Term dates 2025-26
The Mead School term dates 2025-26
The published term dates for The Mead School, Tunbridge Wells, 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 2025 | Wed 3 Sep 2025 | Wed 10 Dec 2025 |
| Autumn 2025 - Half-term | Mon 20 Oct 2025 | Fri 31 Oct 2025 |
| Spring 2026 | Mon 5 Jan 2026 | Tue 31 Mar 2026 |
| Spring 2026 - Half-term | Mon 16 Feb 2026 | Fri 20 Feb 2026 |
| Summer 2026 | Wed 22 Apr 2026 | Wed 8 Jul 2026 |
| Summer 2026 - Half-term | Mon 25 May 2026 | Fri 29 May 2026 |
How long each break is
| Break | Dates | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn 2025 - half-term | 20 Oct – 31 Oct | 12 days |
| Christmas holidays | 11 Dec – 4 Jan | 25 days |
| Spring 2026 - half-term | 16 Feb – 20 Feb | 5 days |
| Easter holidays | 1 Apr – 21 Apr | 21 days |
| Summer 2026 - half-term | 25 May – 29 May | 5 days |
Calendar days including weekends — the number that matters when you're pricing holiday club.
Compared with Kent
The Mead School breaks up 373 days earlier than Kent's community schools (10 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 Kent's dates.
Worth noting
Only 2025-26 published (page titled 'Term dates Summer 2025 - Summer 2026'); no 2026-27 dates on the site. School's live domain is meadschool.co.uk, not the themeadschool.co.uk listed in the batch. Term ends are at 12 noon. Summer 2026 row also lists Monday 4 May and Saturday 4 July as additional unlabelled dates.
Common questions
When does The Mead School break up for Christmas?
The last day of the autumn term is Wed 10 Dec 2025. The Christmas holidays run from Thu 11 Dec 2025 to Sun 4 Jan 2026 — 25 days.
When do the summer holidays start at The Mead School?
The last day of the summer term is Wed 8 Jul 2026, so the summer holidays start on Thu 9 Jul 2026. The school publishes the 2025-26 year, so the return date falls in the next year's calendar.
Does The Mead School follow Kent's term dates?
No. The Mead School sets its own calendar, and breaks up for Christmas 373 days earlier than Kent's community schools.
Where do these The Mead School term dates come from?
They were read from The Mead 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: The Mead 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.