Newcastle school holidays: full list of 2022/2023 term dates - including October half term and Christmas

It’s the start of a new academic year in Newcastle as primary and secondary school students dust off their school uniforms and backpacks for the 2022 to 2023 school year.

Newcastle City Council has already provided guidance to schools across the area as to when it feels term times should start, including half term breaks for the upcoming autumn, winter and summer terms.

The school year starts in September and is usually organised into 3 terms with a 1 week holiday halfway through the term.

Pupils will spend 190 days (38 weeks) in school each year with an extra five days reserved for training teachers and support staff. Every school sets its own training dates and will tell parents if the school is closed to pupils.

Individual schools set their own school days and term dates, but the dates provided act as a guide as to when Newcastle City Council believes schools should set their term times.

What are the term dates for the 2022/2023 school year?

The dates published by Newcastle City Council have been set by the council for Local Authority maintained nursery schools, Byker Primary School and Walbottle Campus.

Other schools in Newcastle are encouraged to use the same dates but don’t have to, so information on school term dates specific to a school can be found on the  corresponding websites.

Newcastle City Council has  a dedicated section on the website with a list of all the schools in the area to make searching for a particular institution easier.

Autumn term 2022

Spring term 2023

Summer term 2023

Have the 2023/2024 school term dates been announced?

Newcastle City Council has also announced dates that it  believes schools should use to plot their own term times around for the next academic year, starting in September 2024.

Again, individual schools may decide to work their own term times around these dates and will add this information on their own websites.

Autumn term 2023

Spring term 2024

Summer term 2024