School term dates and planned closures

School term dates

This page shows the official term dates and holidays for schools in Barking and Dagenham.

Schools to ensure that there are 190 taught days. Barking and Dagenham term dates calendar currently shows 196 days. Therefore, schools must identify five non-contact days and one day holiday, with appropriate consultation, to meet the 190 days requirement.

Parents and carers - we recommend you check final dates with your child’s school.

You can find bank holidays dates on GOV.UK

Download term dates for:

School term 2027-28 (PDF, 217.97 KB)

School term 2026-27 (PDF, 178.9 KB)

School term 2025-26 (PDF, 204.94 KB)

School term 2024-25 (PDF, 206 KB)

School term 2023-24 (PDF, 470 KB)

School term 2022-23 (PDF, 200 KB)

School term 2021-22 (PDF, 200 KB)

See below list of inset days

School INSET days 2026 to 27

Autumn term 2026

Term starts on 1 September and ends on 19 December 2026.

Half Term is 26 to 30 October.

Date	School
1 September 2026	All schools except Sydney Russell School and The Warren School
2 September	All Saints Catholic School (except Years 7 and 12) Barking Abbey School Becontree Primary Dorothy Barley Infants Dorothy Barley Junior Five Elms Primary Gascoigne Primary Godwin Primary Goresbrook School Greatfields Primary School Greatfields School Hunters Hall Primary Manor Junior Manor Primary Marsh Green Primary Mayesbrook Park School Monteagle Primary Oxlow Bridge School Parsloes Primary Richard Alibon Primary Robert Clack School of Science Roding Primary Rose Lane Primary Southwood Primary St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Barking St Margaret’s Church of England Primary St Peter’s Catholic Primary St Teresa Catholic Primary St Vincent’s Catholic Primary Thomas Arnold Primary Trinity Special School Valence Primary Village Infants William Ford Church of England Junior
3 September	Godwin Primary Goresbrook School Roding Primary
4 September	Godwin Primary Roding Primary
11 September	Rush Green Primary
2 October	Eastbrook School Grafton Primary
9 October	The Warren School
12 October	William Bellamy Primary
19 October - 23 October	Thames View Infants Thames View Junior
22 October	Eastbury Primary Northbury Primary
23 October	Beam Primary Dagenham Park Church of England School Dorothy Barley Infants Dorothy Barley Junior Eastbury Community School Eastbury Primary Godwin Primary Greatfields Primary Jo Richardson Community School Monteagle Primary Northbury Primary Parsloes Primary Ripple Primary Riverside bridge School Riverside School Southwood Primary St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Dagenham Sydney Russell School
2 November	Five Elms Primary Gascoigne Primary George Carey Church of England Primary James Cambell Primary Richard Alibon Primary Ripple Primary Rush Green Primary St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Barking St Peter’s Catholic Primary Valence Primary
3 November - 6 November	George Carey Church of England Primary
20 November	Grafton Primary
23 November	Goresbrook School
27 November	Furze Infants Mayesbrook Park School Robert Clack School of Science Rose Lane Primary Warren Junior The Warren School
30 November	Robert Clack School of Science William Bellamy Primary
17 December	Dagenham Park Church of England School
18 December	Dagenham Park Church of England School Five Elms Primary Gascoigne Primary Southwood Primary Valence Primary William Bellamy Primary

Spring term 2027

Term begins 4 January and ends on 25 March 2027.

Half Term is 15 to 19 February.

Date	School
4 January	Dagenham Park Church of England School Dorothy Barley Infants Dorothy Barley Junior Five Elms Primary Gascoigne Primary Goresbrook School Grafton Primary Hunters Hall Primary James Cambell Primary Oxlow Bridge School Parsloes Primary Richard Alibon Primary Rush Green Primary St Peter’s Catholic Primary St Teresa Catholic Primary Thames View Infants Thames View Junior Trinity Special School Village Infants William Ford Church of England Junior
22 January	Godwin Primary
11 February	St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Dagenham
12 February	Marsh Green Primary Northbury Primary St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Barking St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Dagenham St Teresa Catholic Primary St Vincent’s Catholic Primary Thomas Arnold Primary
22 February	Five Elms Primary Monteagle Primary
9 March	Roding Primary
9 March	Thames View Infants - provisional – Eid-ul-Fitr Thames View Junior - provisional – Eid-ul-Fitr
10 March	Brook Sixth Form and Academy James Cambell Primary - provisional – Eid-ul-Fitr Roding Primary Rush Green Primary
12 March	Goresbrook School
25 March	Hunters Hall Primary Northbury Primary St Vincent’s Catholic Primary Thomas Arnold Primary

Summer term 2027

Term begins on 12 April and ends on 22 July 2027.

