When Do Schools Break Up?

England and Wales

When do schools break up for the summer holidays 2027?

Dates vary by council. The most common is breaking up on Wednesday 21 July 2027 and going back on Wednesday 1 September 2027, used by 38 of the 171 councils in England and Wales we cover. Find yours 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.

Summer holidays, 2026/27 school year

171 councils, grouped by their dates
Breaks upBackCouncils
Wed 21 Jul 2027Wed 1 Sep 2027
38 councils: show the listBarnsley, Bedford, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Brighton and Hove, Bury, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, County Durham, Darlington, Doncaster, Dorset, Essex, Halton, Hampshire, Kent, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool, Luton, Milton Keynes, North Northamptonshire, North Tyneside, Oldham, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Rotherham, Rutland, Sefton, Sheffield, South Gloucestershire, Southend-on-Sea, St. Helens, Suffolk, Thurrock, West Sussex, Wirral
Wed 21 Jul 2027Thu 2 Sep 2027
23 councils: show the listBirmingham, Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Coventry, Dudley, Gloucestershire, Hartlepool, Herefordshire, Redcar and Cleveland, Sandwell, Shropshire, Slough, Solihull, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Warrington, Warwickshire, West Northamptonshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire
Thu 22 Jul 2027Wed 1 Sep 2027
23 councils: show the listBarking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bath and North East Somerset, Bexley, Croydon, Enfield, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Manchester, Merton, Newham, Southwark, Sutton, Wandsworth
Wed 21 Jul 2027Mon 6 Sep 202715 Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Lincolnshire, Medway, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Rochdale, Sunderland, Trafford, Wakefield, Wigan
Tue 20 Jul 2027Thu 2 Sep 20279 Blaenau Gwent, Carmarthenshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan
Tue 20 Jul 2027Wed 1 Sep 20279 Bridgend, Cardiff, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Wrexham
Fri 23 Jul 2027Wed 1 Sep 20276 Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset, Swindon, Tower Hamlets, Wiltshire
Thu 22 Jul 2027September (not yet published)5 Camden, Hackney, Kensington and Chelsea, Waltham Forest, Westminster
Fri 23 Jul 2027Thu 2 Sep 20275 Cornwall, Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames, Torbay, West Berkshire
Mon 26 Jul 2027Mon 6 Sep 20275 Derby, Derbyshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, York
Fri 16 Jul 2027Mon 6 Sep 20274 Cumberland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Westmorland and Furness
Wed 21 Jul 2027September (not yet published)3 Blackburn with Darwen, Middlesbrough, Southampton
Wed 21 Jul 2027Fri 3 Sep 20273 Reading, Staffordshire, Wokingham
Wed 28 Jul 2027Wed 1 Sep 20273 Stockport, Surrey, Tameside
Wed 28 Jul 2027Thu 2 Sep 20273 Isle of Wight, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Fri 16 Jul 2027Thu 2 Sep 20272 Ceredigion, Powys
Tue 20 Jul 2027September (not yet published)2 Caerphilly, Swansea
Thu 22 Jul 2027Thu 2 Sep 20272 East Sussex, Redbridge
Thu 22 Jul 2027Mon 6 Sep 20272 Leeds, Salford
Mon 26 Jul 2027Wed 1 Sep 20272 Brent, Plymouth
Tue 6 Jul 2027Wed 25 Aug 20271 Leicestershire
Fri 9 Jul 2027Tue 31 Aug 20271 Leicester
Fri 23 Jul 2027Thu 26 Aug 20271 Bromley
Fri 23 Jul 2027Mon 6 Sep 20271 Bolton
Fri 23 Jul 2027Tue 7 Sep 20271 North Yorkshire
Tue 27 Jul 2027Wed 1 Sep 20271 Ealing
Tue 27 Jul 2027Thu 2 Sep 20271 Devon

Summer holidays, 2027/28 school year

161 councils, grouped by their dates
Breaks upBackCouncils
Fri 21 Jul 2028September (not yet published)
101 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, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Bury, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cornwall, Croydon, Doncaster, Dorset, Dudley, East Sussex, Enfield, Essex, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hampshire, Haringey, Harrow, Hartlepool, Havering, Herefordshire, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kent, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lancashire, Lewisham, Lincolnshire, Luton, Manchester, Merton, Milton Keynes, Monmouthshire, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newham, Newport, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, North Somerset, Oxfordshire, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Powys, Reading, Redbridge, Redcar and Cleveland, Richmond upon Thames, Rochdale, Rotherham, Rutland, Sandwell, Sheffield, Shropshire, Slough, Solihull, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Southend-on-Sea, Southwark, Staffordshire, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Suffolk, Sunderland, Sutton, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Torfaen, Walsall, Wandsworth, Warrington, Warwickshire, West Berkshire, West Northamptonshire, West Sussex, Wigan, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire
Thu 20 Jul 2028September (not yet published)
22 councils: show the listBridgend, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, County Durham, Coventry, Cumberland, Darlington, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Oldham, Pembrokeshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Sefton, St. Helens, Vale of Glamorgan, Westmorland and Furness
Wed 26 Jul 2028September (not yet published)13 Brent, Calderdale, Ealing, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Leeds, Medway, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Salford, Tower Hamlets, Trafford, York
Tue 25 Jul 2028September (not yet published)8 Bradford, Bromley, Devon, Kirklees, Swindon, Torbay, Wakefield, Wiltshire
Wed 19 Jul 2028September (not yet published)7 Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Surrey, Wrexham
Mon 24 Jul 2028September (not yet published)5 Derby, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, North Yorkshire, Plymouth
Fri 28 Jul 2028September (not yet published)3 Isle of Wight, Stockport, Tameside
Fri 7 Jul 2028September (not yet published)1 Leicestershire
Fri 14 Jul 2028September (not yet published)1 Leicester

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