When Do Schools Break Up?

England and Wales

When do schools break up for May half term 2027?

In most council areas, schools break up on Friday 28 May 2027 and go back on Monday 7 June 2027. That's 169 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.

May half term, 2026/27 school year

171 councils, grouped by their dates
Breaks upBackCouncils
Fri 28 May 2027Mon 7 Jun 2027
169 councils: show the listBarking and Dagenham, Barnet, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford, Bexley, Birmingham, Blackburn with Darwen, Blaenau Gwent, Bolton, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bracknell Forest, Bradford, Brent, Bridgend, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Bromley, Buckinghamshire, Bury, Caerphilly, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Camden, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Central Bedfordshire, Ceredigion, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Conwy, Cornwall, County Durham, Coventry, Croydon, Cumberland, Darlington, Denbighshire, Derby, Derbyshire, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Dudley, Ealing, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Enfield, Essex, Flintshire, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Greenwich, Gwynedd, Hackney, Halton, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hampshire, Haringey, Harrow, Hartlepool, Havering, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Hull, Isle of Anglesey, Isle of Wight, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kent, Kingston upon Thames, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lambeth, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lewisham, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Medway, Merthyr Tydfil, Merton, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newham, Newport, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, North Somerset, North Tyneside, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Oldham, Oxfordshire, Pembrokeshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Powys, Reading, Redbridge, Redcar and Cleveland, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Richmond upon Thames, Rochdale, Rotherham, Rutland, Salford, Sandwell, Sefton, Sheffield, Shropshire, Slough, Solihull, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Southwark, St. Helens, Staffordshire, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Suffolk, Sunderland, Surrey, Sutton, Swansea, Swindon, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Torbay, Torfaen, Tower Hamlets, Trafford, Vale of Glamorgan, 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, Wrexham, York
Fri 28 May 2027Mon 14 Jun 20272 Stockport, Tameside

May half term, 2027/28 school year

161 councils, grouped by their dates
Breaks upBackCouncils
Fri 26 May 2028Mon 5 Jun 2028
159 councils: show the listBarking and Dagenham, Barnet, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford, Bexley, Birmingham, Blaenau Gwent, Bolton, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bracknell Forest, Bradford, Brent, Bridgend, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Bromley, Buckinghamshire, Bury, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Central Bedfordshire, Ceredigion, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Conwy, Cornwall, County Durham, Coventry, Croydon, Cumberland, Darlington, Denbighshire, Derby, Derbyshire, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Dudley, Ealing, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Enfield, Essex, Flintshire, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Greenwich, Gwynedd, Halton, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hampshire, Haringey, Harrow, Hartlepool, Havering, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Hull, Isle of Anglesey, Isle of Wight, Islington, Kent, Kingston upon Thames, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lambeth, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lewisham, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Medway, Merthyr Tydfil, Merton, Milton Keynes, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newham, Newport, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, North Somerset, North Tyneside, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Oldham, Oxfordshire, Pembrokeshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Powys, Reading, Redbridge, Redcar and Cleveland, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Richmond upon Thames, Rochdale, Rotherham, Rutland, Salford, Sandwell, Sefton, Sheffield, Shropshire, Slough, Solihull, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Southend-on-Sea, Southwark, St. Helens, Staffordshire, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Suffolk, Sunderland, Surrey, Sutton, Swindon, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Torbay, Torfaen, Tower Hamlets, Trafford, Vale of Glamorgan, Wakefield, Walsall, Wandsworth, Warrington, Warwickshire, West Berkshire, West Northamptonshire, West Sussex, Westmorland and Furness, Wigan, Wiltshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire, Wrexham, York
Fri 26 May 2028Mon 12 Jun 20282 Stockport, Tameside

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