Information about holidays

Please be aware of the Term Dates for next year which are on the website.  It is important that as a parent you make every effort to ensure that your son/daughter is in school everyday. It is also vital that holidays are not taken in term time so that your son/daughter does not miss out on learning.  We are a Leicestershire school and have similar holiday patterns to other County schools although there may be some small variations between ourselves and other County schools.  It is important that all Winstanley students are in school even if secondary schools close by or our feeder Primary schools are on holiday. The main variation next year is between the Leicestershire and Leicester City schools at October half term.  Leicestershire Schools are on holiday from 15th October – 19th October while the Leicester City Schools are on holiday from 22nd October – 26th October. I know this may be inconvenient if you have a child at a City primary school and so we have made representation to the County and City Councils asking them to synchronise the holiday, but they have not changed it. However, please remember it is a legal requirement that your son/daughter is in school.  We wanted to make this clear now before you book holidays.

Term Dates

School Snow Closure

We always try to avoid closing the school due to adverse weather conditions, however, if we do decide that the school should close the following actions will be taken:-

  • An announcement on our website
  • A notification from the Arbor App will be sent to parents (providing you have the app on your phone). Follow this link for more details – Arbor App
  • Details of the school closure will be posted on our social media sites (follow the links on our home page to Facebook, X – formally Twitter and Instagram)

Please ensure that we do have correct contact details so that any messages we send regarding school closures reaches you to avoid any inconvenience.

The decision to close the school will be made by the Headteacher on Health and Safety grounds normally in consultation with Premises staff.

Autumn Term

Want to look back on previous events at Winstanley? Our Autumn Newsletter 2017 is available to read here.