Essex 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 Essex

• Abacus Primary SchoolWickford · Primary
• All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMaldon · Primary
• All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, DovercourtHarwich · Primary
• Alresford Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Ashdon Primary SchoolSaffron Walden · Primary
• Baddow Hall Infant SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Baddow Hall Junior SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Baynards Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Beehive Lane Community Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Bentfield Primary School and NurseryStansted · Primary
• Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · Primary
• Blackmore Primary SchoolIngatestone · Primary
• Boreham Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Boxted St Peter's Church of England SchoolColchester · Primary
• Bradfield Primary SchoolManningtree · Primary
• Braiswick Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Brentwood County High SchoolBrentwood · Secondary
• Brightlingsea Primary School and NurseryColchester · Primary
• Brightside Primary SchoolBillericay · Primary
• Brinkley Grove Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Broomgrove Infant SchoolColchester · Primary
• Broomgrove Junior SchoolColchester · Primary
• Burnham-on-Crouch Primary SchoolBurnham-on-Crouch · Primary
• Burrsville Infant AcademyClacton-on-Sea · Primary
• Camulos AcademyColchester · Primary
• Canvey Island Infant School and NurseryCanvey Island · Primary
• Canvey Junior SchoolCanvey Island · Primary
• Chancellor Park Primary School, ChelmsfordChelmsford · Primary
• Chapel Hill Primary School & NurseryBasildon · Primary
• Chappel CofE Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Chase Lane Primary School and NurseryHarwich · Primary
• Chelmer Valley High SchoolChelmsford · Secondary
• Cherry Tree AcademyColchester · Primary
• Chigwell Primary AcademyChigwell · Primary
• Children's Support ServiceWickford
• Chipping Hill Primary SchoolWitham · Primary
• Church Langley Community Primary SchoolHarlow · Primary
• Clavering Primary SchoolSaffron Walden · Primary
• Colchester County High School for GirlsColchester · Secondary
• Cold Norton Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Coopersale and Theydon Garnon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolEpping · Primary
• Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Crays Hill Primary SchoolBillericay · Primary
• Danbury Park Community Primary SchoolDanbury · Primary
• Davenant Foundation SchoolLoughton · Secondary
• De La Salle SchoolBasildon · Secondary
• Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Doddinghurst Infant SchoolBrentwood · Primary
• Down Hall Primary SchoolRayleigh · Primary
• Dr Walker's CofE Primary SchoolOngar · Primary
• Edward Francis Primary SchoolRayleigh · Primary
• Elsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · Primary
• Epping Primary SchoolEpping · Primary
• Eversley Primary SchoolBasildon · Primary
• Fawbert and Barnard's Primary SchoolOld Harlow · Primary
• Felsted Primary SchoolDunmow · Primary
• Ford End Church of England Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Friars Grove Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Galleywood Infant SchoolCHELMSFORD · Primary
• Ghyllgrove Primary SchoolBasildon · Primary
• Glenwood SchoolBenfleet
• Gosbecks Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Gosfield Community Primary SchoolHalstead · Primary
• Grange Primary SchoolWickford · Primary
• Great Baddow High SchoolChelmsford · Secondary
• Great Bardfield Primary SchoolBraintree · Primary
• Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery SchoolBraintree · Primary
• Great Bradfords Junior SchoolBraintree · Primary
• Great Chesterford Church of England Primary AcademySaffron Walden · Primary
• Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolDunmow · Primary
• Great Leighs Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Great Sampford Community Primary SchoolSaffron Walden · Primary
• Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Great Waltham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Hamilton Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Hare Street Community Primary School and NurseryHarlow · Primary
• Harlow Fields School and CollegeHarlow
• Harlowbury Primary SchoolHarlow · Primary
• Harwich Community Primary School and NurseryHarwich · Primary
• Hatfield Peverel Infant and Nursery SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Hazelmere Infant School and NurseryColchester · Primary
• Hazelmere Junior SchoolColchester · Primary
• Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West BergholtColchester · Primary
• Hedingham School and Sixth FormHalstead · Secondary
• Helena Romanes SchoolGreat Dunmow · All-through
• Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery SchoolBishop's Stortford · Primary
• Henry Moore Primary SchoolHarlow · Primary
• Highfields Primary SchoolManningtree · Primary
• Highwood Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Highwoods Community Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Holly Trees Primary SchoolBrentwood · Primary
• Holt Farm Infant SchoolRochford · Primary
• Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, HalsteadHalstead · Primary
• Howbridge Infant SchoolWitham · Primary
• Ingatestone and Fryerning Church of England Junior SchoolIngatestone · Primary
• Ingatestone Infant SchoolIngatestone · Primary
• Ingrave Johnstone Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBrentwood · Primary
• John Bunyan Primary School and NurseryBraintree · Primary
• Kendall Church of England Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Kents Hill Junior SchoolBenfleet · Primary
• King Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordChelmsford · Secondary
• King's Ford Infant School and NurseryColchester · Primary
• Kings Ford AcademyColchester · Primary
• Kings Road Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Lakelands Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Langenhoe Community Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Larkrise Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Lawford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolManningtree · Primary
• Lawford Mead Primary & NurseryChelmsford · Primary
• Layer-de-la-Haye Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Lee Chapel Primary SchoolBasildon · Primary
• Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery AcademyCanvey Island · Primary
• Leverton Primary SchoolWaltham Abbey · Primary
• Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired PupilsColchester · Primary
• Lift ClactonClacton on Sea · Secondary
