When Do Schools Break Up?

England and Wales

When do schools break up for February half term 2027?

In most council areas, schools break up on Friday 12 February 2027 and go back on Monday 22 February 2027. That's 145 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.

February half term, 2026/27 school year

171 councils, grouped by their dates
Breaks upBackCouncils
Fri 12 Feb 2027Mon 22 Feb 2027
145 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, Central Bedfordshire, 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, Leeds, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lewisham, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Medway, Merton, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newham, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, 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, Salford, 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, Wigan, Wiltshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire
Fri 5 Feb 2027Mon 15 Feb 2027
26 councils: show the listBlaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Hull, Isle of Anglesey, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, North Yorkshire, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Wrexham, York

February half term, 2027/28 school year

161 councils, grouped by their dates
Breaks upBackCouncils
Fri 11 Feb 2028Mon 21 Feb 2028
111 councils: show the listBarking and Dagenham, Barnet, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford, Bexley, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bracknell Forest, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Bromley, Buckinghamshire, Bury, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cornwall, County Durham, Coventry, Croydon, Cumberland, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Dudley, Ealing, East Sussex, Enfield, Essex, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hampshire, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Isle of Wight, Islington, Kent, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lancashire, Lewisham, Lincolnshire, Luton, Medway, Merton, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newham, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, North Somerset, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Reading, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Rotherham, Sandwell, Sheffield, Shropshire, Slough, Solihull, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Southend-on-Sea, Southwark, Staffordshire, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, Suffolk, Sunderland, Surrey, Sutton, Swindon, Tameside, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Torbay, Tower Hamlets, Trafford, Walsall, Wandsworth, Warwickshire, West Berkshire, West Northamptonshire, West Sussex, Westmorland and Furness, Wiltshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire
Fri 18 Feb 2028Mon 28 Feb 2028
49 councils: show the listBlaenau Gwent, Bolton, Bradford, Bridgend, Calderdale, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Derby, Derbyshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Halton, Hartlepool, Hull, Isle of Anglesey, Kirklees, Knowsley, Leeds, Leicester, Leicestershire, Liverpool, Manchester, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, North Yorkshire, Oldham, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Redcar and Cleveland, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Rochdale, Rutland, Salford, Sefton, St. Helens, Stockton-on-Tees, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Wakefield, Warrington, Wigan, Wrexham, York
Fri 25 Feb 2028Mon 6 Mar 20281 Darlington

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