School holidays 2026/27
October half term 2026
For 125 of 133 councils, the last day of school is Fri 23 Oct 2026 and children go back on Mon 2 Nov 2026.
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.
| Council | Last day of school | Back to school |
|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Barnsley | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Bexley | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Birmingham | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Blaenau Gwent | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Brent | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Bridgend | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Bristol, City of | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Bromley | Fri 16 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Buckinghamshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Bury | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Caerphilly | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Calderdale | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Cambridgeshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Camden | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Carmarthenshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Central Bedfordshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Cheshire East | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Conwy | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Cornwall | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| County Durham | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Coventry | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Croydon | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Cumberland | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Darlington | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Denbighshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Derbyshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Doncaster | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Dorset | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Dudley | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Ealing | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| East Sussex | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Essex | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Flintshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Gloucestershire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Greenwich | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Gwynedd | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Hackney | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Haringey | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Harrow | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Hartlepool | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Herefordshire, County of | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Hertfordshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Hillingdon | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Hounslow | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Isle of Anglesey | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Islington | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Kent | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Kingston upon Thames | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Kirklees | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Knowsley | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Lambeth | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Lancashire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Leeds | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Leicester | Fri 16 Oct 2026 | Mon 26 Oct 2026 |
| Lewisham | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Lincolnshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Liverpool | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Manchester | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Medway | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Merton | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Monmouthshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Neath Port Talbot | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Newham | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Newport | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| North East Lincolnshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| North Northamptonshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| North Somerset | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| North Tyneside | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| North Yorkshire | Thu 22 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Nottingham | Fri 16 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Nottinghamshire | Fri 16 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Oldham | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Oxfordshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Pembrokeshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Peterborough | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Plymouth | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Portsmouth | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Powys | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Reading | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Redbridge | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Richmond upon Thames | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Rochdale | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Rotherham | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Rutland | Fri 16 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Salford | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Sandwell | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Sefton | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Sheffield | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Shropshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Slough | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Solihull | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Somerset | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| South Gloucestershire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| St. Helens | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Staffordshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Stockport | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Suffolk | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Surrey | Fri 16 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Sutton | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Swindon | Wed 21 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Telford and Wrekin | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Thurrock | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Torbay | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Torfaen | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Tower Hamlets | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Trafford | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Walsall | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Wandsworth | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Warrington | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Warwickshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| West Northamptonshire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Westminster | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Westmorland and Furness | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Wigan | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Wokingham | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Wolverhampton | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Worcestershire | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| Wrexham | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
| York | Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Mon 2 Nov 2026 |
Dates from each council's own published term dates, checked by Termwise. Council-run schools follow these dates; other schools may differ.
Other holidays: Christmas holidays · February half term · Easter holidays · May half term · Summer holidays