Wakefield school term dates
School holidays and term dates for 2026/27 and 2027/28, set by Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.
- Autumn termTue 1 Sep to Fri 18 Dec
- Autumn half termMon 26 Oct to Fri 30 Oct
- ChristmasMon 21 Dec to Fri 1 Jan
- Spring termMon 4 Jan to Thu 25 Mar
- Spring half termMon 15 Feb to Fri 19 Feb
- EasterFri 26 Mar to Fri 9 Apr
- Summer termMon 12 Apr to Wed 21 Jul
- Early May bank holidayMon 3 May
- Summer half termMon 31 May to Fri 4 Jun
- Summer holidaysFrom Thu 22 Jul
- Autumn termMon 6 Sep to Fri 17 Dec
- Autumn half termMon 25 Oct to Fri 29 Oct
- ChristmasMon 20 Dec to Mon 3 Jan
- Spring termTue 4 Jan to Fri 7 Apr
- Spring half termMon 21 Feb to Fri 25 Feb
- EasterMon 10 Apr to Fri 21 Apr
- Summer termMon 24 Apr to Tue 25 Jul
- Early May bank holidayMon 1 May
- Summer half termMon 29 May to Fri 2 Jun
- Summer holidaysFrom Wed 26 Jul
Community and voluntary controlled schools in Wakefield must use these dates, and add their own INSET days. Academies and other schools can set their own, so check your school's page below.
Wakefield schools
We have 2026/27 term dates for 106 of Wakefield's 147 schools.
- Ackton Pastures Primary AcademyPrimary, Castleford
- Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Ackworth Mill Dam SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Ackworth SchoolIndependent all-through, West Yorkshire
- Airedale AcademySecondary, Castleford
- Airedale Infant AcademyPrimary, Castleford
- Airedale Junior AcademyPrimary, Castleford
- Altofts Junior AcademyPrimary, Normanton. Dates not found yet
- Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrsPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Ark Carleton High SchoolSecondary, Pontefract
- Ark Carleton Park Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Ark De Lacy Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Ark Larks Hill Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Ark Northfield Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Ark Orchard Head Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Ark The King's SchoolSecondary, Pontefract
- Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Ash Grove Primary AcademyPrimary, Pontefract
- Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Balance Alternative ProvisionIndependent special, Knottingley. Dates not found yet
- Castleford AcademySecondary, Castleford
- Castleford Park Junior AcademyPrimary, Castleford
- Castleford Three Lane Ends AcademyPrimary, Castleford
- Castleford Wheldon Infant School and NurseryPrimary, Castleford
- Cherry Tree AcademyPrimary, Pontefract
- Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Crigglestone St James CofE Primary AcademyPrimary, Wakefield
- Crofton AcademySecondary, Wakefield
- Crofton Infant SchoolPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Crofton Junior SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Darrington Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- De Lacy AcademySecondary, Knottingley
- Denby Grange SchoolIndependent special, Wakefield
- Dimple Well Infant School and NurseryPrimary, Ossett. Dates not found yet
- England Lane AcademyPrimary, Knottingley. Dates not found yet
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary, Wakefield
- Fairburn View Primary School, CastlefordPrimary, Castleford
- Featherstone All Saints CofE AcademyPrimary, Pontefract
- Featherstone Girnhill Infant SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Featherstone Purston Infant SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Fitzwilliam Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Gawthorpe Community AcademyPrimary, Ossett
- Glasshoughton Infant AcademyPrimary, Castleford
- Grove Lea Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Half Acres Primary AcademyPrimary, Castleford
- Hall Cliffe Primary SchoolIndependent special, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Hall Cliffe SchoolIndependent special, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Hammer Lane AcademyIndependent special, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Hendal Primary SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- High Well SchoolSpecial, Pontefract
- Highfield SchoolSpecial, Ossett
- Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary, Pontefract
- Horbury AcademySecondary, Wakefield
- Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant AcademyPrimary, Wakefield
- Horbury Primary AcademyPrimary, Wakefield
- Horbury St Peter's Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary, Wakefield
- Ivy Lane SchoolIndependent special
- Jerry Clay AcademyPrimary, Wakefield
- Kettlethorpe High SchoolSecondary, Wakefield
- King's Meadow AcademyPrimary, Pontefract. Dates not found yet
- Kingsland Primary SchoolSpecial, Wakefield
- Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary, Normanton. Dates not found yet
