Islington school term dates 2026/27

Official Islington Council dates

Term and holiday dates from Islington 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.

Islington term dates 2026/27

  • 2026/27 academic year

  • First day of school · first day back
    Wed 2 Sep 2026
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  • Autumn term (first half)
    Wed 2 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 – Thu 22 Jul 2027
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Where these dates come from: Islington 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 Islington

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Ambler Primary School and Children's CentrePrimary Arts and Media School IslingtonSecondary Ashmount Primary SchoolPrimary Canonbury Primary SchoolPrimary Central Foundation Boys' SchoolSecondary Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary City University City of London Academy Highbury GroveSecondary City of London Academy IslingtonSecondary City of London Academy, Highgate HillSecondary City of London Primary Academy, IslingtonPrimary Drayton Park Primary SchoolPrimary Duncombe Primary SchoolPrimary Elizabeth Garrett Anderson SchoolSecondary Gillespie Primary SchoolPrimary Grafton Primary SchoolPrimary Hanover Primary SchoolPrimary Hargrave Park Primary SchoolPrimary Highbury Fields SchoolSecondary Hugh Myddelton Primary SchoolPrimary Hungerford SchoolPrimary Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's CentreNursery Laycock Primary SchoolPrimary Lift Beacon HighSecondary Margaret McMillan Nursery SchoolNursery Moreland Primary SchoolPrimary New River College Medical New River College Primary New River College Secondary Newington Green Primary SchoolPrimary North Islington Nursery SchoolNursery Pakeman Primary SchoolPrimary Pooles Park Primary SchoolPrimary Prior Weston Primary School and Children's CentrePrimary Richard Cloudesley School Robert Blair School and Children's CentrePrimary Rotherfield Primary SchoolPrimary Royal Mencap Society Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary Samuel Rhodes MLD School St Aloysius' CollegeSecondary St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Joan of Arc RC Primary SchoolPrimary St John Evangelist Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Mary Magdalene AcademyAll-through St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary The Bridge Integrated Learning Space The Bridge Satellite Provision The Bridge School The Courtyard Islington The London Screen Academy16 plus The New North AcademyPrimary The Pears Family School Thornhill Primary SchoolPrimary Tufnell Park Primary SchoolPrimary Vittoria Primary SchoolPrimary Whitehall Park SchoolPrimary William Tyndale Primary SchoolPrimary Winton Primary SchoolPrimary Yerbury Primary SchoolPrimary

Independent schools in Islington

These schools set their own term dates and do not follow the Islington 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.

Dallington School North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School St Paul's Waldorf School

Questions parents ask

When do Islington schools go back in September 2026?

The Islington Council calendar has the 2026/27 school year starting on Wed 2 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 Islington schools follow these dates?

Community schools follow the Islington 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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