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School Holidays

Here is a list of our confirmed Teacher Training days for 2025/2026:

    • 2nd September 2025
    • 1st December 2025
    • 20th July 2026

School Holidays 2025-2026

Please visit the Durham County Council website to view or download the school holidays dates for this academic year and next year for all community schools, special schools and voluntary controlled schools. Please note that voluntary aided (church) schools, foundation schools and academies may have set different dates and you should check with the school or academy to confirm their arrangements or view the PDF for schools not following the standard term and holiday dates.

Whole School Year Diary dates September 2025  July 2026

Please see below a list of whole school year diary dates from September 2025 to July 2026.

to be issued in September 22025

School Holidays During Term Time

The Government has amended regulations for taking holidays in term time and these new regulations come into effect from September 2013.

Head teachers have the discretion to grant leave, but they should only do so in exceptional circumstances. If a head teacher grants a leave request, it will be for them to determine the length of time that the child can be away from school. This leave is unlikely, however, to be granted for the purposes of a family holiday.

Any parents/careers wishing to apply to take their child out of school during term time must complete the form below which should be submitted to the Headteacher for approval prior to booking the holiday.

Leave of Absence Request form 25-26

Parents can be fined for taking their child on holiday during term time without consent from the school. Please contact the school if you wish to discuss this with the Headteacher.

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South View
Kirk Merrington
Spennymoor
DL16 7JB
Tel 01388 816 230 · Email kirkmerrington@durhamlearning.net



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