🗓️ Semester 1 Calendar
A chronological agenda of Autumn 2026 → January 2027, overlaying school anchors on course assessment dates.
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🎨 A Level Art (9479) · 🎬 Media (9607) · 🏛️ Art Appreciation · ✏️ Pre A Level · 🎓 Oxbridge · ⭐ school anchor · 📝 exam window · 🚫 holiday / no class · ⚠️ to confirm
Month view
A Level ArtMediaArt AppreciationPre A LevelOxbridgeholidayexam window
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
First teaching day
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
A1
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Mid-Autumn Festival
26
27
28
29
30
A1 portfolio review
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
National Day holiday
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A1
10
11
12
13
A2 Tue double
14
A1
15
Deadline
16
17
18
19
20
21
SB1
22
23
24
25
26
A2 C1 blog mid-point
27
28
29
Mid-term report grades due
30
31
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
3
4
A2 G10G11 Juniors Days
5
6
7
8
9
A2
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
A3 Tue double
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
A3 C1 portfolio complete
28
29
30
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2
G11 Juniors DaysSB2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A3
10
A3
11
12
13
14
15
A4 Tue double
16
A4 C2 Section ACS4
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
A4 final poster
24
Winter break
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
Late-work cutoff
2
3
4
5
EoT Tue double
6
EoT semester portfolio due
7
A4
8
Last teaching day
9
10
11
Exam window
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Grades & comments due
21
22
Last school day
23
24
Winter vacation
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Per-course calendars: A Level Art & Design · Media Studies · Art Appreciation · Pre A Level Art & Design · Oxbridge
📋 Agenda (chronological)
| Date | Day | Scope | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | Mon | School | G10 assembly & programme meeting |
| 2026-09-01 | Tue | ⭐ School | First teaching day · G11 Award Ceremony |
| 2026-09-02 | Wed | School | A-Level Introduction Days |
| 2026-09-04 | Fri | School | G11 students+parents meeting (eve) |
| 2026-09-15 | Tue | School | G12 predicted grades due |
| 2026-09-18 | Fri | 🏛️ Art Appreciation | A1 |
| 2026-09-20 | Sun | ⚠️ School | Make-up work day (timetable TBC) |
| 2026-09-25 → 27 | Fri–Sun | 🚫 School | Mid-Autumn Festival |
| 2026-09-30 | Wed | ✏️ Pre A Level | A1 (portfolio review) |
| 2026-10-01 → 07 | Thu–Wed | 🚫 School | National Day holiday |
| 2026-10-09 | Fri | 🎨 A Level | A1 — start of the mid-October crunch |
| 2026-10-10 | Sat | ⚠️ School | Make-up work day + Sports Day (pm) |
| 2026-10-13 | Tue | 🏛️ Art Appreciation | A2 (Tue double) |
| 2026-10-14 | Wed | 🎬 Media | A1 |
| 2026-10-15 | Thu | 🎓 Oxbridge | Oxbridge submission deadline |
| 2026-10-16 | Fri | School | Foreign Culture Day — ✅ lessons run |
| 2026-10-21 | Wed | ✏️ Pre A Level | SB1 (sketchbook spot-check) |
| 2026-10-23 / 24 | Fri/Sat | ⚠️ School | Autumn Field Trip (date ambiguous) |
| 2026-10-26 | Mon | School (G12) | Seniors’ Day — G12 out that week |
| 2026-10-26 | Mon | 🎬 Media | A2 (C1 blog mid-point) |
| 2026-10-29 | Thu | ⭐ School | Mid-term report grades due |
| 2026-11-01 | Sun | School (G12) | ED (Early Decision) deadline |
| 2026-11-03 | Tue | School | A-Level G11 & G12 parent meeting (eve) |
| 2026-11-04 → 06 | Wed–Fri | 🚫 School (G11) | G11 Juniors Days (no class for G11) |
| 2026-11-04 | Wed | ✏️ Pre A Level | A2 (G10 — Juniors Days don’t apply) |
| 2026-11-09 | Mon | 🎨 A Level | A2 |
| 2026-11-10 | Tue | School | A-Level G10 parent meeting |
| 2026-11-17 | Tue | 🏛️ Art Appreciation | A3 (Tue double) |
| 2026-11-20 | Fri | School | Foreign Culture Day — ✅ lessons run |
| 2026-11-26 / 27 | Thu/Fri | School (G12) | Seniors’ Days + IB Training 1–2 |
| 2026-11-27 | Fri | 🎬 Media | A3 (C1 portfolio complete) |
| 2026-11-30 | Mon | School (G12) | UC application deadline |
| 2026-12-02 → 04 | Wed–Fri | 🚫 School (G11) | G11 Juniors Days (no class for G11) |
| 2026-12-02 | Wed | ✏️ Pre A Level | SB2 (sketchbook spot-check — G10, Juniors Days don’t apply) |
| 2026-12-09 | Wed | ✏️ Pre A Level | A3 |
| 2026-12-10 | Thu | 🎨 A Level | A3 |
| 2026-12-11 | Fri | School | Foreign Culture Day — ✅ lessons run |
| 2026-12-15 | Tue | 🏛️ Art Appreciation | A4 (Tue double) |
| 2026-12-16 | Wed | 🎬 Media | A4 (C2 Section A) |
| 2026-12-16 | Wed | ✏️ Pre A Level | CS4 |
| 2026-12-22 | Tue | School | End-of-Semester Activity |
| 2026-12-23 | Wed | ✏️ Pre A Level | A4 (final poster — or linocut print under the printmaking variant) |
| 2026-12-24 → 2027-01-03 | Thu→Sun | 🚫 School | Winter break — continuous, school-wide. Return Mon 01-04 |
| 2027-01-01 | Fri | ⭐⚠️ School | Late-work cutoff — ⚠ falls inside the winter break; operative date unresolved (12-23 or 01-04) |
| 2027-01-04 | Mon | — | DP2 mocks start (not the A-Level programme) |
| 2027-01-05 | Tue | 🏛️ Art Appreciation | EoT retrospective (Tue double) |
| 2027-01-06 | Wed | ✏️ Pre A Level | EoT (semester portfolio due) + A5 (sketchbook) |
| 2027-01-07 | Thu | 🎨 A Level | A4 |
| 2027-01-08 | Fri | ⭐ School | Last teaching day |
| 2027-01-11 → 18 | Mon→Mon | 📝 School | End-of-Term Exam window (A-Level starts Mon 11; no classroom teaching Tue 12–Fri 15) |
| 2027-01-20 | Wed | ⭐ School | Grades & comments due |
| 2027-01-22 | Fri | ⭐ School | Last school day · G12 mid-year transcript due |
| 2027-01-24 → 02-21 | Sun→Sun | 🚫 School | Winter vacation (teaching resumes ≈ Mon 02-22) |
This calendar lists the attainments (A1–A4) and end-of-term assessments. Course-skills (CS), homework and Learning-Behaviour items aren’t shown here — each course’s assessment register carries its full schedule, with formats and marking focus.