Term Dates
Dorset County school term dates. Please note School term and holiday dates can vary because every school has 5 staff development days to use a year on dates they choose.
Staff Development Days
Tuesday 3rd September 2024, Monday 30th September 2024, Tuesday 22nd April 2025, Tuesday 22nd July 2025, Wednesday 3rd September 2025
The School Day
| 08:50-09:10 | Registration AM |
| 09:10-10:10 | Period 1 |
| 10:10-11:10 | Period 2 |
| 11:10-11:30 | BREAK |
| 11.30-12:30 | Period 3 |
| 12:30-13:30 | Period 4 |
| 13:30-14:20 | LUNCH |
| 14:20-15:20 | Period 5 Registration PM |
Total time: 6.5hrs a day, 32.5hrs a week
Gillingham School Map
Transport
School transport is provided and managed by the County Council, please contact directly.
Dorset 01305 224011 | Wiltshire 01225 713455 | South West Coaches 01935 475872
School buses provided by the County Council are only available for the students who live within the catchment area of the school or by special agreement.
If you live in Wincanton, Stalbridge, Bayford or Henstridge, please contact Mrs Dimmock 01747 822222 ldimmock@gillingham-dorset.co.uk
Students outside the catchment area are not guaranteed a place on a bus or a free pass, and parents would have to make their own transport arrangements.
Other students are not allowed to travel with their friends on school transport. As it is managed by county, the school are not permitted to give out temporary bus passes.
The school buses are only insured to transport students who are eligible and have been issued a pass to travel on the specific route.
South Western Railway Scholars Educational Season Tickets
If you would like to know about the scheme for Educational Season tickets for the train, please email Mrs Pont mpont@gillingham-dorset.co.uk.
