Easter holidays

Easter holidays 2027: start dates range from Saturday 20 March to Monday 5 April, depending on the area.

The dates of Easter holidays by region, for this school year and the years ahead.

School year 2026-2027

Easter holidays in the 2026-2027 school year: dates and number of days by region
Region	Period	Days
Leicestershire	20 Mar – 4 Apr 2027	16
York	20 Mar – 4 Apr 2027	16
Anglesey	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Blaenau Gwent	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Bridgend	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Caerphilly	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Cardiff	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Carmarthenshire	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Ceredigion	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Conwy	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Denbighshire	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
East Riding of Yorkshire	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Flintshire	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Gwynedd	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Leicester	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Merthyr Tydfil	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Monmouthshire	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Neath Port Talbot	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Newport	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
North Yorkshire	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Pembrokeshire	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Powys	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Rhondda Cynon Taf	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Swansea	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Torfaen	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Vale of Glamorgan	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Wrexham	22 Mar – 2 Apr 2027	12
Shetland	25 Mar – 6 Apr 2027	13
Wigan	25 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	18
Aberdeen	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Argyll and Bute	26 – 29 Mar 2027	4
Barking and Dagenham	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Barnsley	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Bath and North East Somerset	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Bedford	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Bexley	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Birmingham	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Blackburn with Darwen	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Bolton	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Bournemouth christchurch and poole	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Bracknell Forest	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Bradford	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Brent	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Brighton and Hove	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Bristol	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Bromley	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Buckinghamshire	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Bury	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Calderdale	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Cambridgeshire	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Camden	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Central Bedfordshire	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Cheshire East	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Cheshire West and Chester	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Cornwall	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Coventry	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Croydon	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Cumberland	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Darlington	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Derby	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Derbyshire	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Doncaster	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Dudley	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Dumfries and Galloway	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Dundee	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Ealing London	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
East Ayrshire	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
East Dunbartonshire	26 – 29 Mar 2027	4
Enfield	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Essex	26 – 29 Mar 2027	4
Gloucestershire	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Greenwich	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Hackney	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Halton	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Hammersmith and Fulham	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Hampshire	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Harrow	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Havering	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Herefordshire	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Hertfordshire	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Highland	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Hillingdon	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Hounslow	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Inverclyde	26 – 29 Mar 2027	4
Isle of Wight	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Islington	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Kent	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Kingston upon Thames	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Knowsley	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Lambeth	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Lancashire	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Lewisham	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Lincolnshire	26 Mar – 13 Apr 2027	19
Liverpool	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Luton	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Merton	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Middlesbrough	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Midlothian	26 – 29 Mar 2027	4
Milton Keynes	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Moray	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Newcastle	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Newham	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Norfolk	26 Mar – 12 Apr 2027	18
North Ayrshire	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
North ayrshire arran	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
North East Lincolnshire	26 Mar – 13 Apr 2027	19
North Lincolnshire	26 Mar – 13 Apr 2027	19
North Somerset	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
North Tyneside	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Northumberland	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Nottingham	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Nottinghamshire	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Oldham	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Perth and Kinross	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Peterborough	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Plymouth	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Portsmouth	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Reading	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Redbridge	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Renfrewshire	26 – 29 Mar 2027	4
Richmond upon Thames	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Rochdale	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Rotherham	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Rutland	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Sandwell	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Sefton	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Sheffield	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Shropshire	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Slough	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Somerset	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
South Gloucestershire	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Southampton	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Southend-on-Sea	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Southwark	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
St Helens	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Stockport primary	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Stockport secondary	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Stockton-on-Tees	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Suffolk	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Surrey	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Sutton	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Swindon	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Telford and Wrekin	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Thurrock	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Torbay	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Tower Hamlets	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Wakefield	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Walsall	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Wandsworth	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Warrington	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Warwickshire	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
West Berkshire	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
West Dunbartonshire	26 – 29 Mar 2027	4
West Lothian	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
West northamptonshire	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
West Sussex	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Westmorland and furness	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Wirral	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Wokingham	26 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	15
Wolverhampton	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Worcestershire	26 Mar – 11 Apr 2027	17
Aberdeenshire	29 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	12
Angus	29 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	12
Staffordshire	29 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	12
Dorset	30 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	11
Essex	30 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	11
Medway	30 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	11
North northamptonshire	30 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	11
Oxfordshire	30 Mar – 9 Apr 2027	11
Salford	3 – 18 Apr 2027	16
Argyll and Bute	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
Clackmannanshire	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
East Dunbartonshire	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
East Lothian	5 – 19 Apr 2027	15
East Renfrewshire	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
Edinburgh	5 – 19 Apr 2027	15
Falkirk	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
Inverclyde	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
Leeds	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
Manchester	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
Midlothian	5 – 19 Apr 2027	15
North Lanarkshire	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
Renfrewshire	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
Scottish Borders	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
South Lanarkshire	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
Stirling	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12
West Dunbartonshire	5 – 16 Apr 2027	12

