Consultation on school holiday and term time dates 2027 to 2030
The council is consulting on school holiday and term time dates for maintained schools.
The consultation will run from 29 September 2025 to 14 December 2025. The consultation outlines the proposed dates which follows the current model, including two weeks for the October half-term break, a varied Easter break and slight changes to the start and end dates for the academic years.
Dates for the 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027 terms have already been set.
The proposed dates are available below for each academic year:
2027 to 2028
Autumn term 2027
- 1 September to 15 October (6 weeks 3 days)
- 1 November to 21 December (7 weeks 2 days)
Spring term 2028
- 4 January to 11 February (5 weeks 4 days)
- 21 February to 31 March (6 weeks)
Summer term 2028
- 18 April to 26 May (5 weeks 3 days)
- 5 June to 26 July (7 weeks 3 days)
View the proposed 2027 to 2028 calendar (Appendix 1A) [PDF]
2028 to 2029
Autumn term 2028
- 1 September to 20 October (7 weeks 1 day)
- 6 November to 20 December (6 weeks 3 days)
Spring term 2029
- 4 January to 9 February (5 weeks 2 days)
- 19 February to 23 March (5 weeks)
Summer term 2029
- 9 April to 25 May (6 weeks 4 days)
- 4 June to 27 July (8 weeks)
View the proposed 2028 to 2029 calendar (Appendix 1B) [PDF]
2029 to 2030
Autumn term 2029
- 3 September to 19 October (7 weeks)
- 5 November to 21 December (7 weeks)
Spring term 2030
- 3 January - 15 February (6 weeks 2 days)
- 25 February - 5 April (6 weeks)
Summer term 2030
View the proposed 2029 to 2030 calendar (Appendix 1C) [PDF]
Give us your views
You can give your views on the consultation between 29 September 2025 and 14 December 2025 in the following ways:
Local authorities have a duty to determine school term dates for local authority maintained schools. Schools must be open to pupils for 190 days in an academic year, and 195 days for teachers.
Foundation, trust, voluntary aided schools and academies are responsible for setting their own holiday dates and so individual schools, which are not maintained by the local authority, may choose to follow a pattern and/or specific dates that do not match those set by the council.
When setting proposed dates for each model, we have, where possible, tried to take account of dates/patterns already set by our local authority neighbours. However, it should be noted that there is no formal mechanism for the regional setting of holiday dates.
Future holiday dates for our local authority neighbours (where available):
