Term Dates

2018-2019

Term	First Day of Term	Half Term	Last Day of Term
Autumn 2018	Tuesday 4th September	Monday 22nd - Friday 26th October returning on  Monday 29th October	Friday 21st December
Spring 2019	Monday 7th January	Monday 18th - Friday 22nd February returning on  Monday 25th February	Friday 5th April
Summer 2019	Tuesday 23rd April	Monday 27th - Friday 31st May returning on Monday 3rd June	Friday 19th July

INSET Days

Students are not required to attend the academy on the following days:

• Monday 3rd September 2018
• Friday 5th October 2018
• Tuesday 19th March 2019
• Wednesday 10th July 2019

Period 5 INSET/CPD

The academy closes at 1.25pm, and students are able to leave at the end of their Period 4 Lesson. 

• Tuesday 20th November 2018
• Tuesday 11th December 2018
• Tuesday 15th January 2019
• Tuesday 5th Februray 2019
• Tuesday 25th June 2019

Allocation of INSET/CPD Training Time

Nationally, all schools and academies that follow the ‘School Teachers Pay and Conditions’, require teachers to be available to work for 195 days. On 5 of the 195 days, teachers cannot be directed to teach. These days are commonly known as INSET, CPD (Continuing Professional Development) or Training days.

Here at Mayfield, we usually disaggregate one or more of our five days and use that gained time to close for Period 5 on selected Tuesdays. We do this so that we can have more regular training that does not disrupt whole days of learning.

Often, but not always, our teachers work collaboratively with Oasis Lord’s Hill and Oasis Sholing on common development priorities during these training times/days.

We do try really hard not to move or change these days once published so that you can plan your childcare accordingly, but sometimes this is unavoidable. We will always give you as much notice as possible if we do ever need to change plans.

I hope this has answered any questions you may have had but please feel free to contact the academy via telephone 023 8032 8128 / email: [email protected], or attend any of the Parent Group Meetings, if you have any feedback that you feel would be useful to us or any questions you still have about the academy.