School year 2027-2028

Easter holidays in the 2027-2028 school year: dates and number of days by region
Region	Period	Days
Midlothian	31 Mar – 17 Apr 2028	18
Bexley	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Bolton	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Bournemouth christchurch and poole	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Bury	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Cumberland	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Havering	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Hillingdon	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Hounslow	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Isle of Wight	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Kent	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Lancashire	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Lincolnshire	1 – 18 Apr 2028	18
Merton	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
North East Lincolnshire	1 – 18 Apr 2028	18
North Lincolnshire	1 – 18 Apr 2028	18
North Somerset	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Nottingham	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Nottinghamshire	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Rotherham	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Salford	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Somerset	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
South Gloucestershire	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Southend-on-Sea	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Stockport primary	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Stockport secondary	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Suffolk	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Surrey	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Sutton	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Swindon	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Warrington	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
West Sussex	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Westmorland and furness	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Wigan	1 – 17 Apr 2028	17
Aberdeen	3 – 14 Apr 2028	12
Aberdeenshire	3 – 13 Apr 2028	11
Angus	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Argyll and Bute	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Barnsley	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Bath and North East Somerset	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Bedford	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Bracknell Forest	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Brighton and Hove	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Bristol	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Bromley	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Buckinghamshire	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Cambridgeshire	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Central Bedfordshire	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Cheshire East	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Cheshire West and Chester	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Clackmannanshire	3 – 13 Apr 2028	11
Cornwall	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Dorset	3 – 13 Apr 2028	11
Dundee	3 – 14 Apr 2028	12
Ealing London	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
East Ayrshire	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
East Dunbartonshire	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Edinburgh	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Enfield	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Essex	3 – 13 Apr 2028	11
Falkirk	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Greenwich	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Hammersmith and Fulham	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Hampshire	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Hertfordshire	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Highland	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Islington	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Lambeth	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Leeds	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Lewisham	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Luton	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Medway	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Milton Keynes	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Moray	3 – 14 Apr 2028	12
Norfolk	3 – 18 Apr 2028	16
North ayrshire arran	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
North Lanarkshire	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
North northamptonshire	3 – 13 Apr 2028	11
Peterborough	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Plymouth	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Portsmouth	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Renfrewshire	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Scottish Borders	3 – 14 Apr 2028	12
Sheffield	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Shetland	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Slough	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
South Lanarkshire	3 – 14 Apr 2028	12
Southampton	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Stirling	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Thurrock	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Torbay	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Tower Hamlets	3 – 14 Apr 2028	12
West Dunbartonshire	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
West Lothian	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Wirral	3 – 17 Apr 2028	15
Derbyshire	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Dudley	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Gloucestershire	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Herefordshire	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Kingston upon Thames	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Knowsley	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
North Tyneside	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Northumberland	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Oldham	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Reading	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Redbridge	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Richmond upon Thames	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Rochdale	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Rutland	8 – 23 Apr 2028(provisional)	16
Sandwell	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Sefton	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Shropshire	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
St Helens	8 – 23 Apr 2028(provisional)	16
Telford and Wrekin	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Walsall	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Warwickshire	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Wokingham	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Wolverhampton	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Worcestershire	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
York	8 – 23 Apr 2028	16
Anglesey	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Birmingham	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Blaenau Gwent	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Bradford	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Bridgend	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Caerphilly	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Calderdale	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Cardiff	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Carmarthenshire	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Ceredigion	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Conwy	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Coventry	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Darlington	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Denbighshire	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Derby	10 – 23 Apr 2028	14
Dumfries and Galloway	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
East Riding of Yorkshire	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Flintshire	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Gwynedd	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Halton	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Liverpool	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Merthyr Tydfil	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Monmouthshire	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Neath Port Talbot	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Newcastle	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Newport	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
North Yorkshire	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Oxfordshire	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Pembrokeshire	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Powys	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Rhondda Cynon Taf	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Staffordshire	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Swansea	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Torfaen	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Vale of Glamorgan	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Wakefield	10 – 23 Apr 2028	14
West northamptonshire	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Wrexham	10 – 21 Apr 2028	12
Essex	14 – 17 Apr 2028	4

