Term dates
Find the full schedule of First Steps Together term dates for 2026 and 2027, including start dates, INSET Days and those important breaks.
Members of staff can access the dates with INSET Days not reflected within school holidays, as well as directive days, by logging in here.
If you need extra clarity or spot an inaccuracy, please get in touch via admin@firststepstogether.uk or n.ransom@fstmanagement.uk.
2026 spring term
Tuesday 6 January - Friday 27 March
Half term | Monday 16 February - Friday 20 February
2026 Easter break | Monday 30 March - Monday 13 April
Note: Monday 13 April was an INSET Day
2026 summer term
Tuesday 14 April - Friday 17 July
Half term | Monday 25 May - Monday 1 June
Note: Monday 1 June is an INSET Day
2026 summer break | Monday 20 July - Wednesday 2 September
Note: Tuesday 1 September and Wednesday 2 September are INSET Days
2026 INSET Days and bank holidays
Friday 3 April 2026 | bank holiday
Monday 6 April 2026 | bank holiday
Monday 13 April | INSET Day
Monday 4 May | bank holiday *
Monday 25 May | bank holiday
Monday 1 June | INSET Day
Monday 31 August | bank holiday
Tuesday 1 September | INSET Day
Wednesday 2 September | INSET Day
Monday 2 November | INSET Day
* A non-school day that is not built into, or at the start or end, of a school holiday
2026 autumn term
Thursday 3 September - Friday 18 December
Note: Tuesday 1 September and Wednesday 2 September are INSET Days
Half term | Monday 26 October - Monday 2 November
Note: Monday 2 November is an INSET Day
2026 Christmas break | Monday 21 December - Monday 4 January
Note: Monday 4 January 2027 is an INSET Day
2027 spring term
Tuesday 5 January - Thursday 25 March
Note: Monday 4 January is an INSET Day
Half term | Monday 15 February - Friday 19 February
2027 Easter break | Friday 26 March - Friday 9 April
Note: Friday 26 March is a bank holiday, as is Monday 29 March
2027 summer term
Monday 12 April - Monday 19 July
Half term | Monday 31 May - Monday 7 June
Note: Monday 31 May is a bank holiday with Monday 7 June an INSET Day
2027 summer break | Thursday 22 July - Wednesday 1 September
Note: Monday 30 August is a bank holiday, with Tuesday 31 August remaining part of the summer break. Wednesday 1 September will be an INSET Day with students returning on Thursday 2 September.
2027 INSET Days and bank holidays
Monday 4 January | INSET Day
Friday 26 March | bank holiday
Monday 29 March | bank holiday
Monday 3 May | bank holiday *
Monday 31 May | bank holiday
Monday 7 June | INSET Day
Monday 30 August | bank holiday
Wednesday 1 September | INSET Day
* A non-school day that is not built into, or at the start or end, of a school holiday
