Dates for your diary
2026/2027
This calendar highlights the key dates and events taking place throughout the academic year, helping students, parents and carers stay informed and plan ahead.
From Parents’ Evenings and UCAS deadlines to trips, productions, examinations and results days, it includes the main milestones in college life. Please note that dates may occasionally change, any updates will be shared with families and reflected on this page.
We encourage parents and carers to check the calendar regularly and save any relevant dates to their diaries. We look forward to sharing another successful year with our students and their families.
September
- 7 September: Year 12 lessons begin and bridging projects submitted
- 7 September: Year 13 lessons begin
- 14 September: Year 12 Apprentice Mentoring Programme Launch, 6.00pm
- 14 September: Year 13 Degree Apprentice Mentoring Programme Launch, 7.00pm
- 21 September: Year 12 Sixth Form subject change window opens and diagnostic assessments begin
- 25 September: Year 13 Early Entry Deadline
October
- 12 October: Year 12 Meet the Tutor & Work Experience Launch
- 15 October: Year 13 UCAS Early Entry external application deadline
- 15-17 October: Year 13 Paris Trip
- 19 October: Year 13 Mock Week 1 begins
November
- 6 November: Year 13 Employer Breakfast (provisional)
- 10 November: Kimberley College Open Evening, 3.30pm to 8.00pm
- 12 November: Kimberley College Open Evening, 3.30pm to 8.00pm
- 19 November: Afternoon of Culture
- Week commencing 24 November: Trust Musical
- 25 November: Year 13 Mock Results Day and grade sheets issued
- 26 November: Year 13 Parents’ Evening
December
- 3 December: Year 13 Parents’ Evening
- 4 December: UCAS Main Applicant internal deadline
- 7 December: Intended Destinations Survey
- 14 December: Year 12 Interim Stepping Stones grade sheets issued
January
- 13 January: UCAS Main Applicant external deadline (6.00pm)
- 25 January: Year 13 Employment Workshop (provisional)
- 28 January: Year 12 Parents’ Evening
February
- 4 February: Year 12 Parents’ Evening
- 8 February: National Apprenticeships Week begins
- 22 February: Year 13 Mock Week 2 begins
March
- 1 March: National Careers Week begins
- 5 March: British Science Week begins
- 15 March: Intended Destinations Survey
- 22 March: Year 13 NEA Internal Submission Deadline
- 23 March: Year 13 Mock Results Day and grade sheets issued
- 23 March: The Big Kimberley Quiz
May
- 4 May: Year 12 Mock Week begins
- 4 May: Year 13 Art Exam Week begins
- 10 May: A Level examinations begin
- 28 May: Celebration Afternoon
June
- 9 June: Year 12 Mock Results Day and grade sheets issued
- 17 June: Year 12 Meet the Tutor: Next Steps
- 21 June: Intended Destinations Survey
- 21 June: Year 13 Induction begins this week
- 23-24 June: Year 12 UCAS Discovery Day
- 28 June: Year 12 Work Experience Week begins
July
- 2 July: Year 13 Summer Prom
- 12 July: Re-enrolment Day
- 12 July: Week Zero: Year 13 Preparation Programme begins
August
- 12 August: A Level Results Day
- 19 August: GCSE Results Day (for incoming Year 12 students)
Duke of Edinburgh Award Expeditions
- Gold Expedition Year 13: 2-4 October 2026
- Gold Expedition Year 13: 8-11 July 2027
Students and families involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Award programme should make a note of these expedition dates. Further details, including timings, kit lists and arrangements, will be shared directly with participants ahead of each expedition.
