Calendar
Key Dates for 2021-2022
Please note that all dates may be subject to change at short notice. Any changes to the original date published, amendments, or new additions to the list, will be in red text.
Updated: 21.07.2021
Autumn Term: Thursday 2nd September – Friday 17th December 2021
Thursday 2nd September Inset Day 1
Friday 3rd September Inset Day 2
Monday 6th September Year 7 start
Monday 6th September Year 7 School Photos
Tuesday 7th September Years 8-11 start
Thursday 9th September School photos
Monday 13th September School photos
Wednesday 15th September 6.00pm, Year 7 Information Evening
Wednesday 22nd September 6.00pm, Year 11 Information Evening
Thursday & Friday 23rd & 24th September Year 7 Fairthorne Activity Days
Wednesday 29th September 6.00pm, Year 10 Information Evening, including Work Experience Briefing
Tuesday 5th October Inset Day 3
Tuesday 5th October 6.45pm, Priestlands Open Evening
Wednesday 6th October Inset Day 4
Friday 8th October 9.15am, Priestlands Open Morning
Autumn Half-term: Monday 25th – Friday 29th October 2021
Thursday 11th November 6.00pm, Year 7 Meet the Tutor Evening
Wednesday 17th November 6.30pm, Winter Music Concert
Wednesday 24th November 4.30pm, Year 10 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 9th December 6.30pm, Christmas Carol Service
Friday 17th December School closed in lieu of additional bank holiday for Queen’s Jubilee in 2022
Spring Term: Tuesday 4th January – Friday 8th April 2022
Tuesday 4th January Inset Day 5
Tuesday 18th January 4.30pm, Year 11 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 3rd February 6.00pm, Year 11 GCSE Exams Information Evening
Half-term: Monday 21st – Friday 25th February 2022
Wednesday 9th March 4.30pm, Year 9 Curriculum Choices Evening
Wednesday 16th March 4.30pm, Year 9 Parents Evening
Wednesday 23rd March 6.00pm, Year 8 Curriculum Choices Evening
Tuesday 29th March 6.30pm, Spring Music Concert
Wednesday 30th March 4.30pm, Year 8 Parents Evening
Friday 8th April Inset Day 6
Summer Term: Monday 25th April – Friday 22nd July 2022
Wednesday 27th April 4.30pm, Year 7 Parents’ Evening
Monday 2nd May BANK HOLIDAY
Monday 9th May Year 11 GCSE Examinations expected to begin
(These dates are provisional and will be confirmed as soon as we know. GCSE practical exams and oral exams usually take place throughout April and May therefore parents should avoid taking Year 11 students out of school throughout April, May and June. Full information will be provided at the Year 11 Information Evening.)
Half-term: Monday 30th May – Friday 3rd June 2022
Monday 27th June – Friday 1st July Activities Week
Monday 27th June – Friday 8th July Year 10 Work Experience Fortnight
Wednesday 6th July 6.30pm, Summer Music Concert
Friday 8th July Year 11 Prom
Friday 15th July Sports Day
Friday 22nd July Last day of term