Shirley Community Primary School term dates 2026/27
Nuffield Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1TF
10 dates for 2026-2027, from the school’s own calendar, ready to add to a planner.
Every published date
INSET Day
Tuesday, 1 September 2026 · all day
INSET Day
Wednesday, 2 September 2026 · all day
INSET Day
Friday, 23 October 2026 · all day
October Half Term
23 October – 2 November 2026 · 11 days
INSET Day
Monday, 2 November 2026 · all day
Christmas Holidays
19 Dec 2026 – 3 Jan 2027 · 16 days
February Half Term
12–21 February 2027 · 10 days
INSET Day
Friday, 12 February 2027 · all day
Easter Holidays
26 March – 11 April 2027 · 17 days
May Half Term
29 May – 6 June 2027 · 9 days
Shirley Community Primary School’s 2026/27 year in brief
The year runs from Thursday, 3 September 2026 to Wednesday, 21 July 2027, 191 school days in all. The 5 INSET days are 1 September 2026, 2 September 2026, 23 October 2026, 2 November 2026, 12 February 2027, when the school is closed to pupils.
- Autumn Term
- 3 September – 18 December 2026Half term 23 October – 2 November 2026
- Spring Term
- 4 January – 25 March 2027Half term 12–21 February 2027
- Summer Term
- 12 April – 21 July 2027Half term 29 May – 6 June 2027
Compared with Cambridgeshire County Council’s 2026/27 calendar, Shirley Community Primary School differs in 3 of 3 terms:
- The autumn term starts 3 September 2026 rather than 1 September 2026, and breaks for half term 23 October – 2 November 2026 rather than 26–30 October 2026.
- The spring term breaks for half term 12–21 February 2027 rather than 15–19 February 2027.
- The summer term breaks for half term 29 May – 6 June 2027 rather than 31 May – 4 June 2027.
Cambridgeshire school holidays 2026/27 has the council’s breaks on their own, for anyone booking around them.
Shirley Community Primary School is one of 311 schools in the Cambridgeshire area, each listed with whose term dates it follows.
About the school
- Phase
- Primary, ages 4–11
- Pupils on roll
- 303
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- Headteacher
- John Cattermole
- URN
- 110663
Shirley Community Primary School is maintained by Cambridgeshire County Council, so it keeps to the council’s term dates and sets its own INSET days on top of them. These are the school’s own published dates. Check with the school before booking a holiday.
Shirley Community Primary School’s own term dates page · shirley.cambs.sch.uk
Plan the term around them
Add these dates, build your timetable on the school’s two-week rotation, and track what is due against days you are actually in.