2024-25 Academic Year Calendar

Term 1

Wednesday 4 September: INSET Day
Thursday 5 September: INSET Day
Friday 6 September: Students in Year 7 and 11 start (8.30am)
Monday 9 September: Students in Years 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 start (8.30am)
Wednesday 11 September: Year 10 Royal Navy workshops (also Thursday 12 September)
Tuesday 17 September: Year 10 Launch Event (5.00pm) and Year 12 Launch Event (6.00pm)
Thursday 26 September: Year 6 Open Evening
Friday 27 September: INSET Day
Monday 30 September: Musical audition (week commencing)
Tuesday 1 October: Cross Country Cup competition
Thursday 3 October: Sixth Form Open Evening
Monday 7 October: District Cross Country
Tuesday 8 October: Year 12 UCAS trip
Tuesday 8 October: Year 7 Royal Navy workshops (also Wednesday 9 October)
Thursday 10 October: Theatre trip to ‘Aladdin’
Monday 14 October: Year 10 Computing Drop Down Day
Tuesday 15 October: Year 11 Drama performance (5.00pm)
Thursday 17 October: Year 12 Psychology Conference
Monday 21 October: Year 12 urban studies field trip (week commencing)
Tuesday 22 October: Year 7 tutor evening
Friday 25 October: Final day of term

Term 2

Monday 4 November: First day of term
Monday 4 November: Year 11 mock exams begin
Monday 4 November: Cross Country Schools Cup (week commencing)
Friday 8 November: Year 12/13 Physics in Action trip
Monday 11 November: Remembrance Day
Monday 18 November: Year 12/13 mock exams begin
Tuesday 19 November: Year 12/13 Chemistry in Action trip
Thursday 21 November: Year 12/13 Biology in Action trip
Monday 25 November: Year 11 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Tuesday 3 December: Year 11 parents’ evening
Wednesday 4 December: The Two Counties Trust Year 11 Careers Fair
Thursday 5 December: Year 13 drama performance (5.00pm)
Saturday 7 December: Cross Country Schools Cup National Final
Monday 9 December: Year 12/13 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Tuesday 10 December: Flu vaccinations
Tuesday 10 December: Year 9 Royal Navy workshops (also Wednesday 11 December)
Friday 13 December: Year 10 Computing Drop Down Day
Tuesday 17 December: Year 12/13 parents’ evening
Wednesday 18 December: Winter Warmer event (also Thursday 19 December)
Friday 20 December: Final day of term

Term 3

Monday 6 January: First day of term
Monday 6 January: Year 7 assessments begin
Monday 13 January: Year 8 and 9 assessments begin
Monday 20 January: Year 10 Geography Bakewell trip (week commencing)
Monday 27 January: Year 7 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Monday 27 January: Holocaust Memorial Day
Monday 3 February: Year 10 mock exams begin
Monday 3 February: Year 9 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Tuesday 4 February: Year 7 parents’ evening
Tuesday 4 February: Year 13 Apprenticeship Evening
Thursday 6 February: Year 8 Faraday Maths Challenge
Monday 10 February: Year 11 mock exams begin
Monday 10 February: Year 8 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Tuesday 11 February: Year 9 Options/parents’ evening
Thursday 13 February: Year 10 and 12 drama performance (5.00pm)
Friday 14 February: INSET Day / Final day of term

Term 4

Monday 24 February: First day of term
Monday 24 February: Year 10 employer interviews (week commencing)
Tuesday 25 February: Year 8 parents’ evening
Monday 3 March: Year 12/13 mock exams begin
Monday 3 March: Year 10 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Wednesday 5 March: GCSE Science Live trip
Monday 10 March: Year 11 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Friday 14 March: Year 7/8/9 Science Live trip
Friday 14 March: BBC School Report News Day
Monday 17 March: Music for Youth festival trip (week commencing)
Tuesday 18 March: Year 10 Computing Drop Down Day
Monday 24 March: Year 12/13 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Tuesday 25 March: Musical: May Poppins (runs until Friday 28 March)
Tuesday 1 April: Year 11 intervention evening
Friday 4 April: Berlin trip departs (until 7 April)
Friday 4 April: INSET Day / Final day of term

Term 5

Monday 21 April: First day of term
Tuesday 29 April: Year 10 parents’ evening
Thursday 1 May: Year 10/12 Music performance (6.00pm)
Monday 12 May: Year 7 assessments begin
Monday 19 May: Year 8/9 assessment begin
Friday 23 May: Final day of term

Term 6

Monday 2 June: First day of term
Monday 16 June: Year 8 Geography trip to Hornsea (week commencing)
Monday 23 June: Year 9 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Tuesday 24 June: Year 6 Transition Day 1
Wednesday 25 June: Year 6 Transition Day 2 and Transition Evening for families
Wednesday 25 June: Year 12 Psychology Conference
Thursday 26 June: Year 10 Geography field trip
Thursday 26 June: Drama London trip
Friday 27 June: Year 13 Prom
Monday 30 June: Year 7/8 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Thursday 3 July: Year 10 Computing Drop Down Day
Thursday 3 July: Year 12 Taster Day
Thursday 3 July: Summer Concert (6.00pm)
Friday 4 July: INSET Day
Friday 4 July: Year 11 Prom
Sunday 6 July: Paris trip departs (until 8 July)
Monday 7 July: Year 12/13 trackers sent to families (week commencing)
Monday 7 July: Year 12 UCAS Day and parents’ evening
Tuesday 8 July: Year 8 Royal Navy workshops (also Wednesday 9 July)
Wednesday 9 July: Summer Play
Monday 14 July: Year 12 Geography Sheringham field trip (until 16 July)
Monday 14 July: Year 10 and 12 work experience begins
Thursday 17 July: Shakespeare Drop Down Day
Thursday 17 July: Awards Evening
Wednesday 23 July: Year 10 results day
Thursday 24 July: Final day of term