At Westminster we have a longstanding tradition of calling our three terms Play, Lent and Election. An Exeat is a school holiday, and Exeat Weekends are those on which there is no Saturday school. The dates for the current and next academic years are listed below.
Lower School Expeditions (LSEs) refer to the timetabled trips that pupils in Years 9 to 11 attend. October LSEs are run for Lower and Upper Shell (Years 10 and 11), while June LSEs are for Fifth Form (Year 9) and Lower Shell (Year 10).
Play Term
Monday 1 September
Staff Day (from 9.00am)
Tuesday 2 September
Staff Day (from 9.00am)
Wednesday 3 September
Induction Day for New Sixth and Fifth Form from 9.30am Existing boarders return from 6.30pm
Thursday 4 September
Term Begins (8.50am)
Thursday 25 September
Exeat Weekend begins (4.10pm)
Friday 26 September
INSET Day for staff
Sunday 28 September
Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards
Monday 29 September
Exeat Weekend ends (8.50am)
Wednesday 15 October – Saturday 18 October
Lower School Expeditions (Expeditions may depart from 1.00pm, Tuesday 14 October – no Station for Lower or Upper Shell)
Saturday 18 October
EXEAT begins (1.05pm)
Sunday 2 November
Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards
Monday 3 November
EXEAT ends (8.50am)
Friday 21 November
Exeat Weekend begins (4.10pm)
Monday 24 November
The Dean’s Play – No School (Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards)
Tuesday 25 November
Exeat weekend ends (8.50am)
Saturday 29 November
No School (Sixth Form Entry Interviews)
Wednesday 10 December
Term ends (12.30pm)
Lent Term
Tuesday 6 January
Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards
Wednesday 7 January
Term begins (8.50am)
Friday 23 January
Exeat weekend begins (4.10pm)
Sunday 25 January
Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards
Monday 26 January
Exeat weekend ends (8.50am)
Thursday 12 February
EXEAT begins (after Station)
Friday 13 February
Staff Day
Sunday 22 February
Boarders may return (8.00pm onwards)
Monday 23 February
EXEAT ends (8.50am)
Friday 13 March
Exeat weekend begins (4.10pm)
Sunday 15 March
Boarders may return (8.00pm onwards)
Saturday 28 March
Term ends (1.05pm)
Election Term
Monday 20 April
Staff Day (Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards)
Tuesday 21 April
Term begins (8.50am)
Friday 1 May
Exeat weekend begins (4.10pm)
Monday 4 May
Early May Bank Holiday (Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards)
Tuesday 5 May
Exeat weekend ends (8.50am)
Friday 22 May
EXEAT begins (4.10pm)
Sunday 31 May
Boarders may return (8.00pm onwards)
Monday 1 June
EXEAT ends (8.50am)
Friday 19 June
Exeat weekend begins (4.10pm)
Sunday 21 June
Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards
Monday 22 June
Exeat weekend ends (8.50am)
Thursday 25 June – Monday 29 June
Lower School Expeditions
Wednesday 1 July
Term ends (11.00am)
