Key Dates

Term One – September to December 2024

September 2024

  • Tuesday 24th September, Year 7 Catch-Up Photograph Afternoon
  • Tuesday 24th September, 5:30pm to 7:00pm, Year 5 / 6 Open Evening
  • Friday 27th September, 9:30am to 11am, Year 7 & Year 8 Parent / Carer World’s Biggest Coffee Morning for MacMillan Cancer Support

October 2024

  • Thursday 10th October, 4pm to 6pm, Year 11 Revision and Post-16 Evening
  • Friday 11th October, Year 11 Drop-Down Day (in school)

November 2024

  • Monday 4th November, Year 8 and Year 9 Photograph Day
  • Tuesday 5th November, Flu Immunisations (nasal spray) – All Year Groups
  • Tuesday 12th November, Year 9 ‘What Next’ Technical and Apprenticeships Pathways Drop Down Day
  • Thursday 14th November, 4pm to 5:30pm, Year 7 Form Tutor and Literacy Evening
  • Monday 18th November, Year 10 and Year 11 Photograph Day
  • Wednesday 20th November, 1pm to 3pm, Year 11 Applications Workshop
  • Tuesday 26th November, Year 9 Sunderland University Visit (specific pupils only)
  • Wednesday 27th November, Year 9 Sunderland University Visit (specific pupils only)

December 2024

  • Thursday 19th and Friday 20th December, Festive Lunch for Pupils and Staff
  • Monday 9th December, Year 11 Mock Exams Commence – these will continue through December 2024 and January 2025
Term Two – January to April 2025

January 2025

  • Monday 6th January, Disaggregated Day – School Closed
  • 8th January – 30th January – Year 11 Mock Exams
  • Wednesday 8th January, 11:30am – 12:30pm, Wonder Challenge Workshop
  • Wednesday 8th January, 2pm – 3pm, High Tide Workshop
  • Thursday 9th January, 4pm – 6:30pm, Year 7 Parents’ Evening
  • Tuesday 21st January, 2pm – 3pm, Atkins Realis Employer Event
  • Wednesday 22nd January, 1am – 11am, Year 9 Holocaust Webcast Event
  • Wednesday 29th January, 8:30am – 3pm, Year 11 NSOA Trip
  • Thursday 30th January, 9am – 11:30am, Singing Workshop – School Choir Trip

February 2025

  • Monday 3rd February, 4pm – 5pm, GCSE Certificate Collection Event
  • Tuesday 4th February, 8:30am – 3pm, Year 8 Careers in Rail Trip
  • Wednesday 5th February, 7:30pm, Year 11 Macbeth ‘beam back’ Performance, Vue Cinema
  • Thursday 6th February, 9am – 3pm, Year 9 Drama Taster Workshop
  • Thursday 6th February, 2pm – 3pm, Why Care? Careers Event
  • Monday 10th – Friday 14th February, Year 10 Work Experience Week
  • Tuesday 11th February, 9:15am – 11:15am, Work Experience Engineering Workshop
  • Wednesday 12th February, 12:30pm – 3.30pm, Darlington Swimming Gala
  • Thursday 13th February, 10am – 2:30pm, The Big Big Project – Round 2
  • Thursday 13th February, 1pm – 3pm, Middlesbrough College Work Experience Trip
  • Tuesday 18th February, 10am – 2pm, School Council Event
  • Wednesday 19th February, 1pm – 3pm, Year 11 Apprenticeship Workshop
  • Thursday 20th February, 9am – 3pm, Year 9 DTP/Men Immunisations
  • Thursday 20th February, 1pm – 3pm, Year 9 Padel Training Trip
  • Monday 24th – Friday 28th February, Half-Term Holidays

March 2025

  • Monday 3rd March, 2pm – 3pm, Darlington Economic Campus Session
  • Thursday 6th March, 4pm – 6:30pm, Year 11 Parents’ Evening
  • Friday 7th March, World Book Day
  • Friday 7th March, 3pm – 4pm, Wizarding World of Harry Potter Enrichment Event
  • Tuesday 11th March, Year 9 Catch-Up DTP/Men Imunisations
  • Wednesday 12th March, 11am – 2pm, Year 7 My Big Career Workshop
  • Tuesday 18th March, 12:30pm – 1pm, Middlesbrough College Drop-In Sessions
  • Wednesday 19th March, 8:30am – 12:30pm, Life Church Visits
  • Thursday 20th March, 4pm – 6:30pm, Year 9 Options and Parents’ Evening

April 2025

  • Monday 14th – Friday 25th April, Easter Holidays
  • Wednesday 2nd April, 5pm – 5:30pm, Krakow Trip Parent and Pupil Information Evening
  • Thursday 3rd April, 12:30pm – 3pm, Year 9 and Year 10 Science Festival Trip
  • Tuesday 8th April, 5:45pm – 10:20pm, An Inspector Calls Theatre Visit (Sunderland Empire)
Term Three – May to July 2025

Key dates for term three will be added in April

Please note: Dates are subject to change.

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