Dates for the diary
There are three terms in a year:
Autumn term - September to December
Spring term - January to April
Summer term - April to July
We offer three session types as listed below and we have split our important date information accordingly:
Full days run All Year Round and children attend 51 weeks of the year (excl. 1 week at Christmas, Bank Holidays and Little Forest Folk Inset days).
Sessional days (excluding Winkworth) are Term-Time Only and do not include school holidays (and children also do not attend on Bank Holidays and Little Forest Folk Inset days).
Half days (Winkworth only) run All Year Round and children attend 51 weeks of the year (excl. 1 week at Christmas, Bank Holidays and Little Forest Folk Inset days).
We offer Holiday Camps during the school holidays for additional childcare and more information on these can be found here. Holiday Camps are open to all but availability is limited and advance booking is required.
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Bank Holidays and Inset Days
All nurseries will be closed during Inset Days and Bank Holidays and there will be no children attending on these days.
Our Inset days are valuable time used for staff training which we try to make sure is on a different day of the week each time to be as fair as possible to all families.
Stay and Play Weeks and Parent's Evenings
We run Stay and Play weeks during Summer Term which provide an opportunity for parents to join their children in the forest for a couple of hours on a particular day. Our Parent's Evenings are organised in the evening at the end of each term for parents to attend a 10 minute slot with their child's key worker. These evenings are also a fantastic opportunity to spend some time getting to know other parents from the nursery. Invitations to these will be sent to parents by our Nursery Managers four weeks prior to the event. Our Stay and Play weeks and Parent's Evening dates are for our enrolled families only.
Important dates for sessional day families
Term-time only
Autumn TERM 2024
First Day Back: Monday 2nd September
Inset Day (All nurseries closed): Wednesday 18th September
Half term with holiday camps available to book: Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November
Inset Day (All nurseries closed): Tuesday 26th November
Last day of term: Friday 20th December
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SPRING TERM 2025
Bank Holiday (All nurseries closed): Wednesday 1st January
First Day Back for Sessional Day Children: Monday 6th January
February half-term with holiday camps available to book: Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February
Inset Day (All nurseries closed): Thursday 20th March
Last Day of Term: Friday 4th April
Easter break with holiday camps available to book: Monday 7th April to Thursday 17th April
Easter Bank Holiday (All nurseries closed): Friday 18th & Monday 21st April
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SUMMER TERM 2025
First Day Back: Tuesday 22nd April
Bank Holiday (All nurseries closed): Monday 5th May
Bank Holiday (All nurseries closed): Monday 26th May
May half-term with holiday camps available to book: Tuesday 27th May to Friday 30th May
Last day of term: Friday 25th July
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SUMMER HOLIDAYS 2025
Summer Holiday: From Monday 28th July
Holiday camps will be available to book
Bank Holiday (All nurseries closed): Monday 25th August
Important dates for full/half day families
ATTENDING 51 WEEKS OF THE YEAR
AUTUMN TERM 2024
First Day Back: Monday 2nd September
Inset Day (All nurseries closed): Wednesday 18th September
October half-term: Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November
Full day families will attend as usual and camps are bookable for siblings or extra days
Inset Day (All nurseries closed): Tuesday 26th November
Last day of term: Friday 20th December
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Spring TERM 2025
Bank Holiday (All nurseries closed): Wednesday 1st January
First Day Back for Full Day Children: Thursday 2nd January
February half-term: Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February
Full day families will attend as usual and camps are bookable for siblings or extra days
Inset Day (All nurseries closed): Thursday 20th March
Last Day of Term: Friday 4th April
Easter Break: Monday 7th April to Thursday 17th April
Easter Bank Holiday (All nurseries closed): Friday 18th Monday 21st April
Full day families will attend as usual and camps are bookable for siblings or extra days
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SUMMER TERM 2025
First Day Back: Tuesday 22nd April
Bank Holiday (All nurseries closed): Monday 5th May
Bank Holiday (All nurseries closed): Monday 26th May
May half-term: Tuesday 27th May to Friday 30th May
Full day families will attend as usual and camps are bookable for siblings or extra days
Last day of term: Friday 25th July
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SUMMER HOLIDAYS 2025
Summer Holiday: From Monday 28th July
Full day families will attend as usual and camps are bookable for siblings or extra days
Bank Holiday (All nurseries closed): Monday 25th August
“Let the children experiment, let them think, let them learn and let them fail.”