St Helens Council & LEA School Holidays and Term Dates

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the St Helens area of Merseyside and is one of the five councils within the county. It is the body to set school holiday dates and other matters for the 77 schools within the area. These include 54 primary and 10 secondary schools as well as 1 nursery, 5 special schools and 2 further education colleges who have some autonomy on their term dates. For schools, the first term is autumn and this starts on 5th September until 21st October for the October half term then again from 31st October until 21st December. The Christmas holidays 2016 last until 3rd January then the spring term continues until the February break from 10th to 20th and again until Easter starts on 31st March. Easter break 2017 lasts until 18th April and the summer term continues until 21st July with a break for May half term from 26th May until 5th June.

The Inset Days for the Local Education Authority Schools in St Helens are decided by the individual schools. St Helens Data Source