What we have, and what we haven’t
Every number on this page is generated from the database, including the gaps.
Establishments on the site
Schools
26,073
Nurseries
374
Pupil referral units
329
Colleges
222
Universities
129
Term dates
There is no national dataset of term dates for any of the four nations, so we collect them source by source. Council calendars first, then the largest academy trusts.
3,487
of 27,127 establishments have term dates (12.9%)
1,203
where the council's calendar is the legal authority
2,284
shown the council's dates for reference, because the school sets its own
7
calendars collected so far
Every calendar we hold
Each one was read from the source below on the date shown. Nothing is published unless the dates pass every check: terms in order, no overlaps, plausible spans, and a year that lands near 190 teaching days.
CouncilSchoolsCheckedSource
Who the council calendar actually binds
Only community and voluntary controlled schools are legally bound by their council's calendar. For every other school, the council's dates are not necessarily its dates.
74% of schools set their own term dates.
What we don’t hold
Snow days and short-notice closures
Not published here. Check with the school.
Childminders
Ofsted redacts childminder names and addresses in the national file, so there is nothing to list.
Head teachers’ names
Personal data. Not on any page, and not in the API.
Coordinates for Northern Ireland postcodes
BT postcodes are licensed for internal use only. NI establishments get pages and dates, but no coordinates.
Where this data comes from
Establishments, trusts, local authoritiesGet Information about Schools (GIAS), Department for Education — as at 31 August 2026
CoordinatesConverted from the OSGB36 eastings and northings GIAS publishes — 50,567 geocoded
LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
Database rebuilt31 August 2026