Term dates 2026-27
Sherborne Preparatory School term dates 2026-27
The published term dates for Sherborne Preparatory School, Sherborne, read from the school's own calendar and shown with the source below.
Next up: Michaelmas Term 2026 starts on Tue 8 Sep 2026 — in 30 days.
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Term dates in full
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Michaelmas Term 2026 | Tue 8 Sep 2026 | — |
| Michaelmas First Exeat | Sat 26 Sep 2026 | Sun 27 Sep 2026 |
| Michaelmas Half Term | Fri 16 Oct 2026 | Sun 1 Nov 2026 |
| Michaelmas Second Exeat Weekend | Sat 21 Nov 2026 | Sun 22 Nov 2026 |
| Lent Term 2027 | Tue 5 Jan 2027 | Thu 25 Mar 2027 |
| Lent First Exeat | Sat 23 Jan 2027 | Sun 24 Jan 2027 |
| Lent Half Term | Fri 12 Feb 2027 | Sun 21 Feb 2027 |
| Lent Second Exeat | Sat 6 Mar 2027 | Sun 7 Mar 2027 |
| Trinity Term 2027 | — | Wed 7 Jul 2027 |
How long each break is
| Break | Dates | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Michaelmas first exeat | 26 Sep – 27 Sep | 2 days |
| Michaelmas half term | 16 Oct – 1 Nov | 17 days |
| Michaelmas second exeat weekend | 21 Nov – 22 Nov | 2 days |
| Lent first exeat | 23 Jan – 24 Jan | 2 days |
| Lent half term | 12 Feb – 21 Feb | 10 days |
| Lent second exeat | 6 Mar – 7 Mar | 2 days |
Calendar days including weekends — the number that matters when you're pricing holiday club.
Worth noting
Main website (sherborneprep.group / sherborneprep.org) is behind a bunny-shield JS challenge; dates taken from the school's published SOCS calendar ICS feed (sherborneprepcalendar.org). Michaelmas: boarders return 7 Sep, term begins 8 Sep; no explicit end-of-term event in the feed (last school events 11 Dec 2026). Trinity: boarders return 19 Apr 2027 and INSET 19 Apr, but no explicit term-begins event; Trinity half term 29 May - 6 Jun 2027; End of Term 7 Jul 2027.
Common questions
When is half term at Sherborne Preparatory School?
The next half term at Sherborne Preparatory School runs from Fri 16 Oct 2026 to Sun 1 Nov 2026, which is 17 days including the weekends.
Where do these Sherborne Preparatory School term dates come from?
They were read from Sherborne 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: Sherborne 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.