Chater Junior School term dates 2026/27
Addiscombe Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0WN
11 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
October Half Term
26–30 October 2026 · 5 days
INSET Day
Monday, 2 November 2026 · all day
Christmas Holidays
21 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027 · 12 days
INSET Day
Monday, 4 January 2027 · all day
February Half Term
15–19 February 2027 · 5 days
Easter Holidays
26 March – 9 April 2027 · 15 days
INSET Day
Friday, 28 May 2027 · all day
May Half Term
31 May – 4 June 2027 · 5 days
INSET Day
Thursday, 22 July 2027 · all day
Summer Holidays
22 July – 31 August 2027 · 41 days
Chater Junior School’s 2026/27 year in brief
The year runs from Wednesday, 2 September 2026 to Wednesday, 21 July 2027, 192 school days in all. The 5 INSET days are 1 September 2026, 2 November 2026, 4 January 2027, 28 May 2027, 22 July 2027, when the school is closed to pupils.
- Autumn Term
- 2 September – 18 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 Hertfordshire County Council’s 2026/27 calendar, Chater Junior School differs in 3 of 3 terms:
- The autumn term starts 2 September 2026 rather than 1 September 2026.
- The spring term starts 5 January 2027 rather than 4 January 2027.
- The summer term ends 21 July 2027 rather than 22 July 2027.
Hertfordshire school holidays 2026/27 has the council’s breaks on their own, for anyone booking around them.
Chater Junior School is one of 590 schools in the Hertfordshire area, each listed with whose term dates it follows.
About the school
- Phase
- Primary, ages 7–11
- Pupils on roll
- 237
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Headteacher
- Rajneet Khindey
- URN
- 117158
Chater Junior School is maintained by Hertfordshire 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.
Chater Junior School’s own term dates page · chaterjm.herts.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.