Academy trust term dates
Academies can set their own term dates, so they don't always match the council's. Here are England's 50 largest multi-academy trusts by pupil numbers, covering 1797 schools. For each one we checked whether it publishes one calendar for all its schools.
- 4 trusts publish a trust-wide or regional calendar we've confirmed and copied onto the page.
- 3 publish a trust calendar we link to but haven't copied yet.
- 27 leave dates to each school, so they vary.
- 16 have no calendar we could find. Their schools may follow council dates, but we haven't confirmed this.
Not sure which trust your school is in? Search for your school on Get Information About Schools, or find your council's dates.
| Trust | Schools | Main areas | Term dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Learning Trust | 98 | Salford, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Oxfordshire and more | Dates vary by school |
| Harris Federation | 59 | Croydon, Bromley, Southwark and more | Dates vary by school |
| Lift Schools | 62 | Essex, Gloucestershire, Birmingham and more | Dates vary by school |
| Ark Schools | 48 | Wakefield, Birmingham, Ealing and more | Dates vary by school |
| Ormiston Academies Trust | 43 | Norfolk, Suffolk, Sandwell and more | Dates vary by school |
| Delta Academies Trust | 64 | Doncaster, Bradford, North East Lincolnshire and more | Dates vary by school |
| Oasis Community Learning | 57 | Bristol, Birmingham, Croydon and more | Dates vary by school |
| Outwood Grange Academies Trust | 40 | Wakefield, Barnsley, North Yorkshire and more | Dates vary by school |
| Leigh Academies Trust | 33 | Kent, Medway, Greenwich and more | Dates vary by school |
| Greenshaw Learning Trust | 39 | Gloucestershire, Sutton, Bracknell Forest and more | Dates vary by school |
| Star Academies | 36 | Birmingham, Bradford, Lancashire and more | Dates vary by school |
| E-ACT | 37 | Bristol, Birmingham, Buckinghamshire and more | Dates vary by school |
| The Co-operative Academies Trust | 40 | Leeds, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and more | Dates vary by school |
| REAch2 Academy Trust | 65 | Essex, Staffordshire, Suffolk and more | Dates vary by school |
| The Kemnal Academies Trust | 45 | West Sussex, Kent, Essex and more | Dates vary by school |
| St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust | 64 | Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton and more | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| Meridian Trust | 36 | Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Bedford and more | Trust-wide dates confirmed |
| Northern Education Trust | 30 | Stockton-on-Tees, Bolton, Redcar and Cleveland and more | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| GLF Schools | 43 | Surrey, Oxfordshire, West Sussex and more | Dates vary by school |
| Greenwood Academies Trust | 38 | North Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Peterborough and more | Dates vary by school |
| The Spencer Academies Trust | 27 | Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Derby and more | Dates vary by school |
| Cabot Learning Federation | 36 | Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and more | Dates vary by school |
| Dixons Academies Trust | 21 | Bradford, Liverpool, Tameside and more | Regional calendar confirmed |
| Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership | 44 | Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, Bristol and more | Trust-wide dates confirmed |
| River Learning Trust | 31 | Oxfordshire, Swindon | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| Unity Schools Partnership | 40 | Suffolk, Norfolk, Havering and more | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| The Thinking Schools Academy Trust | 26 | Medway, Portsmouth, Torbay and more | Dates vary by school |
| The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust | 18 | Devon, Plymouth | Trust calendar published (see source) |
| Bourne Education Trust | 31 | Surrey, Hampshire, Richmond upon Thames and more | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust | 37 | Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, Barnet and more | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| Chiltern Learning Trust | 21 | Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedford and more | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| Westcountry Schools Trust | 31 | Devon, Plymouth, Cornwall | Trust calendar published (see source) |
| Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust | 39 | Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| The David Ross Education Trust | 36 | West Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and more | Dates vary by school |
| Partnership Learning | 20 | Barking and Dagenham, Hillingdon, Havering and more | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust | 46 | County Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland and more | Dates vary by school |
| Astrea Academy Trust | 26 | Doncaster, Barnsley, Sheffield and more | Dates vary by school |
| Creative Education Trust | 17 | Norfolk, North Northamptonshire, Nottingham and more | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| Swale Academies Trust | 19 | Kent, East Sussex, Bromley | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| East Midlands Education Trust | 24 | Nottinghamshire, Derby, Derbyshire and more | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| Redhill Academy Trust | 21 | Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| Xavier Catholic Education Trust | 23 | Surrey | Trust-wide dates confirmed |
| Lionheart Educational Trust | 17 | Leicestershire, Leicester, Derbyshire | Dates vary by school |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust | 35 | Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, Lincolnshire and more | Trust calendar published (see source) |
| Lighthouse Schools Partnership | 33 | North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust | 38 | Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire and more | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
| The Gorse Academies Trust | 15 | Leeds | Dates vary by school |
| King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham | 12 | Birmingham | Dates vary by school |
| Futura Learning Partnership | 26 | North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset and more | Dates vary by school |
| The Two Counties Trust | 10 | Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Derby | Follows council dates (unconfirmed) |
Ranked by the total number of pupils across each trust's open schools in the DfE register. Trust term dates were checked by hand on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 against each trust's or school's own website. Where we couldn't confirm a date, we don't show one.
School or trust? Send us your published calendar or a correction.
School list from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools (open schools linked to each trust, downloaded Mon, 19 Oct 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.