Lift Beacon term dates 2026/27
Woodthorpe Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2NF
12 dates for 2026-2027, from the school’s own calendar, ready to add to a planner.
Every published date
INSET Day
Monday, 24 August 2026 · all day
INSET Day
Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · all day
Autumn Half Term
19–23 October 2026 · 5 days
INSET Day
Monday, 26 October 2026 · all day
INSET Day
Friday, 4 December 2026 · all day
Christmas Holidays
21 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027 · 12 days
INSET Day
Monday, 4 January 2027 · all day
Spring Half Term
15–19 February 2027 · 5 days
Easter Holidays
22 March – 2 April 2027 · 12 days
INSET Day
Monday, 5 April 2027 · all day
Summer Half Term
31 May – 4 June 2027 · 5 days
INSET Day
Friday, 25 June 2027 · all day
Lift Beacon’s 2026/27 year in brief
The year runs from Wednesday, 26 August 2026 to Tuesday, 6 July 2027, 185 school days in all. The 7 INSET days are 24 August 2026, 25 August 2026, 26 October 2026, 4 December 2026, 4 January 2027, 5 April 2027, 25 June 2027, when the school is closed to pupils.
- Autumn Term
- 26 August – 18 December 2026Half term 19–23 October 2026
- Spring Term
- 5 January – 19 March 2027Half term 15–19 February 2027
- Summer Term
- 6 April – 6 July 2027Half term 31 May – 4 June 2027
Compared with Leicestershire County Council’s 2026/27 calendar, Lift Beacon differs in 3 of 3 terms:
- The autumn term starts 26 August 2026 rather than 24 August 2026.
- The spring term starts 5 January 2027 rather than 4 January 2027.
- The summer term starts 6 April 2027 rather than 5 April 2027.
Leicestershire school holidays 2026/27 has the council’s breaks on their own, for anyone booking around them.
Lift Beacon is one of 327 schools in the Leicestershire area, each listed with whose term dates it follows.
About the school
- Phase
- Primary, ages 2–11
- Pupils on roll
- 379
- Local authority
- Leicestershire County Council
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Headteacher
- Ben Kilgannon
- URN
- 139005
Lift Beacon sets its own term dates, so they can differ from Leicestershire County Council’s. These are the school’s own published dates. Check with the school before booking a holiday.
Lift Beacon’s own term dates page · liftbeacon.org
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.