Term Dates

The College is open all year round except for most Bank Holidays, a period of about ten days over Christmas and New Year, about one week near Easter and about five weeks commencing in early July. There are no compulsory term dates. However, the following dates are provisionally recommended at the time of writing, but may be subject to change.

Term	Start Date	End Date	Half-Term Week
Summer Term 2020	April 20th	July 3rd	None
Autumn Term 2020	September 7th, 14th or 21st	December 11th	October 26th – 30th
Spring Term 2021	January 4th	April 1st	February 15th – 19th
Summer Term 2021	April 19th	July 2nd	None
Autumn Term 2021	September 6th, 13th or 20th	December 10th	October 25th – 29th
Spring Term 2022	January 3rd	April 8th	February 14th – 18th
Summer Term 2022	April 25th	July 1st	None

Half-Term Breaks

As individual terms at Bartholomews are usually shorter than at most traditional schools, and indeed they vary from one student to another, our policy with regards to half-term breaks differs according to circumstances. Whilst individuals may choose otherwise, in general we encourage half-term breaks in terms of twelve weeks or more, but we discourage them in terms of eleven weeks or less.

Additionally, students are discouraged from taking half-term breaks in terms in which they are scheduled subsequently to take public examinations. The College itself normally remains staffed over half-terms.

Bank Holidays

The College is normally closed on Bank Holidays except for the two in May, which are treated as normal working days, owing to the imminence of public examinations.