Term Dates | Independent Education, Essex | Avon House School
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Term Dates

The school year is divided into three terms: Autumn, Spring and Summer.  There are three half-term holidays: two weeks in October, one week in February and one week in May/June. There are three longer holidays: three weeks at Christmas, three weeks at Easter and eight weeks in the summer.

Our school day begins at 8.30am and finishes at 3.30pm for F1 & F2, 3.40pm for Years 1-6 (with the exception of Mondays when the Prep Department finish at 4.15pm).

Term Dates 2025-2026

Autumn Term 2025/2026

Commence: Wednesday 3rd September 8.30am
Half Term: Monday 20th October –
Friday 31st October
End of Term: Friday 12th December

1.30pm

 

Spring Term 2025/2026

Commence: Tuesday 6th January 8.30am
Half Term: Monday 16th February –
Friday 20th February
End of Term: Friday 27th March 1.30pm

Summer Term 2025/2026

Commence: Monday 20th April 8.30am
Half Term: Monday 25th May –
Friday 29th May
End of Term: Friday 3rd July 2.30pm

On the final day of term, we do not offer any out of hours care.

We do offer our parents childcare through some of the holidays.  More information can be found on our Holiday Club page.

Closure of Avon House Preparatory School

It is with much sadness that we are announcing the closure of the school with immediate effect. Avon House was founded over a hundred years ago under the name Essex House and then in the early 1950’s was renamed Avon House School. The vision for the current school was that of Sheila Ferrari who bought the school in 1970, providing a family school for pupils from 3-11 years old.

We have explored a number of options to try and save the school from closure but in recent days it became obvious that was not meant to be. The school has struggled with financial pressures including the introduction of VAT on school fees and the rise in NI and pension costs.

We have always put our pupils at the heart of school life both academically and pastorally under the banner of ‘Celebrating and supporting every child’ and we know that many pupils who have journeyed through our school have gone on to great success.

We wish all our pupils and families the best for the future as they embrace new schools in the locality.