Portsmouth Council & LEA School Holidays and Term Dates

The Portsmouth City Council is responsible for a variety of services within the city and surrounding areas of Hampshire. It is a unitary authority with control of some 72 schools. These include 49 primary schools and 14 secondary schools as well as one nursery, 5 special schools, two further education colleges and one university, the University of Portsmouth. The latter two categories have control over their own school holiday dates. The rest follow a calendar laid out by the council that sees the first term start on 5th September and last until 16th December. The October half term runs 24th to 28th of the month. Christmas holidays 2016 run from 16th December until 3rd January and the second term begins at this point. It continues until 7th April for Easter with a break for February half term from 20th – 24th February. The final term starts after Easter on 24th April until 25th July with breaks on the 1st and week of 29th May.

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