Bromley High breaks up on 16 December and returns 6 January, with its study days, 2027/28 dates and the council calendar. Checked November 2026.
Bromley High School breaks up for Christmas on Wednesday 16 December 2026 and pupils return on Wednesday 6 January 2027, two days earlier and two days later than the council’s calendar, which runs to Friday 18 December and restarts on Monday 4 January. Bromley High’s full 2026/27 and 2027/28 dates come first below, then the council’s dates and how St Olave’s and Langley Park School for Boys differ.
Last checked 11 November 2026 against the council’s, Bromley High’s, St Olave’s and Langley Park’s own term date pages.
Overview
- Bromley High (GDST): Christmas holiday from Thursday 17 December 2026; pupils back Wednesday 6 January 2027. Tuesday 5 January is a staff study day. Summer term ends Wednesday 7 July 2027 (Bromley High term dates).
- Council calendar: school ends Friday 18 December 2026, restarts Monday 4 January 2027. February half term is 15 to 19 February; summer term ends Friday 23 July 2027 (Bromley council term dates 2026/27).
- St Olave’s has an INSET day this Friday, 13 November 2026, and another on Monday 4 January, so its pupils go back on 5 January.
Bromley High School term dates
Bromley High, the independent GDST girls’ school on Blackbrook Lane in Bickley, sets its own calendar. These are its published dates.
| 2026/27 | 2027/28 | |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn term | Thursday 3 September (Years 7 and 12), Friday 4 September (all pupils) to Wednesday 16 December 2026 | Friday 3 September (Years 7 and 12), Monday 6 September (all pupils) to Wednesday 15 December 2027 |
| October half term | Monday 19 to Friday 30 October 2026 | Monday 18 to Friday 29 October 2027 |
| Spring term | Wednesday 6 January to Wednesday 24 March 2027 | Wednesday 5 January to Thursday 30 March 2028 |
| February half term | Monday 15 to Friday 19 February 2027 | Monday 14 to Friday 18 February 2028 |
| Summer term | Monday 12 April to Wednesday 7 July 2027 (bank holiday 3 May) | Tuesday 18 April to Friday 7 July 2028 (bank holiday 1 May) |
| May half term | Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027 | Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028 |
| Staff study days (no school for pupils) | 1 and 2 September 2026; 5 January, 12 February and 25 March 2027 | 1 and 2 September 2027; 4 January, 11 February and 31 March 2028 |
The study days sit next to holidays, so the breaks are longer than the term dates suggest: Friday 12 February 2027 makes February half term start a day early, and Thursday 25 March 2027 does the same for Easter.
The council’s term dates for 2026/27
These are the London Borough of Bromley’s school term dates 2026/27. The year has 195 teacher days. Head teachers use five of them as staff development (INSET) days, which leaves 190 days of school for pupils (school term dates).
| Term | Dates | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn, first half | Wednesday 26 August to Friday 16 October 2026 (bank holiday 31 August) | 37 |
| October half term | Monday 19 to Friday 30 October 2026 | |
| Autumn, second half | Monday 2 November to Friday 18 December 2026 | 35 |
| Christmas holiday | Monday 21 December 2026 to Friday 1 January 2027 | |
| Spring, first half | Monday 4 January to Friday 12 February 2027 | 30 |
| February half term | Monday 15 to Friday 19 February 2027 | |
| Spring, second half | Monday 22 February to Thursday 25 March 2027 | 24 |
| Easter holiday | Good Friday 26 March to Friday 9 April 2027 | |
| Summer, first half | Monday 12 April to Friday 28 May 2027 (bank holiday 3 May) | 34 |
| May half term | Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027 | |
| Summer, second half | Monday 7 June to Friday 23 July 2027 | 35 |
The holiday rows follow from the term dates: the council lists the “Christmas Break” and “Easter Break” without dating them.
