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Our reference: 21075 FOI

Dear Mr Burn,

Thank you for your request received on the 09 February 2023 in which you
asked for the following information:

Please could you provide the school term dates set by your authority
between the academic years 2006/07 and 2021/22?

If possible, please could you: (1) supply these dates in .csv or .xlsx
(Excel) format; (2) include the dates for each of the six half terms for
each academic year; (3) for each half term, list the ‘Open’ date as the
first day that local authority schools were open and the ‘Close’ date as
the last day that local authority schools were open; (4) state that a
school was ‘Open’ even if it is expected that all schools used that date
as in INSET (in-service training) day; (5) ignore the early May bank
holidays, Easter weekend (if not in holiday time), royal events, and any
other nation-wide public holidays.

If your authority has undergone boundary changes in this period, please
indicate this in your response but still provide dates for the previous
authority.

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Kind regards,

Renata

Renata Malinowski

Freedom of Information Support Officer

Voice of the Customer Team

Customers and Organisational Development

Oxfordshire County Council

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Our reference:  21075 FOI

Dear Hester Burn,

Thank you for your request of 09 February 2023 in which you asked us to
provide the school term dates set by Oxfordshire County Council between
the academic years 2006/07 and 2021/22.  You asked us to

1) supply these dates in .csv or .xlsx (Excel) format;

(2) include the dates for each of the six half terms for each academic
year;

(3) for each half term, list the ‘Open’ date as the first day that local
authority schools were open and the ‘Close’ date as the last day that
local authority schools were open;

(4) state that a school was ‘Open’ even if it is expected that all schools
used that date as in INSET (in-service training) day; (5) ignore the early
May bank holidays, Easter weekend (if not in holiday time), royal events,
and any other nation-wide public holidays

In response I can confirm we do not hold this information between 2006-07
through to 16-17.  However, we have attached files as held for the period
2017 onwards. 

I hope this helps with your request.

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Yours sincerely,

Karen Boys

Finance and Business Development Team Lead

Learning and School Improvement

Children, Education and Families

Oxfordshire County Council,

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