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Term dates
Bristol Free School will align its term dates holidays with other maintained schools in Bristol.

Term dates normally total 195 days and include 5 professional development days for staff. In 2011/12 however, as in 2010/11 the total is 194 days because of the extra public holiday.

The five professional development days for 2011/2 have been decided:

1 September 2011

2 September 2011

16 December 2011

20 February 2012

11 June 2012

 

2011/12

Term 1

Thursday 1 September to Friday 21 October 2011

Term 2

Monday 31 October to Friday 16 December 2011

Term 3

Tuesday 3 January to Friday 10 February 2012

Term 4 

Monday 20 February to Friday 30 March 2012

Term 5*

Monday 16 April to Friday 1 June 2012

Term 6 

Monday 11 June to Thursday 19th July 2012

Public Holidays

The school will be closed for the following public holidays:

      26 December 2011 - Boxing Day

      27 December 2011 - in lieu of Christmas Day  

      2 January 2012 - New Year's Day Holiday

      6 April 2012 - Good Friday

      9 April 2012 - Easter Monday

      7 May 2012 - Early May Bank Holiday*

      4 June 2012 - Spring Bank Holiday

      5 June 2012 - Diamond Jubilee Holiday   

      27 August 2012 - Summer Bank Holiday

*Term 5 includes the early may bank holiday. The remainder falls within school holidays.