Cheshire East school term dates 2026/27

Official Cheshire East Council dates

Term and holiday dates from Cheshire East Council’s published calendar, checked Sun 2 Aug 2026. INSET days are set by each school, so you’ll find those on your school’s own page.

Cheshire East term dates 2026/27

  • 2026/27 academic year

  • First day of school · first day back
    Tue 1 Sep 2026
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  • Autumn term (first half)
    Tue 1 Sep – Fri 23 Oct 2026
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  • Autumn half term
    Sat 24 Oct – Sun 1 Nov 2026
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    9 days off
  • Autumn term (second half)
    Mon 2 Nov – Fri 18 Dec 2026
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  • Christmas holiday
    Sat 19 Dec 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027
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    16 days off
  • Spring term (first half)
    Mon 4 Jan – Fri 12 Feb 2027
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  • Spring half term
    Sat 13 – Sun 21 Feb 2027
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    9 days off
  • Spring term (second half)
    Mon 22 Feb – Thu 25 Mar 2027
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  • Easter holiday
    Fri 26 Mar – Sun 11 Apr 2027
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    17 days off
  • Summer term (first half)
    Mon 12 Apr – Fri 28 May 2027
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  • Summer half term
    Sat 29 May – Sun 6 Jun 2027
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    9 days off
  • Summer term (second half)
    Mon 7 Jun – Wed 21 Jul 2027
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Where these dates come from: Cheshire East 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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These are the council dates. Your school adds its own INSET days, and academies can set different dates entirely. Find your school to subscribe to the calendar that actually applies. Free, and it keeps itself up to date.

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Schools in Cheshire East

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Acton Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary Adelaide Heath Academy Adelaide School Adlington Primary SchoolPrimary Alderley Edge Community Primary SchoolPrimary All Hallows Catholic CollegeSecondary Alsager Highfields Community Primary SchoolPrimary Alsager SchoolSecondary Ash Grove AcademyPrimary Ashdene Primary SchoolPrimary Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Audlem St James' CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Beechwood Primary School and NurseryPrimary Bexton Primary SchoolPrimary Bickerton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Black Firs Primary SchoolPrimary Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary SchoolPrimary Bollington Cross CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Bollington St John's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Brereton CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Bridgemere CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Brierley Primary SchoolPrimary Brine Leas SchoolSecondary Broken Cross Primary Academy and NurseryPrimary Buglawton Primary SchoolPrimary Bunbury Aldersey CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Calveley Primary AcademyPrimary Chelford CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Cheshire College - South & West16 plus Cheshire Studio SchoolSecondary Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary Church Lawton School Cledford Primary & Nursery AcademyPrimary Congleton High SchoolSecondary Cranberry AcademyPrimary Crewe Engineering and Design UTCSecondary Daven Primary SchoolPrimary Dean Valley Community Primary SchoolPrimary Disley Primary SchoolPrimary Eaton Bank AcademySecondary Edleston Primary SchoolPrimary Egerton Primary SchoolPrimary Elworth CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Elworth Hall Primary SchoolPrimary Excalibur Primary SchoolPrimary Gainsborough Primary & Nursery AcademyPrimary Gawsworth Primary SchoolPrimary Goostrey Community Primary SchoolPrimary Gorsey Bank Primary SchoolPrimary Handforth Grange Primary SchoolPrimary Haslington Primary AcademyPrimary Havannah Primary SchoolPrimary Hermitage Primary SchoolPrimary High Legh Primary SchoolPrimary Highfields AcademyPrimary Hollinhey Primary SchoolPrimary Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolSecondary Holmes Chapel Primary SchoolPrimary Hungerford Primary AcademyPrimary Hurdsfield Community Primary School and NurseryPrimary Ivy Bank Primary SchoolPrimary Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary SchoolPrimary Knutsford AcademySecondary Lacey Green Primary AcademyPrimary Leighton AcademyPrimary Lindow Community Primary SchoolPrimary Little Bollington CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Lostock Hall Primary SchoolPrimary Lower Park SchoolPrimary Mablins Lane Community Primary SchoolPrimary Macclesfield College16 plus Malbank School and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary Manor Park Primary School and NurseryPrimary Marlborough Primary SchoolPrimary Marlfields Primary SchoolPrimary Marton and District CofE Aided Primary SchoolPrimary Middlewich High SchoolSecondary Middlewich Primary SchoolPrimary Millfields Primary AcademyPrimary Mobberley CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Monks Coppenhall AcademyPrimary Mossley CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Mottram St Andrew Primary AcademyPrimary Nantwich Primary AcademyPrimary Nether Alderley Primary SchoolPrimary Oakfield Lodge School Offley Primary AcademyPrimary Park Lane School Parkroyal Community SchoolPrimary Pear Tree Primary SchoolPrimary Pebble Brook Primary SchoolPrimary Peover Superior Endowed Primary SchoolPrimary Pikemere SchoolPrimary Pott Shrigley CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Poynton High SchoolSecondary Prestbury CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Puss Bank School and NurseryPrimary Rainow Primary SchoolPrimary Reaseheath College16 plus Rode Heath Primary SchoolPrimary Ruskin Community High SchoolSecondary Safe Opportunities Saint Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary Sandbach High School and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary Sandbach Primary AcademyPrimary Sandbach SchoolSecondary Scholar Green Primary SchoolPrimary Shavington AcademySecondary Shavington Primary SchoolPrimary Sir William Stanier SchoolSecondary Smallwood CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Sound and District Primary SchoolPrimary Springfield School St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary SchoolPrimary St Gabriel's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School MacclesfieldPrimary St John's CofE AcademyPrimary St Mary's Catholic Primary School, CrewePrimary St Michael's Community AcademyPrimary St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolSecondary St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Styal Primary SchoolPrimary The Axis Academy The Berkeley AcademyPrimary The David Lewis Centre The Dingle Primary SchoolPrimary The Fallibroome AcademySecondary The Fermain Academy The Macclesfield AcademySecondary The Oaks AcademySecondary The Quinta Primary SchoolPrimary The Wilmslow AcademyPrimary Tytherington SchoolSecondary Underwood West AcademyPrimary Upton Priory SchoolPrimary Vernon Primary SchoolPrimary Vine Tree Primary SchoolPrimary Warmingham CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Weaver Primary SchoolPrimary Westminster Nursery SchoolNursery Weston Village Primary SchoolPrimary Wheelock Primary SchoolPrimary Whirley Primary SchoolPrimary Willaston Primary AcademyPrimary Wilmslow High SchoolSecondary Wincle CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Wistaston AcademyPrimary Wistaston Church Lane AcademyPrimary Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Worth Primary SchoolPrimary Wrenbury Primary SchoolPrimary Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary SchoolPrimary

Independent schools in Cheshire East

These schools set their own term dates and do not follow the Cheshire East Council calendar, so their half terms and holidays often differ by a week or more. Each page carries the school’s own dates. Browse every independent school.

Beech Hall School Pownall Hall School The King's School In Macclesfield The Ryleys School Wilmslow Preparatory School

Questions parents ask

When do Cheshire East schools go back in September 2026?

The Cheshire East 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 Cheshire East schools follow these dates?

Community schools follow the Cheshire East 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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