Dorset school term dates 2026/27

Council term dates 2026/27

Holidays and closures

Academies, free schools, foundation and voluntary aided schools can set their own dates, and every school chooses its own INSET days. Check your child’s school below.

Council term dates 2027/28

Holidays and closures

Academies, free schools, foundation and voluntary aided schools can set their own dates, and every school chooses its own INSET days. Check your child’s school below.

Schools in Dorset

• All Saints' Church of England AcademyWeymouth · Secondary
• Beaminster SchoolBeaminster · Secondary
• Beaminster St Mary's AcademyBeaminster · Primary
• Bere Regis Primary and PreschoolWareham · Primary
• Bincombe Valley Primary SchoolWeymouth · Primary
• Bovington AcademyWareham · Primary
• Broadmayne First SchoolDorchester · Primary
• Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBeaminster · Primary
• Cerne Abbas CofE VC First SchoolDorchester · Primary
• Cheselbourne Village SchoolDORCHESTER · Primary
• Colehill First SchoolWimborne · Primary
• Conifers Primary SchoolWeymouth · Primary
• Cranborne Middle SchoolWimborne · Middle deemed secondary
• Dorchester Learning CentreDorchester
• Downlands Community SchoolBlandford Forum · Primary
• Emmanuel Church of England Middle SchoolVerwood · Middle deemed secondary
• Ferndown Upper SchoolFerndown · Secondary
• Frome Valley CofE First SchoolDorchester · Primary
• Gillingham SchoolGillingham · Secondary
• Hazelbury Bryan Primary SchoolSturminster Newton · Primary
• Hillside Community First SchoolVerwood · Primary
• Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community NurseryWeymouth · Primary
• Lockyer's Middle SchoolWimborne · Middle deemed secondary
• Loders CofE Primary AcademyBridport · Primary
• Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary SchoolWareham · Primary
• Lytchett Matravers Primary SchoolPoole · Primary
• Lytchett Minster SchoolPoole · Secondary
• Maiden Newton, Greenford Church of England Primary SchoolDorchester · Primary
• Manor Park Church of England First SchoolDorchester · Primary
• Marshwood CofE Primary AcademyBridport · Primary
• Milborne St Andrew First SchoolBlandford Forum · Primary
• Motcombe CofE Primary SchoolShaftesbury · Primary
• Mountjoy SchoolBeaminster
• Pimperne Church of England VC Primary SchoolBlandford Forum · Primary
• Radipole Primary SchoolWeymouth · Primary
• Rushcombe First SchoolWimborne · Primary
• Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWareham · Primary
• Shaftesbury Church of England Primary SchoolShaftesbury · Primary
• Southill Primary SchoolWeymouth · Primary
• Spetisbury CofE Primary SchoolBlandford Forum · Primary
• St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolWeymouth · Primary
• St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, MarnhullSturminster Newton · Primary
• St John's Church of England First School, WimborneWimborne · Primary
• St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary
• Stalbridge Church of England Primary SchoolStalbridge · Primary
• Sticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolDorchester · Primary
• Stoborough Church of England Primary SchoolWareham · Primary
• Stower Provost Community SchoolGillingham · Primary
• Sturminster Marshall First SchoolWimborne · Primary
• The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, ShaftesburyShaftesbury · Primary
• The Blandford SchoolBlandford Forum · Secondary
• The CompassWeymouth
• The Forum CentreBlandford Forum
• The Prince of Wales SchoolDorchester · Primary
• Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyThorncombe · Primary
• West Moors Middle SchoolFerndown · Middle deemed secondary
• Wey Valley AcademyWeymouth · Secondary
• William Barnes Primary SchoolSturminster Newton · Primary
• Wimborne First School and NurseryWimborne · Primary
• Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First SchoolDorchester · Primary
• Wool Church of England Primary SchoolWareham · Primary
• Wyke Regis Church of England Junior SchoolWeymouth · Primary
• Wyke Regis Infant School and NurseryWeymouth · Primary
• Yewstock SchoolSturminster Newton