Derby school holidays: full list of term dates and breaks

This is everything you need to know about 2023/24 Derby school terms and holidays

Children across Derby are set to go back to school for their final term of the year, after the two-week Easter holidays split the spring and summer term.

The study looked at whether young offenders were in alternative provision - where local authorities step in for pupils who because of permanent exclusion, illness or other reasons would not otherwise receive an education, or are sent to centres off-site to improve their behaviour, including during suspensions.
One in four of all children who had been cautioned or sentenced for any offence had ever been registered at an AP setting.
It compares to 30 per cent of children who had been cautioned or sentenced for a serious violence offence. — The study looked at whether young offenders were in alternative provision - where local authorities step in for pupils who because of permanent exclusion, illness or other reasons would not otherwise receive an education, or are sent to centres off-site to improve their behaviour, including during suspensions. One in four of all children who had been cautioned or sentenced for any offence had ever been registered at an AP setting. It compares to 30 per cent of children who had been cautioned or sentenced for a serious violence offence.

placeholder image — The study looked at whether young offenders were in alternative provision - where local authorities step in for pupils who because of permanent exclusion, illness or other reasons would not otherwise receive an education, or are sent to centres off-site to improve their behaviour, including during suspensions. One in four of all children who had been cautioned or sentenced for any offence had ever been registered at an AP setting. It compares to 30 per cent of children who had been cautioned or sentenced for a serious violence offence.

Parents can use this list of school holiday dates to carefully organise their holidays and childcare throughout 2023.

So when do children in Derby break up for summer and what are their term dates for the rest of 2023?

Here is everything you need to know.

Who sets the term dates?

Derby City Council are responsible for setting the school term and holiday dates for all Derby community schools.

Academies, foundations and voluntary-aided schools can have different dates.

Schools decide when to take their five in service training days (inset days), and will inform parents.

When are the full-term holidays?

Easter - Friday 31 March to Monday 17 April (two weeks)

Summer - Friday 21 July to Monday 4 September (six weeks)

Christmas - Friday 22 December 2023 to Monday 8 January 2024 (two weeks)

When are the half-term holidays?

May - Friday 26 May to Monday 5 June (one week)

October - Friday 27 October to Monday 6 November (one week)

Bank Holidays

Good Friday - 7 April 2023
Easter Monday - 10 April 2023
May Day - 1 May 2023
Coronation of King Charles III - 8 May 2023
Spring Bank - 29 May 2023
Summer Bank Holiday - 28 August 2023
Christmas Day - 25 December 2023
Boxing Day - 26 December 2023

Derby school holidays: full list of term dates and breaks in 2023 - including Easter and Christmas