• Lift HamfordWalton on the Naze · Primary
• Lift HockleyHockley · Primary
• Lift MaltingsWitham · Secondary
• Lift New RickstonesWitham · Secondary
• Lift PlumberowHockley · Primary
• Lift WesteringsHockley · Primary
• Limes Farm Junior SchoolChigwell · Primary
• Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · Primary
• Long Ridings Primary SchoolBrentwood · Primary
• Lubbins Park Primary AcademyCanvey Island · Primary
• Manuden Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · Primary
• Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolIngatestone · Primary
• Matching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolHarlow · Primary
• Mayflower High SchoolBillericay · Secondary
• Maylandsea Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Mersea Island SchoolColchester · Primary
• Milldene Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Millhouse Primary SchoolBasildon · Primary
• Milwards Primary School and NurseryHarlow · Primary
• Montgomery Primary School, ColchesterColchester · Primary
• Mountnessing Church of England Primary SchoolBrentwood · Primary
• Myland Community Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Newhall Primary AcademyHarlow · Primary
• Newport Primary SchoolNewport · Primary
• North Primary School and NurseryColchester · Primary
• Northwick Park Primary and Nursery AcademyCanvey Island · Primary
• Notley High School and Braintree Sixth FormBraintree · Secondary
• Oakfield Primary SchoolWickford · Primary
• Oaklands Infant SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Oakwood Infant and Nursery SchoolClacton-on-Sea · Primary
• Old Heath Community Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Perryfields Infant SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Plume SchoolMaldon · Secondary
• Poplar Adolescent UnitRochford
• Prettygate Infant SchoolColchester · Primary
• Prettygate Junior SchoolColchester · Primary
• Priory Primary School, BicknacreChelmsford · Primary
• Purleigh Community Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Queen Boudica Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Rayne Primary and Nursery SchoolBraintree · Primary
• Riverside Primary SchoolHullbridge · Primary
• Roach Vale Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Roding Valley High SchoolLoughton · Secondary
• Roseacres Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · Primary
• Roxwell Church of England Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Runwell Community Primary SchoolWickford · Primary
• Ryedene Primary and Nursery SchoolBasildon · Primary
• Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · Primary
• Shenfield High SchoolBrentwood · Secondary
• Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolBrentwood · Primary
• Shorefields SchoolClacton-on-Sea
• Silver End AcademyWitham · Primary
• Spring Meadow Primary School & NurseryHarwich · Primary
• Springfield Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSudbury · Primary
• St Benedict's Catholic CollegeColchester · Secondary
• St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolClacton-on-Sea · Primary
• St George's Church of England Primary School, Great BromleyColchester · Primary
• St Giles' Church of England Primary SchoolHalstead · Primary
• St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery SchoolBrentwood · Primary
• St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School DanburyChelmsford · Primary
• St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, ColchesterCOLCHESTER · Primary
• St John's Green Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary SchoolHutton · Primary
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary
• St Katherine's Church of England Primary SchoolCanvey Island · Primary
• St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, RowhedgeColchester · Primary
• St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• St Luke's Park Primary SchoolWickford · Primary
• St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School ToppesfieldHalstead · Primary
• St Mark's West Essex Catholic SchoolHarlow · Secondary
• St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSaffron Walden · Primary
• St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad OakBishop's Stortford · Primary
• St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, ColchesterColchester · Primary
• St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, CoggeshallColchester · Primary
• St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible HedinghamHalstead · Primary
• St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolRochford · Primary
• St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, ColchesterColchester · Primary
• St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, BrentwoodBrentwood · Primary
• St. George's SchoolColchester · Primary
• Stanway Fiveways Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Stanway Primary SchoolColchester · Primary
• Stebbing Primary SchoolDunmow · Primary
• Steeple Bumpstead Primary SchoolHaverhill · Primary
• Stock Church of England Primary SchoolIngatestone · Primary
• Tanglewood Nursery SchoolChelmsford · Nursery
• Templars AcademyWitham · Primary
• Tendring Primary SchoolClacton-on-Sea · Primary
• The Alderton Junior SchoolLoughton · Primary
• The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• The Boswells SchoolChelmsford · Secondary
• The Edith Borthwick SchoolBraintree
• The James Hornsby SchoolBasildon · Secondary
• The King Edmund SchoolRochford · Secondary
• The King John SchoolBenfleet · Secondary
• The Mayflower Primary SchoolHarwich · Primary
• The St Aubyn Centre Education DepartmentColchester
• The Willows Primary SchoolBasildon · Primary
• Tollesbury SchoolMaldon · Primary
• Trinity Road Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Upshire Primary Foundation SchoolWALTHAM ABBEY · Primary
• USP CollegeBenfleet · 16 plus
• Vange Primary School and NurseryBasildon · Primary
• Walton on the Naze Primary SchoolWalton on the Naze · Primary
• Warley Primary SchoolBrentwood · Primary
• Wentworth Primary SchoolMaldon · Primary
• West Horndon Primary SchoolBrentwood · Primary
• Westlands Community Primary SchoolChelmsford · Primary
• Wethersfield CofE VC Primary SchoolBraintree · Primary
• White Court SchoolBraintree · Primary
• White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWitham · Primary
• Whitmore Primary School and NurseryBasildon · Primary
• Wickford Primary SchoolWickford · Primary
• William Read Primary AcademyCanvey Island · Primary
• Willowbrook Primary SchoolBrentwood · Primary
• Wimbish Primary AcademySaffron Walden · Primary
• Winter Gardens AcademyCanvey Island · Primary
• Witham Oaks AcademyWitham · Primary
• Wix and Wrabness Primary SchoolManningtree · Primary
• Woodcroft Nursery SchoolChelmsford · Nursery