Chapel Road Primary School, Waterside

FAO Parent and Guardians: Important Update to School Calendar

17th Feb 2026

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As directed by the Department of Education, our school has been allocated 2 additional staff development days, one to be taken this term with an additional one to be taken in the final term of the 2025-26 academic year. 

The agenda for these days are to include any aspect of the TransformED programme, including:
• Curriculum including literacy and numeracy
• Qualifications
• Assessment
• School improvement
• Teacher professional learning
• Tackling educational disadvantage

Our school have allocated the following days which your children will not attend school:

  • Wednesday 18th March 2026
  • Wednesday 27th May 2026

School will be closed for all pupils on these dates.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in relation to these two additional school closures so late in the academic year- this direction has come from the Department of Education.

Kind Regards,


Mrs C.Barrett