Updated Again
Term Dates
for next school year
(2026 / 2027)

Please find below the revised term dates for next year with additional training days added.    Since last week, the training day in February 27 has been moved to November 26.   Please find below the new dates.   Here is a pdf to print off.   Dates are also on the school website.

Autumn Term 2026

Training Days                   Wednesday 2 September 2026
                                             Thursday 3 September 2026
                                             Friday 4 September 2026
                                                 NB:  these are subject to change due to building at                                                                     Northwood Road 

Term Starts                       Monday 7 September 2026 

Training Day                     Monday 2 November 2026

Half Term Holiday           Monday 26 October – Friday 30 October 2026

Term Ends                          Friday 18 December 2026 @ 1pm

Spring Term 2027

Term Starts                        Monday 4 January 2027

Half Term Holiday            Monday 15 February – Friday 19 February 2027

Term Ends                          Thursday 25 March 2027 @ 1pm

 

Summer Term 2027

Training Day                       Monday 12 April 2027

Term Starts                         Tuesday 13 April 2027 

May Day Bank Holiday    Monday 3 May 2027

Half Term Holiday             Monday 31 May – Friday 4 June 2027

Term Ends                           Thursday 22 July 2027 @ 1pm

 

Public Holidays 

Christmas Day	Friday 25 December 2026
Boxing Day	Saturday 26 December 2026 (Monday 28 December substitute day)
New Year’s Day	Friday 1 January 2027
Good Friday	Friday 26 March 2027
Easter Monday	Monday 29 March 2027
May Day Bank Holiday	Monday 3 May 2027
Spring Bank Holiday	Monday 31 May 2027
August Bank Holiday	Monday 30 August 2027

No Pens Day 

Wednesday 20 May

On Wednesday 20th May, Meadow School will be taking part in No Pens Day, a national communication-focused initiative that encourages children and young people to develop their speaking, listening, understanding, interaction and communication skills through engaging, practical activities all without relying on pens or written work.

Throughout the day, students will participate in a range of communication-rich activities designed to promote conversation, teamwork, problem-solving, creativity and social interaction. Activities may include role play, discussion tasks, attention and listening games, storytelling, sensory activities, collaborative challenges and opportunities to practise expressing ideas in different ways.

At Meadow School, many of our students experience Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN), and communication differences can sometimes be misunderstood or overlooked. No Pens Day helps to raise awareness of the importance of communication for learning, emotional wellbeing, relationships and independence. It also provides an opportunity for staff and students to reflect on the different ways people communicate and the strategies that can support understanding and participation.

By embedding communication-focused approaches across the school day, we aim to continue developing an inclusive environment where every student feels heard, understood and supported to communicate with confidence.

Please note students taking exams on this day will be exempt from participating. These students will continue to follow their planned exam timetable and support arrangements.

We look forward to a fun and engaging day that celebrates communication, creativity and connection across the whole school community.  

Please let us know if you have any ideas you would like to share.

Gillian Sapiano
Clinical Therapy Lead
Highly Specialist Consultant Speech and Language Therapist

Year 9 Visit to Royal Mail Greenford

All month we have celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Harry Potter! 

Students and staff dressed up on Friday 1st May as their favourite Harry Potter or fantasy character, and we even had the famous and wise old Sorting Hat in the Library to find out which Hogwarts House we belong to! If you could choose, which Hogwarts House would you want to be in? Would you choose Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin? 

Our Librarian, Miss Gaafar, decorated the Library in Harry Potter-inspired decorations, with a Potions station (with jars of mermaid tears, spider webs and fairy dust and lots of recipe books!), a Herbology classroom (with books about killer plants) a Magical Creatures shelf (which George the Dragon bravely guarded for us!) and an Owl Post letterbox, for anyone who wanted to send a magical message to friends and family. We also displayed lots of fantastic books on the topics of mythology and magical beasts from around the world.

Perhaps the most exciting part of all our celebrations were the kooky criminal wizard mugshots of Meadow High School staff! Lots of staff took a mugshot for an Azkaban wanted wizard poster, which were put up around the Library to surprise our students!

Take a look at our Hogwarts-themed Library below. What types of magical creatures can you spot? Which staff wizard wanted posters can you see!?:

A full list of 
Designated Safeguarding Leads 
at Meadow High School
can be found on the website here

More information about Safeguarding can be found on our website here:   
Our School / Safeguarding.   

Information is also on the website about what to do if you are worried about a child Out of Hours Safeguarding Contact Information / Reporting a Safeguarding Concern

Brentford FCCST
-  Last Minute Opportunity !

 

Dear all,

I am writing to you because I had the pleasure of working with your child/young adult during one of the AccessAbility Project sessions .

I have great news!

As part of our collaboration with Gunnersbury Park and Museum, we received the invitation from them to be part of a two-hour event specifically built to have a sensory-reduced environment within the museum.
All activities have been adapted to be neurodivergent- and SEND-friendly .

These are the full details:

• Date: 30/05/2026.

• Time: 10 am - 12 pm.

• Location: Gunnersbury Park Museum.

• Address: Gunnersbury Park House on Popes Lane, London, W5 4NH.

• Age group: 5-25.

• Full information: May Half Term Relaxed Morning.

Key information for the day:

• If you reserve a spot, please ensure your attendance at the session. Otherwise, you will be preventing another family from taking that slot 

• Spaces are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis .

• If your child requires one-on-one support, we kindly ask that a parent or caregiver accompany them throughout the trip  . 

• Lunch will not be provided, but there will be plenty of space to let the participants eat their packed lunch .

If you are interested:

• Please send me an email as soon as possible stating full names of the child/young adult that will participate and the total number of spots you would like to reserve, for example, Ross Lariss + 1.

• Then wait for my confirmation to know how many spots you have secured.

For more information or to reserve a space for your child, please contact Antonio Scicchitano at: ascicchitano@brentfordfccst.com.
I would love to see you there! .

Antonio Scicchitano
AccessAbility Project Coordinator
ascicchitano@brentfordfccst.com