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Term dates
Reference is a typical London pattern for 2025-26, not a specific LA. Real LA dates differ by ±3 days.
How closely each independent's 2025-26 calendar tracks the typical London state-school year. Half-term clashes are weighted harder than start/end drifts — they're the days that wreck childcare for working parents juggling state and independent siblings.
Typical London state-school calendar · 2025-26
Reference pattern across the 33 London Authorities. Real LAs vary by ±3 days; we'll switch to per-LA references once we've ingested them.
Autumn
4 Sept 2025 → 19 Dec 2025
Half-term 27 Oct 2025 → 31 Oct 2025
Spring
5 Jan 2026 → 2 Apr 2026
Half-term 16 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026
Summer
20 Apr 2026 → 22 Jul 2026
Half-term 25 May 2026 → 29 May 2026
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- Grangewood Independent SchoolNewhamCo EdAll Through100align scoreHalf-terms aligned±0d term drift
- Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain (London Welsh School)EalingCo EdAll Through100align scoreHalf-terms aligned±0d term drift
- Al-Khair Secondary GirlsCroydonGirlsSenior100align scoreHalf-terms aligned±0d term drift
- Rosemary Works SchoolHackneyCo EdNursery100align scoreHalf-terms aligned±0d term drift
- Anglo-Portuguese School of LondonWandsworthCo EdAll Through100align scoreHalf-terms aligned±0d term drift
- St Michael's School, LlanelliCo EdSenior100align scoreHalf-terms aligned±0d term drift
- The Eveline Day SchoolWandsworthCo EdPrep94align scoreHalf-terms aligned±9d term drift
- Tram House SchoolWandsworthCo EdSenior94align scoreHalf-terms aligned±9d term drift
- Urban Mission SchoolLewishamCo EdSenior92align scoreHalf-terms aligned±12d term drift
- Edith Kay Independent SchoolBrentCo EdSenior92align scoreHalf-terms aligned±11d term drift
- Seaton House SchoolSuttonCo EdAll Through90align score1 half-term clash±0d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Oakfields Preparatory SchoolHaveringCo EdPrep90align score1 half-term clash±0d term drift±7d half-term drift
- St. Helen's CollegeHillingdonCo EdPre Prep90align score1 half-term clash±0d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Kingsland Pre-PrepKensington and ChelseaCo EdPre Prep90align scoreHalf-terms aligned±15d term drift
- Al Madina School for GirlsBarking and DagenhamGirlsSenior90align scoreHalf-terms aligned±14d term drift
- Greenholm SchoolSuttonCo EdSenior89align scoreHalf-terms aligned±16d term drift
- OMG EducationTower HamletsCo EdSenior89align scoreHalf-terms aligned±16d term drift
- Tawhid Boys School, Tawhid Educational TrustHackneyBoysSenior89align scoreHalf-terms aligned±16d term drift
- Lavender Lodge SchoolMertonCo EdAll Through89align scoreHalf-terms aligned±16d term drift
- The Write TimeCroydonCo EdSenior88align scoreHalf-terms aligned±17d term drift
- Treasure House (London) CICSouthwarkCo EdSixth Form87align scoreHalf-terms aligned±19d term drift
- New Level AcademyEalingCo EdSenior87align scoreHalf-terms aligned±18d term drift
- Brondesbury CollegeBrentCo EdSenior87align scoreHalf-terms aligned±18d term drift
- Roehampton Gate SchoolWandsworthCo EdAll Through87align scoreHalf-terms aligned±18d term drift
- WoodviewBlabyCo EdSenior87align scoreHalf-terms aligned±18d term drift
- Footsteps TrustHaringeyCo EdSenior87align scoreHalf-terms aligned±16d term drift±1d half-term drift
- Chelsea Hall SchoolWandsworthCo EdPre Prep86align scoreHalf-terms aligned±20d term drift
- Gloucester House, The Tavistock Children's Day UnitCamdenCo EdSenior86align scoreHalf-terms aligned±20d term drift
- Bep AcademyHaveringCo EdSenior85align scoreHalf-terms aligned±22d term drift
- Maypole School (Leigham Court)LambethCo EdAll Through85align scoreHalf-terms aligned±22d term drift
About the reference calendar
- The reference calendar is a typical London state-school pattern for 2026/27. Real London Authorities cluster within ±3 days of these dates but each LA publishes its own.
- Score: 100 − (start/end drift days × 0.7) − (half-term drift days × 1.5), clamped to 0–100. So a school whose terms start and end on different days but whose half-term lines up perfectly will still score well; a school whose half-term is a week off takes a bigger hit.
- Half-term “clash” means the school's half-term starts seven or more days from the reference. A 1-week gap often means cousins / state-school siblings have a different week off, killing holiday plans.
- We're working on a per-LA reference dataset so this can compare against your specific borough's state-school calendar rather than the typical pattern.