Term dates 2026-27
Lorenden Preparatory School term dates 2026-27
The published term dates for Lorenden Preparatory School, Kent, read from the school's own calendar and shown with the source below.
Next up: Staff INSET day ends on Tue 1 Sep 2026 — in 23 days.
Downloads an .ics file — works with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar and Outlook.
Term dates in full
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Staff INSET day | Tue 1 Sep 2026 | Tue 1 Sep 2026 |
| Autumn Term | Wed 2 Sep 2026 | — |
| Autumn half term holiday | Sat 17 Oct 2026 | Sun 1 Nov 2026 |
| Staff INSET day (Spring) | Mon 4 Jan 2027 | Mon 4 Jan 2027 |
| Spring half term holiday | Sat 13 Feb 2027 | Sun 21 Feb 2027 |
| Summer half term holiday | Sat 29 May 2027 | Sun 6 Jun 2027 |
| End of term (Summer) | Thu 8 Jul 2027 | Thu 8 Jul 2027 |
How long each break is
| Break | Dates | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn half term holiday | 17 Oct – 1 Nov | 16 days |
| Christmas holidays | 5 Jan – 7 Jul | 184 days |
| Spring half term holiday | 13 Feb – 21 Feb | 9 days |
| Summer half term holiday | 29 May – 6 Jun | 9 days |
Calendar days including weekends — the number that matters when you're pricing holiday club.
Worth noting
Dates taken from the school's public Google Calendar feed, linked as 'Add to my own Calendar' on https://www.lorenden.org/school-calendar (site itself is JS/anti-bot gated; /term-dates returns 404). Feed does not publish an Autumn 2026 end-of-term date or explicit Spring/Summer 2027 start dates; half-term holidays include surrounding weekends.
Common questions
When does Lorenden Preparatory School break up for Christmas?
The last day of the autumn term is Mon 4 Jan 2027. The Christmas holidays run from Tue 5 Jan 2027 to Wed 7 Jul 2027 — 184 days.
When is half term at Lorenden Preparatory School?
The next half term at Lorenden Preparatory School runs from Sat 17 Oct 2026 to Sun 1 Nov 2026, which is 16 days including the weekends.
When do the summer holidays start at Lorenden Preparatory School?
The last day of the summer term is Thu 8 Jul 2027, so the summer holidays start on Fri 9 Jul 2027. The school publishes the 2026-27 year, so the return date falls in the next year's calendar.
Where do these Lorenden Preparatory School term dates come from?
They were read from Lorenden Preparatory School's own published calendar for 2026-27 on 8 August 2026, and the source is linked on this page. Schools sometimes change dates or add inset days, so check the school's page before booking anything.
Source: Lorenden Preparatory School's published calendar, read 8 August 2026. Schools do change dates and add inset days — check the school's own page before booking anything.