Term dates 2025-26
Saxon Wood School term dates 2025-26
The published term dates for Saxon Wood School, Basingstoke, read from the school's own calendar and shown with the source below.
These are the 2025-26 dates. Saxon Wood School has not published the current school year yet — we check regularly and this page updates when it does. Check the school's own page before booking anything.
Both buttons end in the same live calendar. It appears as [Fred] Saxon Wood School alongside your own, and because it stays linked to this page, if Saxon Wood School moves an inset day or corrects a date it changes on your phone by itself — Apple Calendar, Google Calendar and Outlook.
The difference is what happens next. Fred sets it up on whichever calendar app you actually use — the steps are not the same on an iPhone as in Google — and then he can tell you when Saxon Wood School moves that inset day, work out who is covering it, and take the deadlines, kit lists and payments that arrive with the term. A calendar can only sit there. Taking the link yourself is free and always will be.
Downloading gives you a snapshot of today's dates that will never update — only worth it if you want a one-off copy.
Term dates in full
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn 1 | Mon 8 Sep 2025 | Fri 24 Oct 2025 |
| Autumn 2 | Mon 3 Nov 2025 | Fri 19 Dec 2025 |
| Spring 1 | Tue 6 Jan 2026 | Fri 13 Feb 2026 |
| Spring 2 | Mon 23 Feb 2026 | Fri 27 Mar 2026 |
| Summer 1 | Mon 13 Apr 2026 | Fri 22 May 2026 |
| Summer 2 | Mon 8 Jun 2026 | Tue 28 Jul 2026 |
Inset days at Saxon Wood School
School closed to pupils. Every school picks its own, so these are Saxon Wood School's — not the council's, and not the ones at your other child's school.
- Wed 3 Sep 2025
- Thu 4 Sep 2025
- Fri 5 Sep 2025
- Mon 5 Jan 2026
- Wed 29 Jul 2026
How long each break is
| Break | Dates | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Holidays | 25 Oct – 2 Nov | 9 days |
| Christmas holidays | 20 Dec – 5 Jan | 17 days |
| Holidays | 14 Feb – 22 Feb | 9 days |
| Easter holidays | 28 Mar – 12 Apr | 16 days |
| Holidays | 23 May – 7 Jun | 16 days |
Calendar days including weekends — the number that matters when you're pricing holiday club.
Compared with Hampshire
Saxon Wood School breaks up 420 days earlier than Hampshire's community schools (24 Oct 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 Hampshire's dates.
Worth noting
Page only provided 2025-26 term dates in detail; a 2026-2027 document link was mentioned but no dates were given for that year. Autumn 1 INSET days: 3rd, 4th, 5th September 2025. Spring 1 INSET: 5th January 2026. INSET: 29th July 2026. Bank Holiday noted 4th May 2026. Some finish times listed as 1.30pm early finish on Dec 19, Mar 27, and Jul 28.
Common questions
When does Saxon Wood School break up for Christmas?
The last day of the autumn term is Fri 19 Dec 2025. The Christmas holidays run from Sat 20 Dec 2025 to Mon 5 Jan 2026 — 17 days.
When do the summer holidays start at Saxon Wood School?
The last day of the summer term is Tue 28 Jul 2026, so the summer holidays start on Wed 29 Jul 2026. The school publishes the 2025-26 year, so the return date falls in the next year's calendar.
Does Saxon Wood School follow Hampshire's term dates?
No. Saxon Wood School sets its own calendar, and breaks up for Christmas 420 days earlier than Hampshire's community schools.
Where do these Saxon Wood School term dates come from?
They were read from Saxon Wood School's own published calendar for 2025-26 on 2 September 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: Saxon Wood School's published calendar, read 2 September 2026. Schools do change dates and add inset days — check the school's own page before booking anything.