Central Bedfordshire school term dates 2026/27

Official Central Bedfordshire Council dates

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

Central Bedfordshire term dates 2026/27

  • 2026/27 academic year

  • First day of school · first day back
    Thu 3 Sep 2026
    GOV
  • Autumn term (first half)
    Thu 3 Sep – Fri 23 Oct 2026
    GOV
  • Half-term break
    Sat 24 Oct – Sun 1 Nov 2026
    GOV
    9 days off
  • Autumn term (second half)
    Mon 2 Nov – Fri 18 Dec 2026
    GOV
  • Christmas holidays
    Sat 19 Dec 2026 – Mon 4 Jan 2027
    GOV
    17 days off
  • Spring term (first half)
    Tue 5 Jan – Fri 12 Feb 2027
    GOV
  • Half-term break
    Sat 13 – Sun 21 Feb 2027
    GOV
    9 days off
  • Spring term (second half)
    Mon 22 Feb – Thu 25 Mar 2027
    GOV
  • Easter holidays
    Fri 26 Mar – Mon 12 Apr 2027
    GOV
    18 days off
  • INSET day
    Mon 12 Apr 2027
    GOV
  • Summer term (first half)
    Tue 13 Apr – Fri 28 May 2027
    GOV
  • Half-term break
    Sat 29 May – Mon 7 Jun 2027
    GOV
    10 days off
  • INSET day
    Mon 7 Jun 2027
    GOV
  • Summer term (second half)
    Tue 8 Jun – Wed 21 Jul 2027
    GOV

Where these dates come from: Central Bedfordshire 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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Schools in Central Bedfordshire

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Alameda Middle SchoolMiddle deemed secondary All Saints Academy DunstableSecondary Ardley Hill AcademyPrimary Arnold AcademyMiddle deemed secondary Ashton St Peter's VA C of E SchoolPrimary Aspley Guise Village SchoolPrimary Beaudesert Lower SchoolPrimary Beecroft AcademyPrimary Biggleswade AcademyPrimary Brooklands Middle SchoolMiddle deemed secondary Caddington Village SchoolPrimary Caldecote Church of England AcademyPrimary Campton AcademyPrimary Cedars Upper SchoolSecondary Chalton Lower SchoolPrimary Claystone SchoolNot applicable Clifton All Saints AcademyPrimary Clipstone Brook Lower SchoolPrimary Cranfield Church of England AcademyPrimary Cranfield UniversityNot applicable Derwent Primary SchoolPrimary Dovery AcademyPrimary Dunstable Icknield Lower SchoolPrimary Dunton CofE Junior SchoolPrimary Eaton Bray AcademyPrimary Edward Peake CofE VC SchoolSecondary Etonbury AcademyMiddle deemed secondary Eversholt Lower SchoolPrimary Everton Heath Primary SchoolPrimary Fairfield Park Lower SchoolPrimary Flitwick Lower SchoolPrimary Fulbrook SchoolSecondary Gilbert Inglefield AcademyMiddle deemed secondary Gothic Mede AcademyPrimary Gravenhurst AcademyPrimary Greenfield CofE VC Lower SchoolPrimary Greenleas SchoolPrimary Hadrian AcademyPrimary Harlington Lower SchoolPrimary Harlington Upper SchoolSecondary Haynes Lower SchoolPrimary Heathwood Lower SchoolPrimary Henlow Church of England AcademySecondary Hockliffe Lower SchoolPrimary Holywell SchoolMiddle deemed secondary Houghton Conquest Lower SchoolPrimary Houghton Regis Primary SchoolPrimary Houstone SchoolSecondary Husborne Crawley Lower SchoolPrimary Ivel Valley School & CollegeNot applicable John Donne Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary Kensworth Church of England AcademyPrimary Kingsmoor Lower SchoolPrimary Laburnum Primary SchoolPrimary Lancot SchoolPrimary Langford Village AcademyPrimary Lark Rise AcademyPrimary Lawnside AcademyPrimary Leedon Lower SchoolPrimary Leighton Middle SchoolMiddle deemed secondary Lime Tree Primary AcademyPrimary Linslade Lower SchoolPrimary Linslade SchoolMiddle deemed secondary Manshead Church of England AcademySecondary Maple Tree Primary SchoolPrimary Marston Moreteyne VC SchoolPrimary Maulden Lower SchoolPrimary Meppershall Church of England AcademyPrimary Moggerhanger Primary SchoolPrimary Northill CofE AcademyPrimary Oak Bank SchoolNot applicable Parkfields Middle SchoolMiddle deemed secondary Pix Brook AcademyMiddle deemed secondary Potton Primary SchoolPrimary Priory AcademyAll-through Pulford CofE VA Lower SchoolPrimary Queensbury AcademySecondary Ramsey Manor Lower SchoolPrimary Raynsford Church of England AcademyPrimary Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeSecondary Ridgmont Lower SchoolPrimary Robert Bloomfield AcademyMiddle deemed secondary Robert Peel Primary SchoolPrimary Roecroft Lower SchoolPrimary Russell Lower SchoolPrimary Samuel Whitbread AcademySecondary Sandy Secondary SchoolSecondary Shefford Lower SchoolPrimary Shillington Lower SchoolPrimary Silsoe CofE VC Lower SchoolPrimary Slip End Village SchoolPrimary Southcott Lower SchoolPrimary Southill Lower SchoolPrimary St Andrew's CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary St Christophers AcademyPrimary St Leonards CE AcademyPrimary St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Mary's CofE Academy StotfoldPrimary St Mary's VA CofE Lower SchoolPrimary St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary SchoolPrimary St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St. Augustine's AcademyPrimary Stanbridge Lower SchoolPrimary Stondon Lower SchoolPrimary Stratton SchoolSecondary Studham Village CofE AcademyPrimary Sundon Lower SchoolPrimary Sutton CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary Swallowfield PrimaryPrimary Templefield Lower SchoolPrimary The Academy of Central BedfordshireNot applicable The Chiltern SchoolNot applicable The Firs Lower SchoolPrimary The Mary Bassett Lower SchoolPrimary The Rushmere Park AcademyPrimary The Vale AcademyPrimary Thomas Johnson Lower SchoolPrimary Thomas Whitehead Church of England AcademyPrimary Thornhill Primary SchoolPrimary Tithe Farm Primary SchoolPrimary Toddington St George Church of England SchoolPrimary Totternhoe Church of England AcademyPrimary Vandyke Upper SchoolSecondary Watling Lower SchoolPrimary Weatherfield AcademyNot applicable Westfield Nursery SchoolNursery Westoning Lower SchoolPrimary Willow Nursery SchoolNursery Woburn Lower SchoolPrimary Woodland Middle School AcademyMiddle deemed secondary Wrestlingworth CofE Infant SchoolPrimary

Questions parents ask

When do Central Bedfordshire schools go back in September 2026?

The Central Bedfordshire Council calendar has the 2026/27 school year starting on Thu 3 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 Central Bedfordshire schools follow these dates?

Community schools follow the Central Bedfordshire 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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