School year 2028-2029

Easter holidays in the 2028-2029 school year: dates and number of days by region
Region	Period	Days
Nottingham	24 Mar – 8 Apr 2029	16
Nottinghamshire	24 Mar – 8 Apr 2029	16
Wakefield	26 Mar – 8 Apr 2029(provisional)	14
Bolton	30 Mar – 15 Apr 2029	17
Brent	30 Mar – 13 Apr 2029	15
Cheshire East	30 Mar – 13 Apr 2029	15
Cheshire West and Chester	30 Mar – 13 Apr 2029	15
Cumberland	30 Mar – 16 Apr 2029	18
Derby	30 Mar – 15 Apr 2029	17
Derbyshire	30 Mar – 15 Apr 2029	17
Edinburgh	30 Mar – 16 Apr 2029	18
Falkirk	30 Mar – 12 Apr 2029	14
Greenwich	30 Mar – 13 Apr 2029	15
Herefordshire	30 Mar – 15 Apr 2029	17
Hillingdon	30 Mar – 15 Apr 2029	17
Hounslow	30 Mar – 15 Apr 2029	17
Lewisham	30 Mar – 13 Apr 2029	15
Liverpool	30 Mar – 13 Apr 2029	15
Medway	30 Mar – 15 Apr 2029	17
Midlothian	30 Mar – 16 Apr 2029	18
Moray	30 Mar – 13 Apr 2029	15
Salford	30 Mar – 15 Apr 2029	17
Scottish Borders	30 Mar – 13 Apr 2029	15
Sefton	30 Mar – 15 Apr 2029	17
Staffordshire	30 Mar – 13 Apr 2029	15
Stirling	30 Mar – 13 Apr 2029	15
Sutton	30 Mar – 15 Apr 2029	17
Westmorland and furness	30 Mar – 16 Apr 2029	18
Aberdeenshire	2 – 13 Apr 2029	12
Clackmannanshire	3 – 13 Apr 2029	11
Hampshire	3 – 13 Apr 2029	11

School year 2029-2030

Easter holidays in the 2029-2030 school year: dates and number of days by region
Region	Period	Days
Aberdeenshire	1 – 12 Apr 2030	12
Derbyshire	6 – 22 Apr 2030	17
Hillingdon	6 – 22 Apr 2030	17
Hounslow	6 – 22 Apr 2030	17
Nottingham	6 – 22 Apr 2030	17
Nottinghamshire	6 – 22 Apr 2030	17
Sutton	6 – 22 Apr 2030	17
Derby	8 – 22 Apr 2030	15
Greenwich	8 – 22 Apr 2030	15
Hampshire	8 – 22 Apr 2030	15
Lewisham	8 – 22 Apr 2030	15

Dates are taken from official publications. Schools may have additional days off, so check with your school if in doubt.

Sources: Official source (Leicestershire), Official source (York), Official source (gov.wales), Official source (East Riding of Yorkshire) and 165 more. Last checked: 4 October 2026. More about our sources

When are the Easter holidays?

The Easter holidays fall between the spring and summer terms and usually last about two weeks, in late March or April. Many councils build the holidays around Easter, so that Good Friday and Easter Monday fall within them. Some councils use a fixed spring break instead, for example the first two weeks of April, regardless of when Easter falls. In those years Easter may fall partly outside the school holidays.

Spring holidays in Scotland and Northern Ireland

In Scotland the break is often called the spring holidays and also lasts about two weeks, usually in early April. As Easter Monday is not a bank holiday in Scotland, councils have more freedom in setting the dates. In Northern Ireland, schools have an Easter break, usually including Good Friday and Easter Monday, which are both bank holidays there.

Tips for the Easter holidays

The Easter weekend is one of the busiest of the year for travel, as many adults also have Good Friday and Easter Monday off. Prices for flights and holiday homes are often higher. If your dates are flexible, the week that doesn't include the Easter weekend can be quieter.

Because councils don't all follow Easter, families with children at schools in different areas may find their holidays only partly overlap. Compare the dates in the table above.

Frequently asked questions

How long are the Easter holidays?

Usually about two weeks, in late March or April.

Are the Easter holidays always around Easter?

Not always. Many councils build the break around Easter, but some use a fixed spring break, so Easter can fall partly outside it.