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The English school year runs from early September to mid- or late July. Most schools divide the year into three terms, each term divided into half terms: Autumn term runs from early September to mid December (half term ends in late October). Spring Term runs from early January to Easter (half term ends in mid-February).
In 2021 the school updated its name to St George’s School, Edinburgh. [2] to reflect the addition of boys in the younger years of primary up to the end of Primary 3 by 2024. [3] The school is an all-through [4] school from 3–18 years on one self-contained campus in the heart of Edinburgh. The size of the whole school is typically around 700 ...
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In the northern hemisphere, the longest break in the educational calendar is in the middle of the year, during the northern summer, and lasting up to 14 weeks. [6] In Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia, summer holidays typically last three months, compared to six to eight weeks in Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany.
Balerno High School is a six-year secondary school located in Balerno, a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland.The school stands on the banks of the Water of Leith, and serves children from Balerno, Kirknewton and Ratho, and also hosts pupils from a variety of areas outside the catchment area such as Currie, East Calder, Mid Calder, Edinburgh and Livingston.
The school year coincides with the calendar year, and the first term begins on January 2 (unless it is a weekend or a Monday). The school year comprises four terms of 10 weeks each. Term 1: January to March (Term 1 holidays: one week) Term 2: March to May (Term 2 holidays: one month) Term 3: July to September (Term 3 holidays: one week)
In the late 1990s the school performed particularly well academically: in 1998 Fettes was placed fourth in the Daily Telegraph league table of schools. [25] In 1999 Fettes was placed fifth in the Sunday Times list of top mixed independent schools in the UK [26] and in 2001 Fettes was declared "Scottish School of the year" by the Sunday Times. [27]
In 2013, Stewart's Melville was voted the Scottish Independent School of the year by the Sunday Times newspaper [14] [15] and Mary Erskine School was voted the Scottish Independent School of the year in 2012. [16] In 2014 the combined Erskine Stewarts Melville school, with over 2,700 pupils, [17] claimed to be the largest independent school in ...