Official school dates
Source-backed dates and open DfE consultations, soonest first.
Dates and closing dates
- Submission closesBreakfast club grant monitoring: autumn return (opens in a new tab)
For schools accepted onto the programme. Participation is not established by GIAS; recording weeks can differ by agreement with DfE.
Source evidence : Breakfast club grant monitoring: autumn return, Friday 4 December 2026
- Section:
- 3.2 Data collection
- Period:
- September 2026 to July 2027
- Source version:
- Date evidence verified:
- Source successfully checked:
- Consultation closesChild employment regulatory framework (opens in a new tab)
Optional consultation
- Census dateSpring school census (opens in a new tab)
Maintained schools and pupil referral units must check their local authority’s submission deadlines.
Source evidence : Spring school census, Thursday 21 January 2027
- Section:
- 2026 to 2027 census dates
- Period:
- 2026 to 2027 academic year
- Source version:
- Date evidence verified:
- Source successfully checked:
- Submission closesSpring school census: DfE return date (opens in a new tab)
Maintained schools and pupil referral units must check their local authority’s submission deadlines.
Source evidence : Spring school census: DfE return date, Wednesday 10 February 2027
- Section:
- 2026 to 2027 census dates
- Period:
- 2026 to 2027 academic year
- Source version:
- Date evidence verified:
- Source successfully checked:
- Submission closesBreakfast club grant monitoring: spring return (opens in a new tab)
For schools accepted onto the programme. Participation is not established by GIAS; recording weeks can differ by agreement with DfE.
Source evidence : Breakfast club grant monitoring: spring return, Friday 12 March 2027
- Section:
- 3.2 Data collection
- Period:
- September 2026 to July 2027
- Source version:
- Date evidence verified:
- Source successfully checked:
- Census dateSummer school census (opens in a new tab)
Maintained schools and pupil referral units must check their local authority’s submission deadlines.
Source evidence : Summer school census, Thursday 20 May 2027
- Section:
- 2026 to 2027 census dates
- Period:
- 2026 to 2027 academic year
- Source version:
- Date evidence verified:
- Source successfully checked:
- Submission closesSummer school census: DfE return date (opens in a new tab)
Maintained schools and pupil referral units must check their local authority’s submission deadlines.
Source evidence : Summer school census: DfE return date, Wednesday 16 June 2027
- Section:
- 2026 to 2027 census dates
- Period:
- 2026 to 2027 academic year
- Source version:
- Date evidence verified:
- Source successfully checked:
- Submission closesBreakfast club grant monitoring: summer return (opens in a new tab)
For schools accepted onto the programme. Participation is not established by GIAS; recording weeks can differ by agreement with DfE.
Source evidence : Breakfast club grant monitoring: summer return, Friday 2 July 2027
- Section:
- 3.2 Data collection
- Period:
- September 2026 to July 2027
- Source version:
- Date evidence verified:
- Source successfully checked:
- Expires · exact date unknownBreakfast club grant conditions end (opens in a new tab)
July 2027; the source does not publish an exact expiry day.
Source evidence : Breakfast club grant conditions end, exact date unknown
- Section:
- 1.3 Period: July 2027; no exact day published
- Period:
- September 2026 to July 2027
- Source version:
- Date evidence verified:
- Source successfully checked:
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