The council's term dates say 2 September. Of 12 Sutton schools we checked, one had any pupils in. Most also take two weeks off in October, not one.

Sutton Council’s determined term dates say the autumn term started today, Wednesday 2 September 2026. We checked the published term dates of 12 schools across the borough. In only one of them were any pupils in.

That school is Overton Grange, and only its Year 7 came back today. At the other eleven, today is either a staff training day or still the summer holiday.

The council’s dates bind the schools it maintains. Academies, foundation and voluntary aided schools set their own, and its own page says so plainly: “Other schools in Sutton may have different school term and holiday dates.” (Sutton Council)

When each school actually goes back

School First day for pupils
Overton Grange School Wed 2 Sep (Y7), Thu 3 Sep (Y8 to Y11), Fri 4 Sep (Y12), Mon 7 Sep (Y13)
Glenthorne High School Thu 3 Sep (after training days on 1 and 2 Sep; no year groups listed separately)
Wallington High School for Girls Thu 3 Sep
Barrow Hedges Primary School Thu 3 Sep
Wallington Primary Academy Thu 3 Sep
All Saints Carshalton CofE Primary Thu 3 Sep
Greenshaw High School Thu 3 Sep (Y7, Y12), Fri 4 Sep (Y8 to Y11, Y13)
Nonsuch High School for Girls Thu 3 Sep (Y7, Y12), Fri 4 Sep (all remaining)
Carshalton High School for Girls Thu 3 Sep (Y7, Y12), Fri 4 Sep (Y8 to Y11, Y13)
Wilson’s School Thu 3 Sep (Y7, Y12, and Y13 personal statement appointments), Fri 4 Sep (Y8 to Y11)
Sutton Grammar School Fri 4 Sep (Y7, Y12 induction), Mon 7 Sep (all pupils)
Nonsuch Primary School Mon 7 Sep

Greenshaw calls Monday 7 September the first full week back for all year groups on the normal timetable. Nonsuch Primary takes its two training days on 3 and 4 September, which is why it starts last.

The October half term is two weeks at most schools

This is the part worth putting in the calendar now. The council’s determined half term is Monday 26 to Friday 30 October. Ten of the 12 schools we checked close for a fortnight instead, from Monday 19 October to Friday 30 October.

Chart showing that ten of twelve Sutton schools close for two weeks in October 2026, from 19 to 30 October, while the council's determined dates give one week, 26 to 30 October.
October half term 2026, from each school's own published dates. Graphic by Sutton Online.

Two weeks off (19 to 30 October):

  • Glenthorne High School
  • Greenshaw High School
  • Nonsuch High School for Girls
  • Carshalton High School for Girls
  • Wallington High School for Girls
  • Sutton Grammar School
  • Wilson’s School
  • Barrow Hedges Primary School
  • Wallington Primary Academy
  • Nonsuch Primary School

One week off (26 to 30 October): Overton Grange School and All Saints Carshalton CofE Primary.

Overton Grange is the awkward one for parents. Its half term is the single week, but it has staff training days on Friday 23 October and Monday 2 November. Its pupils are therefore off from Friday 23 October to Monday 2 November, eleven days in a row.

Three selective schools shut on the same Tuesday

Sutton Grammar School, Wilson’s School and Wallington High School for Girls are all closed to pupils on Tuesday 15 September for the selective eligibility test.

Sutton Grammar lists it as “Selective Eligibility Test (school closed)”. Wilson’s lists it as “Selective Eligibility Test (school closed to students)”. Wallington High School for Girls lists it as an INSET day marked “SET Test day”.

Other dates already published

  • Wednesday 23 September: Overton Grange closes early at 3pm for its open evening.
  • Friday 18 September: Carshalton High School for Girls staff training day.
  • Friday 2 October: Greenshaw High School staff training day, closed to all students.
  • Wednesday 14 October: Glenthorne High School staff training day.
  • Thursday 12 November: Sutton Grammar School staff training day.
  • Friday 27 November: All Saints Carshalton staff training day.
  • Monday 30 November: Carshalton High School for Girls staff training day.

Greenshaw’s page adds that one more training day is still to be confirmed.

When term ends

Every school we checked finishes the autumn term on Friday 18 December, with one exception. All Saints Carshalton CofE Primary finishes on Thursday 17 December at 1.30pm, because it has a staff training day on the Friday.

What it means for you

  • Do not book on the council’s dates alone. They apply to community schools. If your child is at an academy, a foundation school or a voluntary aided school, the school’s own page is the one that counts.
  • October is the expensive trap. If one child is at a two-week school and another at a one-week school, the families’ weeks do not line up, and neither do childcare bookings.
  • Check 15 September if you have a Year 6 child sitting the selective test. Three selective schools are closed that day.
  • Training days move. Every list above is what each school published as of 2 September, and schools do change them. Check the school’s own term dates page before booking anything.

Sources: each school’s own published term dates page, and the London Borough of Sutton term dates page, all read on 2 September 2026. Where a school lists year groups separately, we have printed its own wording. We checked eight secondary schools and four primaries; the borough has many more, and a school not listed here is not covered by these figures.

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