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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 EdPrep100align scoreHalf-terms aligned±0d term drift
- Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain (London Welsh School)EalingCo EdAll Through100align scoreHalf-terms aligned±0d term drift
- Seaton House SchoolSuttonGirlsPrep90align score1 half-term clash±0d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Oakfields Preparatory SchoolHaveringCo EdPre Prep90align score1 half-term clash±0d term drift±7d half-term drift
- St. Helen's CollegeHillingdonCo EdPrep90align score1 half-term clash±0d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Sutton High School GDSTSuttonGirlsAll Through90align score1 half-term clash±0d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Kingsland Pre-PrepKensington and ChelseaCo EdPre Prep90align scoreHalf-terms aligned±15d term drift
- TCES (The Complete Education Solution)MertonCo EdAll Through80align scoreHalf-terms aligned±28d term drift2 INSET
- Greenwich Waldorf SchoolGreenwichCo EdAll Through78align scoreHalf-terms aligned±30d term drift±1d half-term drift5 INSET
- Surbiton High SchoolKingston upon ThamesCo EdAll Through76align score1 half-term clash±19d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Oxford High School GDSTOxfordshireGirlsAll Through75align scoreHalf-terms aligned±27d term drift±4d half-term drift
- King Edward VI High School for GirlsBirminghamGirlsSenior74align scoreHalf-terms aligned±29d term drift±4d half-term drift5 INSET
- King Edward's School, BirminghamBirminghamBoysSenior74align scoreHalf-terms aligned±29d term drift±4d half-term drift5 INSET
- Withington Girls' SchoolManchesterGirlsAll Through73align score1 half-term clash±23d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Buckingham Preparatory SchoolHarrowBoysPrep73align scoreHalf-terms aligned±38d term drift
- Guildford High SchoolSurreyGirlsAll Through73align score1 half-term clash±24d term drift±7d half-term drift3 INSET
- The Manchester Grammar SchoolManchesterBoysSenior73align score1 half-term clash±24d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Grange Park Preparatory SchoolEnfieldCo EdPrep70align score1 half-term clash±28d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Northwood College for Girls GDSTMiddlesexGirls70align score1 half-term clash±28d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Broomfield House SchoolRichmond upon ThamesCo EdPrep69align score1 half-term clash±0d term drift±21d half-term drift
- Wimbledon High SchoolMertonGirlsAll Through69align score1 half-term clash±29d term drift±7d half-term drift
- St Catherine's BramleySurreyGirlsAll Through69align scoreHalf-terms aligned±32d term drift±6d half-term drift
- St Margaret's SchoolCamdenGirlsSenior67align score1 half-term clash±26d term drift±10d half-term drift
- Nottingham High SchoolNottinghamBoysAll Through66align score1 half-term clash±33d term drift±7d half-term drift
- The Harrodian SchoolRichmond upon ThamesCo EdAll Through66align scoreHalf-terms aligned±38d term drift±5d half-term drift5 INSET
- David Game CollegeCity of LondonCo EdSixth Form65align scoreHalf-terms aligned±50d term drift
- Ibstock Place SchoolWandsworthCo EdAll Through64align score1 half-term clash±36d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Guildhouse SchoolCamdenCo EdSenior64align scoreHalf-terms aligned±43d term drift±4d half-term drift
- Francis Holland School, Sloane SquareWestminsterGirlsSenior64align score1 half-term clash±36d term drift±7d half-term drift
- Lady Eleanor Holles SchoolRichmond upon ThamesGirlsAll Through64align score1 half-term clash±36d term drift±7d half-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.