Key Dates for your Diary  

School Academic Year 2022 to 2023 Term Dates (Northamptonshire):  

Please see below the main school term dates for the academic year 2022 2023. Please note that  these dates do not include teacher training days.  

Term Open to pupils on the  morning of  

Closed at the end of the  afternoon on  

Term 1 Thursday 1 September 2022 Friday 21 October 2022 Term 2 Monday 31 October 2022 Friday 16 December 2022 Term 3 Tuesday 3 January 2023 Friday 10 February 2023 Term 4 Monday 20 February 2023 Friday 31 March 2023 Term 5 Monday 17 April 2023 Friday 26 May 2023 

Term 6 

Monday 5 June 2023 

Wednesday 26 July 2023

Observations and Religious Holidays and Events – 2022 – 2023  

August Event Details  

31 Aug Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu  

23 Sep September Equinox Season 

25 Sep Rosh Hashana Jewish  

26 Sep Navaratri Hindu  

October Event Details  

4 Oct Yom Kippur Jewish  

4 Oct Feast of St Francis of Assisi Christian 

4 Oct 

Dussehra 

Hindu 

7 Oct Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) Muslim  

9 Oct First day of Sukkot Jewish  

15 Oct Hoshana Rabbah Jewish  

17 Oct Shemini Atzeret Jewish  

18 Oct Simchat Torah Jewish  

24 Oct Diwali/Deepavali Hindu  

30 Oct Daylight Saving Time ends Clock change/Daylight  Saving Time 

31 Oct Halloween Observance  

November Event Details  

1 All Saints' Day Christian  

2 All Souls' Day Christian 

5 Nov Guy Fawkes Day Observance  

13 Nov Remembrance Sunday Observance 

27 Nov First Sunday of Advent Observance 

30 Nov St Andrew's Day Local Bank Holiday  (Scotland) 

December Event Details  

8 Dec Feast of the Immaculate Conception Christian  

18 Dec First Day of Hanukkah Jewish  

21 Dec December Solstice Season 

24 Dec Christmas Eve Observance  

25 Dec Christmas Day Bank Holiday 

26 Dec Boxing Day Bank Holiday 

26 Dec Last day of Hanukkah Jewish  

27 Dec Substitute Bank Holiday for Christmas Day Bank Holiday 

31 Dec New Year's Eve Observance 

January Event Details  

1 Jan New Year's Day Bank holiday 

2 Jan New Year's Day observed Bank holiday 

4 Jan 2nd January (substitute day) Local Bank Holiday  (Scotland) 

5 Jan Twelfth Night Observance 

6 Jan Epiphany Christian  

7 Jan Orthodox Christmas Day Orthodox 

14 Jan Orthodox New Year Orthodox  

22 Jan Chinese New Year Observance 

25 Jan Burns Night Local Bank Holiday  (Scotland) 

February Event Details  

6 Feb Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) Jewish  

14 Feb Valentine's Day Observance 

17 Feb Isra and Mi'raj Muslim  

18 Feb Maha Shivaratri Hindu  

21 Feb Carnival / Shrove Tuesday Christian  

22 Feb Carnival / Ash Wednesday Christian  

March Event Details  

1 Mar St. David's Day Observance 

6 Mar Purim Jewish  

8 Mar Holi Hindu  

17 Mar St Patrick's Day Local Bank Holiday (NIR) 20 Mar March Equinox Season  

19 Mar Mothering Sunday Observance

23 Mar 

Ramadan Start (Tentative Date) 

Muslim 

26 Mar Daylight Saving Time starts Clock change/Daylight  Saving Time 

April Event Details  

2 Apr Holy Saturday Christian  

2 Apr Palm Sunday Christian  

5 Apr First day of Passover Jewish  

6 Apr Maundy Thursday Christian  

7 Apr Good Friday Bank Holiday 

9 Apr Easter Sunday Observance (Christian) 10 Apr Easter Monday Bank Holiday 

13 Apr Last day of Passover Jewish  

14 Apr Orthodox Good Friday Orthodox 

15 Apr Orthodox Holy Saturday Orthodox  

16 Apr Orthodox Easter Orthodox 

17 Apr Orthodox Easter Monday Orthodox 

17 Apr Yom HaShoah Jewish commemoration 17 Apr Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) Muslim 

22 Apr Stephen Lawrence Day Observance 

22 Apr Eid ul Fitr (Tentative Date) Muslim  

23 Apr Shakespeare Day Observance 

23 Apr St. George's Day Observance 

25 Apr Yom HaAtzmaut Jewish  

May Event Details  

1 May Early May Bank Holiday Bank Holiday 

8 May Lag B'Omer Jewish  

18 May Ascension Day Christian  

25 May Shavuot Jewish  

28 May Pentecost Christian  

29 May Spring Bank Holiday Spring Bank Holiday 29 May Whit Monday Christian  

June Event Details  

4 Jun Trinity Sunday Christian  

8 Jun Corpus Christi Christian  

10 Jun Queen's Birthday Observance  

18 Jun Father's Day Observance 

21 Jun June Solstice Season  

22 Jun Windrush Day Observance 

28 Jun Eid ul Adha (Tentative Date) Muslim  

July Event Details  

12 Jul Battle of the Boyne Local Bank Holiday (NIR) 18 Jul Muharram/Islamic New Year Muslim  

26 Jul Tisha B'Av Jewish  

August Event Details  

8 Aug Ashura (Tentative Date) Muslim  

15 Aug Assumption of Mary Christian  

15 Aug Janmashtami (Smarta) Hindu  

28 Aug Summer Bank Holiday Bank  

30 Aug Raksha Bandhan Hindu  

September Event Details  

6 Sep Janmashtami Hindu 

19 Sep 

Ganesh Chaturthi 

Hindu Holiday