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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).
The Christmas holiday usually begins a few days before December 25 and ends a few days after January 5. There is up to a week off half-way through the Spring term and a two-week break for Easter. After Easter is Summer term and the 3rd half term break is the half-way point to the summer holidays. The summer holiday usually begins at the end of ...
This quarter system was adopted by the oldest universities in the English-speaking world (Oxford, founded circa 1096, [1] and Cambridge, founded circa 1209 [2]). Over time, Cambridge dropped Trinity Term and renamed Hilary Term to Lent Term, and Oxford also dropped the original Trinity Term and renamed Easter Term as Trinity Term, thus establishing the three-term academic "quarter" year widely ...
Term 1 starts in late January or early February and ends in late March or early April (often in close proximity to Easter). Term 2 starts in late April or early May and ends in late June or early July. Term 3 starts in mid-to-late July and ends mid-to-late September. Term 4 starts in early-to-mid October and ends typically in mid-to-late December.
Usually, the mapping of New Style dates onto Old Style dates with a start-of-year adjustment works well with little confusion for events before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar. For example, the Battle of Agincourt is well known to have been fought on 25 October 1415, which is Saint Crispin's Day. However, for the period between the ...
Michaelmas (/ ˈ m ɪ k əl m ə s / MIK-əl-məs) term is the first academic term of the academic year in a number of English-speaking universities and schools in the northern hemisphere, especially in the United Kingdom. Michaelmas term derives its name from the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, which falls on 29 September. The term runs ...
The dates for removals and for the employment of servants of Whitsunday and Martinmas were changed in 1886 to 28 May and 28 November respectively. [7] The Term and Quarter Days (Scotland) Act 1990 redefined the "Scottish term days", in official use, as: [8] 28 February, 28 May, 28 August and; 28 November.
Lent term, named for Lent, the six-week fasting period before Easter, is the name of the winter academic term at the following British universities: University of Cambridge [1] Canterbury Christ Church University [2] University of Lancaster [3] University of Liverpool [4] London School of Economics and Political Science [5] Swansea University [6]