2024-25 Academic Year Calendar
Term 6
Wednesday 23 July: Year 10 results day
Thursday 24 July: Final day of term
2025-26 Academic Year Calendar
Term 1
Wednesday 3 September: INSET Day
Thursday 4 September: INSET Day
Friday 5 September: Students in Year 7 and 11 start (8.30am)
Monday 8 September: Students in Years 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 start (8.30am)
Monday 15 September: Musical auditions (3.00pm)
Monday 15 September: Year 10 Launch Event (5.00pm) and Year 12 Launch Event (6.00pm)
Thursday 18 September: GCSE Solo Music Exams
Thursday 25 September: Year 6 Open Evening
Friday 26 September: INSET Day
Tuesday 30th September: Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Thursday 2 October: Sixth Form Open Evening
Thursday 9 October: Year 11 Drama performance (5.00pm)
Monday 20 October: Year 11 mock exams begin
Tuesday 21 October: Year 7 Tutor Parents’ Evening
Thursday 23 October: Theatre trip to ‘Matilda’
Friday 25 October: Final day of term
Term 2
Monday 3 November: First day of term
Monday 3 November: County Schools Cup Regional Finals (week commencing)
Wednesday 12 November: District Cross Country
Tuesday 11 November: Remembrance Day
Monday 17 November: Year 11 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Monday 17 November: Year 12/13 Psychology Conference 1
Monday 24 November: Year 12/13 mock exams begin
Monday 24 November: Year 11/13 Art & Photography exams (until 3 December)
Tuesday 25 November: Year 11 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 4 December: Drama performances
Saturday 6 December: County Schools Cup National Finals
Tuesday 9 December: Flu vaccinations
Monday 15 December: Year 12/13 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Wednesday 17 December: Winter Warmer event (also Thursday 18 December)
Friday 19 December: Final day of term
Term 3
Monday 5 January: First day of term
Monday 5 January: Wilsthorpe Way Tutor Sessions & Assemblies (week commencing)
Monday 5 January: Year 9 assessments begin
Tuesday 13 January: Year 12/13 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 22 January: Year 10 Geography field trip (week commencing)
Monday 26 January: Year 9 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Monday 26 January: Holocaust Memorial Day
Tuesday 3 February: Year 9 Parents’ Evening
Monday 9 February: Year 11 mock exams begin
Thursday 12 February: Year 10 and 12 drama exams
Friday 13 February: INSET Day / Final day of term
Term 4
Monday 23 February: First day of term
Monday 23 February: Year 12/13 mock exams begin
Tuesday 24 February: GCSE Science Live – Year 10
Tuesday 3 March: Year 9 Options Evening
Monday 9 March: Year 11 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Monday 9 March: Musical dress rehearsal
Tuesday 10 March: Musical: Matilda (runs until Friday 13 March)
Monday 16 March: Music for Youth competition (week commencing)
Thursday 19 March: Young Reporters’ Day KS3
Friday 20 March: Mile run
Monday 23 March: Year 10 mock exams begin
Monday 23 March: Year 12/13 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Tuesday 24 March: Year 11 Intervention Evening
Tuesday 24 March: Year 11 Drama exam
Friday 27 March: INSET Day / Final day of term
Term 5
Monday 13 April: First day of term
Monday 20 April: Music exam (week commencing)
Tuesday 21 April: Year 11 Art exam (until 22 April)
Monday 27 April: Year 7, 8 and 9 assessments begin
Monday 27 April: Year 10 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Monday 4 May: Term Time Bank Holiday
Tuesday 5 May: Year 10 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 7 May: Battle of the Bands (6.00pm)
Monday 18 May: Year 13 Art & Photography exams (all week)
Friday 22 May: Final day of term
Term 6
Monday 1 June: First day of term
Monday 1 June: Year 7, 8 & 9 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Tuesday 9 June: Year 8 Parents’ Evening
Monday 15 June: Year 12 mock exams begin
Tuesday 23 June: Year 7 Parents’ Evening
Wednesday 24 June: Year 12 Psychology Conference 2
Wednesday 24 June: Year 6 Transition Day 1
Thursday 25 June: Year 6 Transition Day 2
Thursday 25 June: Transition Evening for families
Friday 26 June: Sports Day
Friday 26 June: Year 13 Prom
Tuesday 30 June: Year 10 Geography field trip (until Wednesday 1 July)
Monday 6 July: District Sports – Years 7-10 (week commencing)
Monday 6 July: Year 12 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Tuesday 7 July: Derbyshire Science Event – Years 7-9
Tuesday 7 July: Year 12 UCAS Day and Parents’ Evening (6.00pm)
Friday 10 July: Year 11 Prom
Friday 10 July: Sixth Form lessons finish (after)
Monday 13 July: Year 12 Geography field trip (until 15 July)
Monday 13 July: Drama Summer Play
Monday 13 July: Year 10 & 12 Work Experience (week commencing)
Monday 13 July – Wednesday 15th July: Year 12 Physics Trip – Geneva, Switzerland
Tuesday 14 July: Year 7 Forensics Day
Wednesday 15 July: Year 8 Shakespeare Day
Thursday 16 July: Awards Evening
Monday 20 July: Whole Year Group Music Performance
Friday 22 July: INSET Day / Final day of term