Term Dates 2025/2026
Autumn Term
Term begins: Thursday 4th September 2025
HALF TERM HOLIDAY: Saturday 18th October 2025 - Sunday 2nd November 2025
Term ends: Friday 12th December 2025
Spring Term
Term begins: Monday 5th January 2026
HALF TERM HOLIDAY: Saturday 14th February 2026 - Sunday 22nd February 2026
Term ends: Wednesday 1st April 2026
Summer Term
Term begins: Monday 20th April 2026
HALF TERM HOLIDAY: Saturday 23rd May - Sunday 31st May 2026
Term ends: Friday 10th July 2026
Term Dates 2026/2027
Autumn Term
Non-pupil days: Tuesday 1st September, Wednesday 2nd September 2026 and Monday 14th December 2026
Term begins: Thursday 3rd September 2026
HALF TERM HOLIDAY: Saturday 17th October 2026 - Sunday 1st November 2026
Monday 2nd November to Friday 11th December 2026
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY: Saturday 12th December 2026 - Sunday 3rd January 2027
Spring Term
Non pupil day: Friday 9th April 2027
Term begins: Monday 4th January 2027
HALF TERM HOLIDAY: Saturday 13th February 2027 - Sunday 21st February 2027
Monday 22nd Feb to Thursday March 25th 2027
Easter Holiday: Friday 26th March to Sunday 11th April 2027
Summer Term
Term begins: Monday 12th April 2027 to Friday 28th May
HALF TERM HOLIDAY: Saturday 29th May 2027 - Sunday 6th June 2027
Monday 7th June to Thursday July 15th 2027
Year ends: Thursday 15th July 2027
School Timetable 2025/2026
11-14 Class Timetable
We are open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during term time.
School Day Timings
The Hummingbird day is designed to start at 9.30am. This later start supports the adolescent brain and also allows young people travelling by train from Frome to arrive on time. We finish at 3.25pm so that students can take part in after-school activities.
Once we become a registered school, our day will finish at 4.00pm. Until that time, we are not permitted to offer more than 18 hours of education per week. We also do not yet offer a full curriculum — including PE, Maths, and Modern Languages — until we reach full school status.
Start of the Day: Young people arrive ready to begin their lessons at 9.30am.
Break Times: Morning, lunch, and afternoon breaks are an important part of the school day and are taken as needed.
End of the Day: The day finishes at 3.25pm, when students leave to go home or to other activities. They leave our site calmly and with awareness of our wider community. Any after-school activities we run, once we become a school, will follow our established processes relating to safeguarding, wellbeing, and behaviour.