2026/27 / YOUR LOCAL CALENDAR
Barking and Dagenham christmas holidays 2026
Published christmas holidays information for 2026/27. Closing and pupil return dates are shown where explicitly supplied.
A quick note for parents. Council dates usually apply to community and voluntary controlled schools. Academies, foundation and voluntary aided schools can differ. INSET days are set by each school; a term opening date is not necessarily a pupil return date.
A school year, a little clearer
All school holidays.
One handy list.
2026/27 · Dates as published. Unconfirmed dates stay marked; closing dates are kept separate from holiday starts.
| Holiday | Starts / closes | Ends | Pupils return |
|---|---|---|---|
| October half termAwaiting confirmation | Check the official source or your school | ||
| Christmas holidays ↗Published holidayRange recovered from the user-supplied reference site and retained with its council source link for follow-up checking. | Check with school | ||
| Easter holidaysAwaiting confirmation | Check the official source or your school | ||
| February half termAwaiting confirmation | Check the official source or your school | ||
| May half term ↗Published holiday | Check with school | ||
| Summer holidays ↗Schools close 22 Jul 2027.School-closing date onlyCouncil term ends and the next council term starts are shown. Full holiday endpoints and individual pupil return dates are not inferred. Schools may choose INSET days within these terms. | Closes | End not supplied | |
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Dates come from official council or government publications. We show accepted records and keep unresolved dates marked. Individual schools may differ.
- Area
- Barking and Dagenham
- Accepted records checked
- 1 October 2026
- Academic year
- 2026/27
- Available information
- 3 published holiday records
- Check the original publication
- Official source 1 ↗Official source 2 ↗Official source 3 ↗Official source 4 ↗
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