Term dates and times
School Term and Holiday Dates (NB. These may be subject to change). Click HERE for the Brighton & Hove Council Schools’ Dates
Attached below are the Dorothy Stringer term dates, including our inset days:
2024/2025 – DS School Term Dates 2024/25
2025/2026 – Full term dates and INSET days to follow
Wednesday 3 September 2025 – INSET Day
Thursday 4 September 2025 – Year 7 and Year 10 peer mentors only
Friday 5 September 2025 – All students return
Please note: INSET dates are for Dorothy Stringer School only - other schools' INSETs may be different.
2024/25
Thursday 19 December – Carol Service
Friday 20 December – School closes for Christmas holidays 12.30pm
Monday 6 January – School opens for Spring Term
Thursday 9 January – Year 11 Parents’ Evening – early closure 3pm
Monday 17 – Friday 21 February – February half term – school closed
Friday 4 April – Last day of Spring term
Friday 7 April – Monday 21 April – Easter break – school closed
Tuesday 22 April – Start of Summer term
8.40am – 8.50am Registration
8.50am – 9.50am Lesson 1
9.50am – 9.55am Transition time
9.55am – 10.55am Lesson 2
10.55am – 11.15am Break
11.15am – 12.15pm Lesson 3
12.15pm – 12.35pm Lunch/ tutor time – upper school
12.35pm – 12.50pm Lunch
12.50pm – 1.10pm Lunch/ tutor time – lower school
1.10pm – 2.10pm Lesson 4
2.10pm – 2.15pm Transition time
2.15pm – 3.15pm Lesson 5