School Term Dates

St Mary’s Term dates 2024-25

The following are our Lower School and Senior School autumn, spring and summer term dates for the academic year 2024-25. Kindergarten term dates can be found below.

St Mary’s term dates – AUTUMN 2024

Begins

Wednesday 4 September 2024 – Lower School and Years 7, 8 and 10

Thursday 5 September 2024 – Years 9 and 11

Half term Monday 21 October – Friday 1 November 2024 inclusive
Ends Friday 13 December 2024

St Mary’s term dates – SPRING 2025

Begins Tuesday 7 January 2025
Half term Friday 14 February – Friday 21 February 2025 inclusive
Ends Friday 28 March 2025

St Mary’s term dates – SUMMER 2025

Begins Wednesday 23 April 2025
May Day Monday 5 May 2025
Half term Monday 26 May – Friday 30 May 2025 inclusive
Ends Wednesday 16 July 2025

Kindergarten Dates

St Mary’s Kindergarten is open 51 weeks of the year. Children may attend Kindergarten all year round or during school term-time only if they are siblings of St Mary’s pupils.

The Free Early Years Entitlement Funding is stretched over the 51 weeks.

KINDERGARTEN KEY DATES FOR ALL YEAR ROUND 2024-25

Autumn 2024
Kindergarten re-opens 2 September 2024

Christmas Holiday
Kindergarten is closed 25 December to 31 December 2024 inclusive

Bank Holidays
Kindergarten is closed on the following bank holidays: 1 January, 18 April, 21 April, 5 May, 26 May, 25 August 2025

Please see below for Kindergarten term time dates:

KINDERGARTEN TERM TIME 2024-25 (SIBLINGS OF ST MARY’S SCHOOL PUPILS ONLY)

Autumn Term 2024 2 September to 13 December 2024
Half Term 28 to 1 November 2024 (inclusive)
Spring Term 2025 6 January to 28 March 2025
Half Term 17 to 21 February 2025 (inclusive)
Summer Term 2025 22 April to 25 July 2025 (TBC)
Half Term 26 to 30 May 2025 (inclusive)

Absence

It is important that our school records are complete and up-to date in case we need to contact parents urgently. Please notify the school office straight away if there are any changes.

If your child is unwell and will not be in school, please phone us by 9.30am. In order to minimise the opportunity for infection within the school, please keep your child off for 48 hours if they have vomited or have had diarrhoea. A child starting a course of antibiotics should also be absent for 48 hours (unless this is part of an ongoing care plan to treat individual medical conditions e.g. asthma and the child is not unwell). This is because it is important that children are not subjected to the rigours of the school day, which requires socialising with other children and being part of a group setting, when they have first become ill and require a course of antibiotics.

If your daughter is to be absent for any other reason (for example, appointments or holidays) please contact us to request a leave of absence as the school is required to keep a record.

Our Locations

St Mary's Colchester
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Senior School

Friday 11 and Saturday 12 October, 9.30-11.30am

Individual tours of the Kindergarten, Lower School and Senior School are also available.

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