London stocks were rising in holiday-thinned trading on Friday, the last session before an extended Christmas break. The FTSE 100 index UK:UKX rose 0.3% at 7,399, and was up around 1.8% week to date.

While there is still plenty of the summer holidays to go, for parents planning ahead for the upcoming school year, here are all the term dates, half terms and bank holidays in London. Students across ...