School Holidays

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• 2010/2011 school holidays

Please note that the 2010 -11 holidays have changed since the earlier published version, changes are as follows:

• Monday 29 November 2010 is an in service day
• The St Andrew's holiday applies to schools only, but some nursery classes may also be closed on 30 November, please confirm with your nursery
• Friday 29 April 2011 - schools will be closed on account of the Royal Wedding
• Friday 1 July 2011 will be the last day of the summer term 2011.

Autumn term 2010
	Teachers return	Monday 16 August 2010 (IS)
	Pupil return	Tuesday 17 August 2010
Close	Local holiday	Friday 24 September 2010
		Monday 27 September 2010
Re-open		Tuesday 28 September 2010
Mid Term	First day of break	Monday 11 October 2010
	Teachers return	Monday 18 October 2010 (IS)
	Pupil return	Tuesday 19 October 2010
	In service day	Monday 29 November 2010 (IS)
St Andrew's Day	Schools closed	Tuesday 30 November 2010
	School Re-open	Wednesday 01 December 2010
Christmas	Schools close	Wednesday 22 December 2010
	First day of the break	Thursday 23 December 2010

Spring term 2011
	Last day of break	Wednesday 05 January 2011
Re-open		Thursday 06 January 2011
	In-Service day	Friday 11 February 2011 (IS)
Mid-term	First day of break	Monday 14 February 2011
	Teachers return	Wednesday 16 February 2011(IS)
	Pupil return	Thursday 17 February 2011
	First day of break	Monday 04 April 2011

Summer term 2011
	Teachers return	Monday 18 April 2011 (IS)
	Pupil return	Tuesday 19 April 2011
Easter	First day of break	Friday 22 April 2011
	Last day of break	Monday 25 April 2011
Royal Wedding Day	Schools closed	Friday 29 April 2011
May Day	Local holiday	Monday 02 May 2011
schools re-open		Tuesday 03 May 2011
	In-Service day	Thursday 26 May 2011 (IS)
	First day of break	Friday 27 May 2011
	Last day of break	Monday 30 May 2011
Re-open		Tuesday 31 May 2011
Summer holidays	Last day of session	Friday 01 July 2011

	2010/2011 Holidays	Teachers' working days
Term 1	15	85
Term 2	5	59
Term 3	46	50
TOTAL	66	194

Note: (IS) refers to teachers' In-Service days

Pupil attendance will be 187 days after deducting the seven 'In-Service' days.

Autumn 2011
Teachers return		Monday 15 August 2011