Parent/Carer Information - Student Term Dates 2024/25

Residential students return to College during the afternoon of the day before specified return date (please contact Kim Tierney, Residential Services Manager, or your Home Team Leader for more detailed information). 

AUTUMN 2025
Start	Finish
New Residential Students -Wednesday 3rd September (to arrive after 4pm) New Day Students -Thursday 4th September Returning Residential Students - Sunday 7th September (to arrive after 4pm) Returning Day Students - Monday 8th September	Friday 24th October
Wednesday 5th November	Friday 19th December
SPRING 2026
Wednesday 7th January	Friday 13th February
Wednesday 25th February	Friday 27th March
SUMMER 2026
Wednesday 15th April	Friday 22rd May
Monday 1st June	Friday 10th July (Students finish at 1.30pm)

 

REPORTING STUDENT ABSENCE OR APPOINTMENTS

If you are unable to attend College, please ensure that you phone the absence reporting line on 0121 428 5098 before 9.00am on the morning of every day that you are absent. You can also email absences to absence@qac.ac.uk

Please leave the following information:

• Full Name
• Group
• Reason for Absence (Local Authorities are no longer accepting "unwell/poorly" for reasons for an authorised absence, so please give as much detail as possible)
• Date of Return

PARENT/CARER CODE OF CONDUCT 

QAC welcomes a mutually positive and constructive relationship with families and carers and encourages relationships based on an ethos of openness and trust. Our Parent/Carer Code of Conduct is attached below and is applicable across all sites.