The council sets these dates for maintained and voluntary controlled schools and recommends them to everyone else. Academies, foundation, voluntary aided and free schools can set their own, and the council tells parents to check each school’s website.
The council’s term dates for 2027/28
The council has also published its 2027/28 dates.
| Term | Dates | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn, first half | Thursday 26 August to Friday 15 October 2027 (bank holiday 30 August) | 36 |
| October half term | Monday 18 to Friday 29 October 2027 | |
| Autumn, second half | Monday 1 November to Friday 17 December 2027 | 35 |
| Spring, first half | Tuesday 4 January to Friday 11 February 2028 | 29 |
| February half term | Monday 14 to Friday 18 February 2028 | |
| Spring, second half | Monday 21 February to Friday 31 March 2028 | 30 |
| Summer, first half | Tuesday 18 April to Friday 26 May 2028 (bank holiday 1 May) | 28 |
| May half term | Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028 | |
| Summer, second half | Monday 5 June to Tuesday 25 July 2028 | 37 |
Easter falls late in 2028, so the spring term ends a fortnight before Good Friday (14 April) and the Easter holiday runs from Monday 3 April to Monday 17 April.
Where the big schools differ
We checked three schools with large Bromley catchments against their own published calendars for 2026/27.
| St Olave’s Grammar, Orpington | Langley Park School for Boys, Beckenham | Bromley High School (GDST, independent) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October half term | 19 to 30 October | 19 to 30 October | 19 to 30 October |
| Last day before Christmas | Friday 18 December | Friday 18 December | Wednesday 16 December |
| First day back in January | Tuesday 5 January (INSET on 4 January) | Tuesday 5 January (INSET on 4 January) | Wednesday 6 January (study day on 5 January) |
| February half term | 15 to 19 February | 15 to 19 February | 15 to 19 February |
| Last day before Easter | Thursday 25 March | Thursday 25 March | Wednesday 24 March |
| Last day of the year | Thursday 22 July (INSET on 23 July) | Thursday 22 July | Wednesday 7 July |
St Olave’s follows the council’s term dates exactly but adds five INSET days of its own: Wednesday 26 August, Friday 18 September and Friday 13 November 2026, then Monday 4 January and Friday 23 July 2027. There is also an early close at 1.30pm on Thursday 24 June 2027 for a twilight INSET (St Olave’s term dates 2026/27). Its 2027/28 calendar matches the council’s, with INSET days on Thursday 26 August, Friday 17 September and Friday 12 November 2027 and on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 July 2028, and a 1.30pm close on Thursday 22 June 2028 (St Olave’s term dates 2027 to 2029).
Langley Park School for Boys started later, on Thursday 3 September for Years 7 and 12 and Friday 4 September for everyone else, after INSET days on 1 and 2 September. A further INSET day falls on Monday 5 July 2027. In 2027/28 it starts on Thursday 2 September 2027 for Years 7 and 12 and Friday 3 September for the rest, breaks up on Friday 17 December, returns on Wednesday 5 January 2028 and finishes on Friday 21 July 2028 (LPSB term dates).
If your child’s school is not listed, check its own website. Do not rely on the council’s calendar for INSET days.
Bank holidays inside term
Three bank holidays fall inside the council’s 2026/27 term dates: Monday 31 August 2026, Monday 3 May 2027 and Monday 31 May 2027, the first day of the May half term. Good Friday, 26 March 2027, starts the Easter holiday (GOV.UK bank holidays).
Planning around the holidays
- Bin days move over Christmas: see our Christmas bin collections page.
- Rail engineering works usually close lines between Christmas and New Year. See Christmas trains and travel from Bromley.
Sources
- School term dates 2026/27 and 2027/28, London Borough of Bromley
- Term dates, Bromley High School GDST
- Term dates 2026/27 (PDF) and 2027 to 2029 (PDF), St Olave’s Grammar School
- Term dates, Langley Park School for Boys
- UK bank holidays, GOV.UK
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