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
Wednesday 2 September
Staff Day (from 9.00am)
Thursday 3 September
Staff Day (from 9.00am)
Friday 4 September
Induction Day for New Sixth and Fifth Form from 9.30am Existing boarders return from 6.30pm
Saturday 5 September
Term Begins (8.50am)
Thursday 24 September
Exeat Weekend begins (4.10pm)
Friday 25 September
INSET Day for staff
Sunday 27 September
Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards
Monday 28 September
Exeat Weekend ends (8.50am)
Wednesday 14 October – Saturday 17 October
Lower School Expeditions (Expeditions may depart from 1.00pm, Tuesday 13 October – no Station for Lower or Upper Shell)
Saturday 17 October
EXEAT begins (1.05pm)
Sunday 1 November
Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards
Monday 2 November
EXEAT ends (8.50am)
Friday 20 November
Exeat Weekend begins (4.10pm)
Monday 23 November
The Dean’s Play – No School (Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards)
Tuesday 24 November
INSET (late start – pupils arrive at 11.05am)
Saturday 28 November
No School (Sixth Form Entry Interviews)
Wednesday 9 December
Term ends (12.30pm)
Lent Term
Tuesday 5 January
Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards
Wednesday 6 January
Term begins (8.50am)
Friday 29 January
Exeat weekend begins (4.10pm)
Sunday 31 January
Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards
Monday 1 February
Exeat weekend ends (8.50am)
Friday 12 February
EXEAT begins (4.10pm)
Monday 22 February
Staff Day (Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards)
Tuesday 23 February
EXEAT ends (8.50am)
Friday 12 March
Exeat weekend begins (4.10pm)
Sunday 14 March
Boarders may return (8.00pm onwards)
Monday 15 March
INSET (late start – pupils arrive at 11.05am)
Wednesday 24 March
Term ends (1.00pm)
Election Term
Monday 19 April
Staff Day (Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards)
Tuesday 20 April
Term begins (8.50am)
Friday 30 April
Exeat weekend begins (4.10pm)
Monday 3 May
Early May Bank Holiday (Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards)
Tuesday 4 May
Exeat weekend ends (8.50am)
Friday 28 May
EXEAT begins (4.10pm)
Sunday 6 June
Boarders may return (8.00pm onwards)
Monday 7 June
EXEAT ends (8.50am)
Friday 25 June
INSET (early finish – Exeat weekend begins at lunch time: 12.30/12.50pm)
Sunday 27 June
Boarders may return from 8.00pm onwards
Monday 28 June
Exeat weekend ends (8.50am)
Thursday 1 – Monday 5 July
Lower School Expeditions
Wednesday 7 July
Term ends (11.00am)
