Greengates Primary AcademyPrimary Grove House Primary SchoolPrimary Hanson AcademySecondary Harden Primary SchoolPrimary Haworth Primary SchoolPrimary Hazelbeck Special SchoolNot applicable Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary SchoolPrimary High Crags Primary Leadership AcademyPrimary High Park SchoolNot applicable Hill Top CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Hirst Wood Nursery SchoolNursery Hollingwood Primary SchoolPrimary Holybrook Primary SchoolPrimary Holycroft Primary SchoolPrimary Home Farm Primary SchoolPrimary Horton Grange Primary SchoolPrimary Horton Park Primary SchoolPrimary Hoyle Court Primary SchoolPrimary Idle CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Ilkley Grammar SchoolSecondary Immanuel CollegeSecondary Ingrow Primary SchoolPrimary Iqra Primary AcademyPrimary Keelham Primary SchoolPrimary Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and NurseryPrimary Killinghall Primary SchoolPrimary Knowleswood Primary SchoolPrimary Lady Royd Primary SchoolPrimary Laisterdyke Leadership AcademySecondary Lapage Primary School and NurseryPrimary Laycock Primary SchoolPrimary Lees Primary SchoolPrimary Ley Top Primary SchoolPrimary Lidget Green Primary SchoolPrimary Lift FevershamPrimary Lilycroft Nursery SchoolNursery Lilycroft Primary SchoolPrimary Long Lee Primary SchoolPrimary Low Ash Primary SchoolPrimary Low Moor CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Lower Fields Primary AcademyPrimary Margaret McMillan Primary SchoolPrimary Marshfield PrimaryPrimary Meadow Bank Community SchoolPrimary Menston Primary SchoolPrimary Merlin Top Primary AcademyPrimary Midland Road Nursery SchoolNursery Miriam Lord Primary SchoolPrimary Moorfield School & NurseryNot applicable Myrtle Park PrimaryPrimary New College Bradford16 plus Newby Primary SchoolPrimary Newhall Park Primary SchoolPrimary Oakworth Primary SchoolPrimary Oasis Academy Lister ParkSecondary Oastlers SchoolNot applicable Oldfield Primary SchoolPrimary Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary Our Lady of Victories Catholic SchoolPrimary Oxenhope CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Park Aspire Alternative Provision AcademyNot applicable Parkside SchoolSecondary Parkwood Primary SchoolPrimary Peel Park Primary School and NurseryPrimary Poplars Farm Primary SchoolPrimary Rainbow Primary Leadership AcademyPrimary Reevy Hill Primary SchoolPrimary Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Russell Hall Primary SchoolPrimary Ryecroft Primary AcademyPrimary Saltaire Primary SchoolPrimary Sandal Primary SchoolPrimary Sandy Lane Primary SchoolPrimary Shibden Head Primary AcademyPrimary Shipley CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Shipley College16 plus Shirley Manor Primary SchoolPrimary Silsden Primary SchoolPrimary Southmere Primary AcademyPrimary St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademySecondary St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Edmund's Nursery School & Children's CentreNursery St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St John's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Matthew's CofE Primary School and NurseryPrimary St Oswald's Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Philip's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St. Clare's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary Stanbury Village SchoolPrimary Steeton Primary SchoolPrimary Stocks Lane Primary SchoolPrimary Strong Close Nursery SchoolNursery Swain House Primary SchoolPrimary Thackley Primary SchoolPrimary The Academy At St. JamesPrimary The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademySecondary The Home Study Project Co Pakistan Community and Neighbourhood AssocNot applicable The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary Thornbury Primary Leadership AcademyPrimary Thornton Primary SchoolPrimary Thorpe PrimaryPrimary Titus Salt SchoolSecondary Tong Leadership AcademySecondary Trinity Academy BradfordSecondary Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary University of BradfordNot applicable Valley AcademySecondary Victoria Primary SchoolPrimary Wellington Primary SchoolPrimary Westbourne Primary SchoolPrimary Westminster Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary Whetley AcademyPrimary Wibsey Primary SchoolPrimary Wilsden Primary SchoolPrimary Woodlands Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary Woodside AcademyPrimary Worth Valley Primary SchoolPrimary Worthinghead Primary SchoolPrimary Wycliffe CofE Primary SchoolPrimary

Questions parents ask

When do Bradford schools go back in September 2026?

The Bradford Council calendar has the 2026/27 school year starting on Tue 1 Sep 2026. Individual schools can add INSET days right at the start of term, so check your own school's page before booking anything around it.

Do all Bradford schools follow these dates?

Community schools follow the Bradford Council calendar. Academies and free schools can set their own, and every school picks its own INSET days. Subscribe on your school's page and we go and read that school's own website - its INSET days, and any dates it sets for itself. Anything we find lands in your calendar by itself, so there is nothing to come back and check.

How do I get these dates in my calendar?

Find your school with the school finder and subscribe to its calendar, free. The dates land in Apple, Google or Outlook calendars and keep themselves up to date: next year's dates and any changes appear on their own.

What about INSET days?

INSET days are set by each school, not the council, so they are not in the calendar on this page. When you subscribe to a school we read its website for INSET days and add them to your calendar automatically.

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