School Term and Holiday Dates 2028-2029 consultation

From: 02 Nov 2026 - To: 31 Dec 2026

Local Authorities have a duty to determine school term dates for Local Authority maintained schools, which must be open to pupils for 190 days in an academic year, and 195 days for teachers.

Foundation, Voluntary Aided, Academies and Free schools are responsible for setting their own dates and so may choose to follow a pattern and/or specific dates that do not match those set by Peterborough City Council.

Peterborough City Council works in conjunction with our neighbouring Local Authorities to set proposed dates for an academic year - this is known as the Eastern Region Model Calendar. We do this because we feel it is better to have a co-ordinated approach to setting school term dates to minimise the impact on families and school transport providers. However, whilst our proposed dates align, we cannot guarantee that our term dates will be identical to those of our neighbours, as there is no formal mechanism for the regional setting of school term and holiday dates.

Below are the proposed dates for maintained schools in Peterborough for the academic year 2028-29. These dates total 195 days, from which schools should choose 5 days to set aside as professional training days.