Summer term is the name of the summer academic term

Academic term

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 at many British

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 school

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s and universities and elsewhere in the world.

In the UK, 'Summer term' runs from the Easter

Easter

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 holiday until the end of the academic year in June or July, and thus corresponds to the Easter term

Easter term

Easter term is the name of the summer term at the University of Cambridge, the University of Wales, Lampeter, University of Durham, and formerly University of Newcastle upon Tyne , in the United Kingdom...

 at Cambridge University, and Trinity term

Trinity term

Trinity term is the name of the third and final term of Oxford University's and the University of Dublin's academic year. It runs from about mid April to about the end of June and is named after Trinity Sunday, which falls eight weeks after Easter, in May or June.At the University of Sydney, it was...

 at Oxford and some other places. 'Summer term' is defined in some UK statutory instrument

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s, such as the Education (Assessment Regulations) (Foundation to Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, which says:

"summer term" means the period commencing immediately after the Easter holiday and ending with the school year.

The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2004 says more simply:

"summer term" means the final term of the school year.

Covering the possibility of six-term academic years, the School Finance (England) Regulations 2008 say

"summer term" means the third term of the school year where a school has three terms, or the fifth and sixth terms where a school has six terms

At Cambridge University, some may consider the two to three weeks of joviality between the end of examinations and their departure at the end of their Normal Period of Residence as a "Summer Term"

See also

• Michaelmas term
  Michaelmas term
  Michaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic years of the following British and Irish universities:*University of Cambridge*University of Oxford*University of St...
  
  
• Epiphany term
  Epiphany term
  Epiphany term is the second academic term of the University of Durham and formerly of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne . The term runs from January to March.-See also:*Michaelmas term...
  
  
• Hilary term
  Hilary term
  Hilary Term is the second academic term of Oxford University's academic year. It runs from January to March and is so named because the feast day of St Hilary of Poitiers, 14 January, falls during this term...
  
  
• Lent term
  Lent term
  Lent term is the name of the spring academic term at the following British universities:*University of Cambridge*Kings College London*London School of Economics and Political Science*Exeter University*University of Lancaster...
  
  
• Trinity term
  Trinity term
  Trinity term is the name of the third and final term of Oxford University's and the University of Dublin's academic year. It runs from about mid April to about the end of June and is named after Trinity Sunday, which falls eight weeks after Easter, in May or June.At the University of Sydney, it was...
  
  
• Easter term
  Easter term
  Easter term is the name of the summer term at the University of Cambridge, the University of Wales, Lampeter, University of Durham, and formerly University of Newcastle upon Tyne , in the United Kingdom...