Academic calendar 2026/27 – updated

The academic calendar for 2026/27 is now available in resource documents under ‘Early years funding – all ages’.

Please note that we have changed the headcount week for Spring 2027 to align with the spring census week.

Spring Headcount week is now 17th to 23rd January 2027.

The calendar is intended to be used as a guide as providers can set their own term dates within each funding period. The funding periods remain the same each year as follows:

• Autumn: 1st September to 31st December
• Spring: 1st January to 31st March
• Summer: 1st April to 31st August

We do set termly funding caps (as shown on the calendar) to try to prevent children running out of funding prior to the end of the summer funding period.