Term Dates/School Day
Term Dates 2024/2025
Autumn Term Start Dates
Thursday 5 September – Years 1 and 2 start
Monday 9 September – Early Years Foundation Stage (staggered start dates during the week)
Autumn Term
Thursday 5 September 2024 – Friday 25 October 2024
Monday 4 November 2024 - Friday 20 December 2024
The school will be closed for staff training days on:Â
Monday 2 September 2024 – Wednesday 4 September 2024
Spring Term
Tuesday 7 January 2025 – Friday 14 February 2025
Monday 24 February 2025 - Friday 4 April 2025
The school will be closed for a staff training day on:Â
Monday 6 January 2025
Summer TermÂ
Tuesday 22 April 2025 - Friday 23 May 2025
Monday 2 June 2025 – Monday 21 July 2025
The school will be closed for the Spring Bank Holiday on:Â
Monday 5 May 2025
The school will be closed for staff training days on:Â
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Term Dates 2025/ 2026
Autumn Term Start Dates
Tuesday 2 September 2025 - Year 1, 2 & 3 start
Monday 8 September 2025 -Â Early Years Foundation Stage (staggered start dates during the week)
Autumn Term
Tuesday 2 September 2025 – Thursday 23 October 2025
Tuesday 4 November 2025 - Friday 19 December 2025
The school will be closed for staff training days on:Â
Monday 1 September 2025
Friday 24 October 2025
Monday 3 November 2025
Spring Term
Tuesday 6 January 2026 – Friday 13 February 2026
Monday 23 February 2026 - Friday 27 March 2026
The school will be closed for a staff training day on:Â
Monday 5 January 2026
Summer TermÂ
Monday 13 April 2026 - Friday 22 May 2026
Monday 1 June 2026 – Friday 17 July 2026
The school will be closed for the Spring Bank Holiday on:Â
Monday 4 May 2026
The school will be closed for staff training days on:Â
Monday 20 July 2026
School Day
Doors/gates open - 8.20am
School starts - 8.30am
School ends - 3.00pm
Extra-curricular clubs end - 4.00pm
The compulsory week is 32.5 hours - 8.30am to 3.00pm, Monday to Friday during term time.
Collection of children at the end of the school day
Children should be collected promptly at the end of the school day.
For reasons of safety, staff will only hand your child over children to parents/carers or another authorised person. Parents should complete and return the 'Persons authorised to collect form' detailing all those persons who have permission to collect the child on a regular basis. Paper copies of the form are available at the school office.
A copy of this form will be held in each class to ensure that only authorised persons take the child home. Any other ad hoc changes to this will need to be communicated either via the child’s class teacher or by a telephone call to the school office before 2.30pm, a password will be required for ad hoc changes/collections. If the school hasn’t received any notification and an unauthorised person arrives to pick up the child, we will not release them until the school has spoken directly to the parents/carer.
Procedure in the event of a school closure
Information regarding closure of Willow Grove and the subsequent re-opening of the school will be placed on the school and the local authority websites, on social media and an email will be sent out to parents/carers. These sites are regularly monitored by the media, and any closures are then broadcast on local radio stations.
Please do NOT telephone the school to ask if it is open, but instead check the website and local media.
