The Shade Primary School term dates 2026/27
The Shade, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5DE
12 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
Autumn Half Term
26–30 October 2026 · 5 days
INSET Day
Monday, 2 November 2026 · all day
Christmas Holidays
18 Dec 2026 – 4 Jan 2027 · 18 days
INSET Day
Friday, 18 December 2026 · all day
INSET Day
Monday, 4 January 2027 · all day
February Half Term
15–19 February 2027 · 5 days
Easter Holidays
26 March – 11 April 2027 · 17 days
INSET Day
Friday, 30 April 2027 · all day
May Half Term
31 May – 4 June 2027 · 5 days
INSET Day
Monday, 7 June 2027 · all day
The Shade Primary School’s 2026/27 year in brief
The year runs from Thursday, 3 September 2026 to Wednesday, 21 July 2027, 189 school days in all. The 7 INSET days are 1 September 2026, 2 September 2026, 2 November 2026, 18 December 2026, 4 January 2027, 30 April 2027, 7 June 2027, when the school is closed to pupils.
- Autumn Term
- 3 September – 17 December 2026Half term 26–30 October 2026
- Spring Term
- 5 January – 25 March 2027Half term 15–19 February 2027
- Summer Term
- 12 April – 21 July 2027Half term 31 May – 4 June 2027
Compared with Cambridgeshire County Council’s 2026/27 calendar, The Shade Primary School differs in 2 of 3 terms:
- The autumn term starts 3 September 2026 rather than 1 September 2026, and ends 17 December 2026 rather than 18 December 2026.
- The spring term starts 5 January 2027 rather than 4 January 2027.
Cambridgeshire school holidays 2026/27 has the council’s breaks on their own, for anyone booking around them.
The Shade 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 2–11
- Pupils on roll
- 250
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- Trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
- Headteacher
- Jane Segust
- URN
- 139555
The Shade Primary School sets its own term dates, so they can differ from Cambridgeshire County Council’s. These are the school’s own published dates. Check with the school before booking a holiday.
The Shade Primary School’s own term dates page · theshadeprimary.org.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.