School holidays 2026/27

Christmas holidays 2026

For 123 of 133 councils, the last day of school is Fri 18 Dec 2026 and children go back on Mon 4 Jan 2027.

Dates differ between councils, and academies, free schools and independent schools can set their own. Find your school with the school search to check its exact dates and INSET days.

CouncilLast day of schoolBack to school
Barking and DagenhamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
BarnsleyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Bath and North East SomersetFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
BexleyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
BirminghamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Blackburn with DarwenFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Blaenau GwentFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
BrentFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
BridgendFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Bristol, City ofFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
BromleyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
BuckinghamshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
BuryFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
CaerphillyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
CalderdaleFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
CambridgeshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
CamdenFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
CarmarthenshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Central BedfordshireFri 18 Dec 2026Tue 5 Jan 2027
Cheshire EastFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Cheshire West and ChesterFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
ConwyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
CornwallFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
County DurhamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
CoventryFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
CroydonFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
CumberlandFri 18 Dec 2026Tue 5 Jan 2027
DarlingtonFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
DenbighshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
DerbyshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
DoncasterFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
DorsetFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
DudleyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
EalingFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
East Riding of YorkshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
East SussexFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
EssexFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
FlintshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
GloucestershireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
GreenwichFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
GwyneddFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
HackneyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Hammersmith and FulhamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
HaringeyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
HarrowFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
HartlepoolFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Herefordshire, County ofFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
HertfordshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
HillingdonFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
HounslowFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Isle of AngleseyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
IslingtonFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Kensington and ChelseaFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
KentFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Kingston upon Hull, City ofFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Kingston upon ThamesFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
KirkleesFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
KnowsleyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
LambethFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
LancashireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
LeedsFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
LeicesterFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
LewishamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
LincolnshireFri 18 Dec 2026Tue 5 Jan 2027
LiverpoolFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
ManchesterFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
MedwayFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Merthyr TydfilFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
MertonFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
MonmouthshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Neath Port TalbotFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Newcastle upon TyneFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
NewhamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
NewportFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
North East LincolnshireFri 18 Dec 2026Tue 5 Jan 2027
North NorthamptonshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
North SomersetFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
North TynesideFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
North YorkshireFri 18 Dec 2026Tue 5 Jan 2027
NottinghamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
NottinghamshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
OldhamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
OxfordshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
PembrokeshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
PeterboroughFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
PlymouthFri 18 Dec 2026Tue 5 Jan 2027
PortsmouthFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
PowysTue 22 Dec 2026Tue 5 Jan 2027
ReadingFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
RedbridgeFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Rhondda Cynon TafFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Richmond upon ThamesFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
RochdaleFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
RotherhamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
RutlandFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SalfordFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SandwellFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SeftonFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SheffieldFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
ShropshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SloughFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SolihullFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SomersetFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
South GloucestershireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
St. HelensFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
StaffordshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
StockportFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Stoke-on-TrentFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SuffolkFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SurreyFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SuttonFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
SwindonFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Telford and WrekinFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
ThurrockFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
TorbayFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
TorfaenFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Tower HamletsFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
TraffordFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Vale of GlamorganFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
WalsallFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
WandsworthFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
WarringtonFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
WarwickshireFri 18 Dec 2026Tue 5 Jan 2027
West NorthamptonshireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
WestminsterFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
Westmorland and FurnessFri 18 Dec 2026Tue 5 Jan 2027
WiganFri 18 Dec 2026Wed 6 Jan 2027
WokinghamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
WolverhamptonFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
WorcestershireFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
WrexhamFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027
YorkFri 18 Dec 2026Mon 4 Jan 2027

Dates from each council's own published term dates, checked by Termwise. Council-run schools follow these dates; other schools may differ.

Other holidays: October half term · February half term · Easter holidays · May half term · Summer holidays