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These are Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre's own term dates for 2025/26 and 2026/27 — read from highdown.reading.sch.uk. The school hasn't published 2027/28 yet, so those years are filled from Reading council's calendar: term dates and holidays, but not the school's own training days, usually five a year. Expect a few extra closed days. We re-check every few days and swap in the school's dates the moment they appear.

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  1. 1Opened the term-dates page on highdown.reading.sch.uk.
  2. 2Downloaded 2 documents: document 1, document 2.
  3. 3Read the dates out of the document with our language model.
  4. 4Kept 36 dates of the school's own for 25/26, 26/27; 27/28 is Reading council's dates until the school publishes its own — and we re-check every few days, so they stay right on their own.

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Summer Holiday now

Back to school Thu 3 Septin 7 days

First day off after that: Year 7 · Thu 3 Sept in 7 days

Days off · 2025/2026

Today

Summer Holiday

back to school Thu 3 Sept

Days off · 2026/2027

INSET Day

INSET Day

Year 7

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Years 7 & 12

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Year group arrangement

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in school · 5½ weeks

INSET Day

in school · 1 week

October Half Term

back to school Tue 3 Nov

in school · 3 weeks

INSET Day

in school · 3½ weeks · last day Fri 18 Dec

Christmas Holiday

back to school Mon 4 Jan

in school · 6 weeks

February Half Term

back to school Mon 22 Feb

in school · 5 weeks · last day Thu 25 Mar

Easter Holiday

back to school Tue 13 Apr

INSET Day

in school · 3 weeks

Early May Bank Holiday

in school · 4 weeks

May Half Term

back to school Mon 7 Jun

in school · 3 weeks

INSET Day

in school · 1½ weeks

Year 5 & Sixth Form & Years 7-9

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in school · 2 weeks · last day Wed 21 Jul

Summer Holiday

back to school Wed 1 Sept

in school · 7½ weeks

Days off · 2027/2028

October Half Term

back to school Mon 1 Nov

in school · 7 weeks · last day Fri 17 Dec

Christmas Holiday

back to school Tue 4 Jan

in school · 6 weeks

February Half Term

back to school Mon 21 Feb

in school · 7 weeks · last day Fri 7 Apr

Easter Holiday

back to school Mon 24 Apr

in school · 1 week

Early May Bank Holiday

in school · 4 weeks

Summer Half Term

back to school Mon 5 Jun

in school · 7 weeks · last day Fri 21 Jul

Summer Holiday

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre term dates at a glance

When does Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre go back?
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre returns on Thursday, 3 September 2026.
When does Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre break up for Summer?
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre breaks up on Friday, 17 July 2026, the Summer Holiday runs from Monday, 20 July 2026 to Monday, 31 August 2026 and pupils return on Thursday, 3 September 2026.
When does Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre break up for October Half Term?
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre breaks up on Thursday, 22 October 2026, the October Half Term runs from Friday, 23 October 2026 to Monday, 2 November 2026 and pupils return on Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
When does Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre break up for Christmas?
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre breaks up on Friday, 18 December 2026, the Christmas Holiday runs from Monday, 21 December 2026 to Friday, 1 January 2027 and pupils return on Monday, 4 January 2027.

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