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.