Students attend School for about thirty-four weeks of the year are three terms of 11 to 12 weeks duration. While September is the normal start for most pupils, many UK Independent Schools accept pupils at the start of any of the three terms, though this will depend on public examination preparation.
School holidays, when overseas students normally return home, occur at Christmas (the last two weeks of December and the first week of January), Easter (normally the first two or three weeks of April) and the longer Summer holiday (mid July to the first week of September).