When Do Schools Break Up?

England and Wales

When do schools break up for Easter 2027?

In most council areas, schools break up on Thursday 25 March 2027 and go back on Monday 12 April 2027. That's 134 of the 171 councils in England and Wales we cover; the rest are listed below.

Check your school's dates. These are councils' dates for community and voluntary controlled schools. Academies, free schools and some church schools set their own, so check your school's website. INSET days are set by each school.

Easter holidays, 2026/27 school year

171 councils, grouped by their dates
Breaks upBackCouncils
Thu 25 Mar 2027Mon 12 Apr 2027
134 councils: show the listBarking and Dagenham, Barnet, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford, Bexley, Birmingham, Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bracknell Forest, Bradford, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Bromley, Buckinghamshire, Bury, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Camden, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cornwall, County Durham, Coventry, Croydon, Cumberland, Darlington, Derby, Derbyshire, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Dudley, Ealing, East Sussex, Enfield, Essex, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Greenwich, Hackney, Halton, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hampshire, Haringey, Harrow, Hartlepool, Havering, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Isle of Wight, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kent, Kingston upon Thames, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lambeth, Lancashire, Lewisham, Liverpool, Luton, Medway, Merton, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newham, North Northamptonshire, North Somerset, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Oldham, Oxfordshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Reading, Redbridge, Redcar and Cleveland, Richmond upon Thames, Rochdale, Rotherham, Rutland, Sandwell, Sefton, Sheffield, Shropshire, Slough, Solihull, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Southwark, St. Helens, Staffordshire, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Suffolk, Sunderland, Surrey, Sutton, Swindon, Tameside, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Torbay, Tower Hamlets, Trafford, Wakefield, Walsall, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Warrington, Warwickshire, West Berkshire, West Northamptonshire, West Sussex, Westminster, Westmorland and Furness, Wiltshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire
Fri 19 Mar 2027Mon 5 Apr 2027
28 councils: show the listBlaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Hull, Isle of Anglesey, Leicester, Leicestershire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, North Yorkshire, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Wrexham, York
Thu 25 Mar 2027Wed 14 Apr 20273 Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire
Fri 2 Apr 2027Mon 19 Apr 20273 Leeds, Manchester, Salford
Thu 25 Mar 2027Tue 13 Apr 20272 Central Bedfordshire, Norfolk
Wed 24 Mar 2027Mon 12 Apr 20271 Wigan

Easter holidays, 2027/28 school year

161 councils, grouped by their dates
Breaks upBackCouncils
Fri 31 Mar 2028Tue 18 Apr 2028
83 councils: show the listBarnet, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford, Bexley, Bolton, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bracknell Forest, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Bromley, Buckinghamshire, Bury, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cornwall, Croydon, Cumberland, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Ealing, East Sussex, Enfield, Essex, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hampshire, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Isle of Wight, Islington, Kent, Lambeth, Lancashire, Leeds, Lewisham, Luton, Manchester, Medway, Merton, Milton Keynes, Newham, North Northamptonshire, North Somerset, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Rotherham, Salford, Sheffield, Slough, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Southend-on-Sea, Southwark, Stockport, Suffolk, Surrey, Sutton, Swindon, Tameside, Thurrock, Torbay, Tower Hamlets, Trafford, Wandsworth, Warrington, West Sussex, Westmorland and Furness, Wigan, Wiltshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral
Fri 7 Apr 2028Mon 24 Apr 2028
72 councils: show the listBirmingham, Blaenau Gwent, Bradford, Bridgend, Calderdale, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, County Durham, Coventry, Darlington, Denbighshire, Derby, Derbyshire, Dudley, East Riding of Yorkshire, Flintshire, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Gwynedd, Halton, Hartlepool, Herefordshire, Hull, Isle of Anglesey, Kingston upon Thames, Kirklees, Knowsley, Leicester, Leicestershire, Liverpool, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newport, North Tyneside, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Oldham, Oxfordshire, Powys, Reading, Redbridge, Redcar and Cleveland, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Richmond upon Thames, Rochdale, Rutland, Sandwell, Sefton, Shropshire, Solihull, St. Helens, Staffordshire, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Telford and Wrekin, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Wakefield, Walsall, Warwickshire, West Berkshire, West Northamptonshire, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire, Wrexham, York
Fri 31 Mar 2028Wed 19 Apr 20284 Lincolnshire, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire
Mon 3 Apr 2028Tue 18 Apr 20281 Barking and Dagenham
Thu 6 Apr 2028Mon 24 Apr 20281 Pembrokeshire

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