- Martin Frobisher Infant SchoolPrimary, Normanton
- Meadowcroft SchoolIndependent special, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication ResourcePrimary, Wakefield
- Middlestown Primary AcademyPrimary, Wakefield
- Minsthorpe Community CollegeSecondary, Pontefract
- Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion ResourcePrimary, Pontefract
- Newlands Primary SchoolPrimary, Normanton
- Newton Hill Community SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Normanton All Saints CofE Infant SchoolPrimary, Normanton. Dates not found yet
- Normanton Common Primary AcademyPrimary, Normanton
- Normanton Junior AcademyPrimary, Normanton. Dates not found yet
- Oakfield Park SchoolSpecial, Pontefract
- Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary, Ossett
- Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Ossett
- Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary, Ossett
- Ossett South Parade PrimaryPrimary, Wakefield
- Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolPrimary, Ossett
- Outwood Academy City FieldsSecondary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Outwood Academy FreestonSecondary, Normanton. Dates not found yet
- Outwood Academy HemsworthSecondary, Pontefract. Dates not found yet
- Outwood Grange AcademySecondary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Outwood Primary Academy Bell LanePrimary, Pontefract. Dates not found yet
- Outwood Primary Academy GreenhillPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Outwood Primary Academy KirkhamgatePrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Outwood Primary Academy Ledger LanePrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse GatePrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Outwood Primary Academy Newstead GreenPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Outwood Primary Academy Park HillPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Oyster Park Primary AcademyPrimary, Castleford
- Queen Elizabeths School WakefieldIndependent all-through, Wakefield
- Rooks Nest AcademyPrimary, Wakefield
- Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Sandal Castle VA Community Primary SchoolPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Sandal Magna Community AcademyPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Sharlston Community SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Shay Lane Primary (J and I) SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Silcoates SchoolIndependent all-through, West Yorkshire
- Simpson's Lane AcademyPrimary, Knottingley
- Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Smawthorne Henry Moore AcademyPrimary, Castleford. Dates not found yet
- South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- South Hiendley Primary SchoolPrimary, Barnsley
- South Kirkby AcademyPrimary, Pontefract. Dates not found yet
- South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- South Ossett Infant AcademyPrimary, Ossett. Dates not found yet
- St Austin's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- St Botolphs CE AcademyPrimary, Knottingley. Dates not found yet
- St Giles C of E AcademyPrimary, Pontefract. Dates not found yet
- St Helen's CE Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract. Dates not found yet
- St Ignatius Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School CastlefordPrimary, Castleford
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School PontefractPrimary, Pontefract
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, MoorthorpePrimary, Pontefract. Dates not found yet
- St Michael's CofE AcademyPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademySecondary, Wakefield
- St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademySecondary, Pontefract
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary, Normanton
- Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery AcademyPrimary, Wakefield
- Stanley St Peters Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- The Featherstone AcademySecondary, Pontefract
- The Grange SchoolIndependent special, Castleford. Dates not found yet
- The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- The Vale Primary AcademyPrimary, Knottingley
- Towngate Primary AcademyPrimary, Ossett. Dates not found yet
- Townville AcademyPrimary, Castleford
- Trinity Academy CathedralSecondary, Wakefield
- Upton Primary SchoolPrimary, Pontefract
- Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Wakefield Lawefield Primary SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- Walton Primary AcademyPrimary, Wakefield. Dates not found yet
- West Bretton Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary, Wakefield
- West End AcademyPrimary, Pontefract. Dates not found yet
- Willow Green AcademyPrimary, Knottingley
- Wragby SchoolIndependent special, Wakefield
- Wrenthorpe AcademyPrimary, Wakefield