School term & holiday dates

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Welcome to the school holiday term dates page. Here you will find information on school dates for holidays, teacher training days and unplanned school closures.

Holiday or occasion of closure	Date on which school will close	Date on which school will reopen
Teacher training day	Monday 2 September 2019
Summer 2019	Friday 19 July 2019	Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Teacher training day	Monday 4 November 2019
October half term 2019	Friday 25 October 2019	Tuesday 5 November 2019
Christmas/New year 2019/2020	Friday 20 December 2019	Monday 6 January 2020
Teacher training day	Friday 21 February 2020
Spring half term 2020	Friday 14 February 2020	Monday 24 February 2020
Easter 2020	Friday 3 April 2020	Monday 20 April 2020
May Day 2020	Friday 8 May 2020
Summer half term	Friday 22 May 2020	Monday 1 June 2020
Summer 2020	Friday 17 July 2020	Tuesday 1 September 2020

View the links below to download PDF versions of the school term dates.

• Term dates 2019-2020
• Term dates 2020-2021

The following documents provide information regarding planned teacher training days and closures.

Please note teacher training days are subject to change and are updated regularly.

School closures – teacher training days (special schools)

• September 2019 - July 2020

School closures – teacher training days

• September 2019 - July 2020

Should we be informed of any of schools closed due to weather, building problems or other local reasons they will appear below.

Unplanned school closures will appear here: 

Link to Northumberland  School Closure List


Please also follow our alert social media channels for information on unplanned school closures when the school has informed us of a problem.

• Facebook
• Twitter

We also recommend that you also check with the individual school via their website, Social media pages and parent mail.


Details of school closures are also given on:

• Metro Radio
• BBC Tyne
• Heart FM
• Capital FM