Term dates 2025-26
St Pius X Preparatory School term dates 2025-26
The published term dates for St Pius X Preparatory School, Preston, read from the school's own calendar and shown with the source below.
Downloads an .ics file — works with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar and Outlook.
Term dates in full
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn Term | Wed 3 Sep 2025 | Fri 12 Dec 2025 |
| Autumn Half Term | Sat 18 Oct 2025 | Sun 2 Nov 2025 |
| Spring Term | Mon 5 Jan 2026 | Fri 27 Mar 2026 |
| Spring Half Term | Sat 14 Feb 2026 | Sun 22 Feb 2026 |
| Summer Term | Wed 15 Apr 2026 | Fri 10 Jul 2026 |
| Summer Half Term | Sat 23 May 2026 | Sun 31 May 2026 |
How long each break is
| Break | Dates | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn half term | 18 Oct – 2 Nov | 16 days |
| Christmas holidays | 13 Dec – 4 Jan | 23 days |
| Spring half term | 14 Feb – 22 Feb | 9 days |
| Easter holidays | 28 Mar – 14 Apr | 18 days |
| Summer half term | 23 May – 31 May | 9 days |
Calendar days including weekends — the number that matters when you're pricing holiday club.
Compared with Lancashire
St Pius X Preparatory School breaks up 371 days earlier than Lancashire's community schools (12 Dec vs 18 Dec).
Worth knowing if you also have a child at a state school in the area — the two calendars rarely line up. See Lancashire's dates.
Worth noting
A 2026-2027 term dates PDF is linked on the page but the file host (stpiusx.reactfiles.co.uk) is behind a Cloudflare challenge and could not be downloaded, so the on-page 2025-26 dates are recorded instead. Dates are for the main school; the Nursery has a separate published list. Teachers' In-service Day Mon 1 Sep 2025; Governors' Day closure Mon 24 Nov 2025; Teachers' Training Day Tue 14 Apr 2026; Bank Holiday Mon 4 May 2026.
Common questions
When does St Pius X Preparatory School break up for Christmas?
The last day of the autumn term is Fri 12 Dec 2025. The Christmas holidays run from Sat 13 Dec 2025 to Sun 4 Jan 2026 — 23 days.
When do the summer holidays start at St Pius X Preparatory School?
The last day of the summer term is Fri 10 Jul 2026, so the summer holidays start on Sat 11 Jul 2026. The school publishes the 2025-26 year, so the return date falls in the next year's calendar.
Does St Pius X Preparatory School follow Lancashire's term dates?
No. St Pius X Preparatory School sets its own calendar, and breaks up for Christmas 371 days earlier than Lancashire's community schools.
Where do these St Pius X Preparatory School term dates come from?
They were read from St Pius X Preparatory School's own published calendar for 2025-26 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: St Pius X 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.