Half Term is 31 May to 4 June.

Date	School
12 April 2027	Dorothy Barley Infants Dorothy Barley Junior Goresbrook School Marsh Green Primary Oxlow Bridge School Parsloes Primary Ripple Primary Village Infants William Ford Church of England Junior
23 April	Beam Primary
17 May	Rose Lane Primary Rush Green Primary Beam Primary
17 May	Thames View Infants - provisional – Eid-ul-Adha Thames View Junior - provisional – Eid-ul-Adha
28 May	Gascoigne Primary Grafton Primary Ripple Primary St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Dagenham St Vincent’s Catholic Primary
7 June	Henry Green Primary John Perry Primary Richard Alibon Primary St Teresa Catholic Primary William Bellamy Primary
8 June – 10 June	Henry Green Primary
11 June	Henry Green Primary Rose Lane Primary
18 June	Leys Primary Mayesbrook Park School Village Infants William Ford Church of England Junior
28 June	Sydney Russell School
2 July	Goresbrook School
5 July	Goresbrook School
19 July	All Saints Catholic School Barking Abbey School Becontree Primary Brook Sixth Form and Academy Eastbrook School Eastbury Community School Eastbury Primary Furze Infants Greatfields Primary School Greatfields School Jo Richardson Community School John Perry Primary Leys Primary Manor Junior Manor Primary Riverside School Roding Primary Sydney Russell School Warren Junior The Warren School
20 July	All Saints Catholic School Barking Abbey School Becontree Primary Brook Sixth Form and Academy Eastbrook School Eastbury Community School Eastbury Primary Furze Infants Greatfields Primary School Greatfields School Jo Richardson Community School John Perry Primary Leys Primary Manor Junior Manor Primary Riverside School Roding Primary Sydney Russell School Trinity Special School Warren Junior The Warren School
21 July	All Saints Catholic School Barking Abbey School Beam Primary Becontree Primary Brook Sixth Form and Academy Eastbrook School Eastbury Community School Eastbury Primary Furze Infants Greatfields Primary School Greatfields School Hunters Hall Primary James Cambell Primary Jo Richardson Community School John Perry Primary Leys Primary Manor Junior Manor Primary Marsh Green Primary Mayesbrook Park School Monteagle Primary Oxlow Bridge School Riverside School Robert Clack School of Science Roding Primary Southwood Primary St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Barking St Peter’s Catholic Primary Sydney Russell School Thomas Arnold Primary Trinity Special School Warren Junior The Warren School
22 July	All Saints Catholic School Barking Abbey School Beam Primary Becontree Primary Brook Sixth Form and Academy Dagenham Park Church of England School Dorothy Barley Infants Dorothy Barley Junior Eastbrook School Eastbury Community School Eastbury Primary Furze Infants Goresbrook School Grafton Primary Greatfields Primary School Greatfields School Hunters Hall Primary James Cambell Primary Jo Richardson Community School John Perry Primary Leys Primary Manor Junior Manor Primary Marsh Green Primary Mayesbrook Park School Monteagle Primary Northbury Primary Oxlow Bridge School Parsloes Primary Richard Alibon Primary Ripple Primary Riverside School Robert Clack School of Science Roding Primary Rose Lane Primary Southwood Primary St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Barking St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Dagenham St Peter’s Catholic Primary St Teresa Catholic Primary St Vincent’s Catholic Primary Sydney Russell School Thomas Arnold Primary Trinity Special School Valence Primary Village Infants Warren Junior The Warren School William Ford Church of England Junior

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