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When do schools break up for Christmas 2027?

The most common combination is a term ending on Friday 17 December 2027 and the next term starting on Tuesday 4 January 2028, shared by 61 of the 73 councils with these dates available here. Check your school's own dates.

The gap between those terms lasts 17 days, from Saturday 18 December 2027 to Monday 3 January 2028.

The dates councils have chosen

Last day of the autumn term

  1. 69 councils
  2. 3 councils
  3. 3 councils

First day of the spring term

  1. 66 councils
  2. 6 councils
  3. 3 councils

Christmas holidays 2027: what differs

Christmas holidays 2027 council by council

Christmas holidays 2027 by councilThe last day of term and, where available, the start of the next term, based on council sources
CouncilLast day of the autumn termFirst day of the spring termDays off
Barking and Dagenham17
Barnet17
Birmingham17
Bolton17
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole17
Bristol17
Bromley17
Buckinghamshire17
Cambridgeshire17
Camden17
Cheshire East17
Cheshire West and Chester17
Cornwall14
Coventry17
Croydon17
Cumberland18
Derbyshire14
Devon14
Dudley17
Durham17
Ealing17
East Sussex17
Enfield17
Essex17
Gloucestershire17
Greenwich17
Hampshire17
Haringey17
Harrow17
Havering17
Hillingdon17
HounslowNot given consistently by the council
Hull18
Islington17
Kent17
Kirklees17
Lancashire17
Leeds17
Leicester17
Leicestershire17
Lincolnshire18
Liverpool17
Manchester17
Merton17
Milton Keynes17
North Northamptonshire17
North YorkshireNot given as a term date by the councilThe council lists this as a staff training (INSET) day, when pupils are not in school.
Nottingham13
Nottinghamshire13
Plymouth17
Portsmouth17
Redbridge17
Rotherham17
Salford17
Sandwell17
Sheffield17
Solihull17
Somerset17
Southwark17
Staffordshire17
Stockport17
Stoke-on-Trent17
Suffolk17
Surrey13
Sutton17
Tower Hamlets17
WakefieldNot given as a term date by the council
Walsall17
Wandsworth17
WarwickshireThe council lists this as a staff training (INSET) day, when pupils are not in school.18
West Northamptonshire17
West SussexNot on this site yet
Westmorland and Furness18
Wirral17
Wolverhampton17
Worcestershire17
York18

“Not on this site yet” means the council's checked date for that term is not available here yet.

“Days off” counts every day between the last day of term and the first day of the next term, including weekends.

For an explanation of calculated and missing date labels, see: How we check the dates

Reading the Christmas holiday dates

For the Christmas holidays in 2027, these tables show each council's last day of the autumn term and first day of the spring term, based on council sources. The Christmas holidays fall between those terms. Dates worked out from the council's published information are marked "calculated from the council's dates". Source links and the dates they were read are listed under Sources and updates at the end of this page. Where the council marks a term boundary as an INSET day, a note explains that pupils are not in school. Your school's own dates may differ.

Other years: Christmas holidays 2026, Christmas holidays 2028.

School term dates 2027/28 · All councils from A to Z

Questions and answers

When do schools break up for Christmas 2027?

Term ends on Friday 17 December 2027 in 69 of the 75 councils with this date available here; the table lists the council dates. Check your school's calendar for pupils' last day.

When do schools go back after Christmas 2027?

The next term starts on Tuesday 4 January 2028 in 66 of the 75 councils with this date available here. Pupils may return later because of INSET days; check your school's calendar.

Christmas holidays 2027: how long is the break?

The holiday lasts 17 days for the most common dates, shared by 61 councils on this site; the table shows the lengths elsewhere.

Which dates are shown for the Christmas holidays?

The tables show the last day of the autumn term and the first day of the spring term. The Christmas holidays fall between them. Check any INSET notes before treating these as pupils' last and first days.

Do pupils always go back on the first day of the spring term?

Not always. A council may list the first day of term as an INSET day, when pupils are not in school. Where the council states this, a note explains it; you should also check your school's own dates.

Do these dates apply to academies?

Academies can set their own term dates, so their Christmas holidays may differ from the council's. Check your academy's dates to confirm the end of the autumn term and the start of the spring term.